World Cup 1986 - Day Two

Sunday 1 June 1986

ITV finally got going with the opening match for Brazil - always the favourites - but struggling to beat Spain for the 7pm kick off.

At 11pm that evening, another game for the BBC - the first of many late nights for footy fans - as Canada made their debut in world cup finals going down to France 1-0.


Group D:
Brazil 1 Spain 0
Socrates 62

Group C:
France 1 Canada 0
Papin 79


Group C:
France P1 W1 D0 L0 F1 A0 Pts 2 - +1
Soviet Union P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Pts 0 - 0
Hungary P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Pts 0 - 0
Canada P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1 Pts 0 - -1

Group D:
Brazil P1 W1 D0 L0 F1 A0 Pts 2 - +1
Northern Ireland P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Pts 0 - 0
Algeria P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Pts 0 - 0
Spain P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1 Pts 0 - -1

Golden Boot
1 - Socrates (Bra), Strakov (Bul), Papin (Fra), Altobelli (Ita)



Trivia: The Number One song at the time was:

The Chicken Song - Spitting Image

 

 

 GAME OF THE DAY - BRAZIL V SPAIN