Liam Brady: You never saw Maradona let his teammates know they weren't good enough for him
Meeting of Maestros: Ascoli's Liam Brady exchanges pennants with Napoli captain Diego Maradona
It’s the shirt I treasure most. And it’s certainly a rare one — a Maradona Argentina shirt without 10 on the back. It’s number 17. And it’s wrapped up and put away in the same condition it was in when he handed it to me in May, 1979.
Argentina arrived in Dublin, of course, as world champions. As an avid follower of football, I’d read all about this wonderkid who’d been tipped to make the World Cup squad the year before, at just 17.
