What does it mean to cheer for the country that once colonised yours? Forty years on from the Hand of God, does one match still define how a nation sees itself? And when Ghana play England, who exactly is Afua Hirsch supposed to be supporting? Gary Lineker returns to relive 1986 — the Golden Boot, Maradona, and a quarter-final played four years after the Falklands War — before the conversation turns to something far more personal: identity, belonging, and what it means to wear a nation's shirt.

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[0:54] Part two: Gary Lineker on nation, identity and the beautiful game

[4:05] Forty years since the Golden Boot - and the Hand of God

[6:56] The most famous goal in World Cup history, minutes after the worst

[9:02] Afua wears her Ghana strip - and picks a side

[9:32] What it means when the coloniser plays the colonised

[16:05] Why England's diversity is now part of its story

[20:00] Racism, FIFA and the women's game - coming on Legacy Plus

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