The Guardian's "25 Most Stunning World Cup Moments"

Mikey_Fitzgerald · May 13, 2014

That first World Cup sounded like amateur hour

Poor form from Europe that so many teams didn't enter

Bruce Wayne · May 13, 2014

Wonderful stuff. I particularly like

For the Europeans, another marathon journey awaited, one that did not pass without drama. One of the Romanians, Alfred Eisenbeisser Feraru, was taken ill during the transatlantic voyage, and diagnosed with pneumonia. When the boat reached Genoa, he was left in Italy to recuperate. A huge crowd gathered at Bucharest's Gara de Nord to welcome the team, and when his absence was noted a rumour spread that he had died in South America. The squad dispersed around the country and returned to work, and a distraught Mrs Feraru organised a wake to mark the passing of her beloved son. Right on cue, on the morning of his own wake, he returned home. His mother took one look at him and feinted. Not only was Feraru not dead, he was healthy enough to compete as a figure skater in the 1934 and 1938 European Championships – in the first of them he was also in the bobsleigh team – and the 1936 Winter Olympics, where he came 13th in the pairs.

deipnosophist · May 13, 2014

Kiwi said:
One of my most stunning moments as a football fan (and Kiwi obv) is when NZ went unbeaten in 2010, and finished above defending champions Italy in the group. Stunning like.

yep...good old Ricki Herbert...his stock was quite high for a (short) while after that. I read somewhere that we had the least shots on goal (about 2 lol)of any team in SA. But the fact incontrovertibly remains : NZ were the only unbeaten team in WC 2010.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · May 15, 2014

Number 17

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode

France in 2010

It had to be in there didn't it?

Still to this day, I can't believe this one

That physio ripping off his badge and chucking it. Truly, truly shocking

The French press still haven't forgiven them either. Expect the knives out if anything happens in this World Cup

Fuleco · May 15, 2014

Reckon 25 might be pushing it.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · May 15, 2014

Sad to hear of racial tensions in the French side actually

I always thought they were a very forward thinking and liberal minded across the channel

Mikey_Fitzgerald · May 20, 2014

Number 18

http://www.theguardian.com/football...unning-moments-el-salvador-hungary-spain-1982

El Salvador get battered

markmarkmark · May 20, 2014

26: Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez fall out over career threatening injuries sustained from tackling each other

thirdmantackle · May 20, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27127106

World Cup stories: Ghiggia - the 'ghost' who silenced the Maracana
By Bruce DouglasBBC Sport, Rio de Janeiro
Sixty-four years after scoring the World Cup-winning goal for Uruguay against Brazil at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, Alcides Ghiggia remembers with absolute clarity the moment nearly 200,000 spectators fell into a deathly hush.