The 1986 World Cup quarter-final between England and Argentina is now best known for Diego Maradona‘s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal – which saw the Three Lions knocked out of the tournament in Mexico.
But another kind of divine intervention was at work for two spectators in the stands at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City that day.
Ollie Craxton, then 28, a local government worker from Ealing, west London, had jetted out with a group of primary school friends to watch the match, as well as several others in the contest.
Meanwhile, Sofia Larrinua, a then 21-year-old chemistry student from Mexico City,
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