Diego Maradona first came to my consciousness way back in 1977. The UK magazine World Soccer was the source which generally quenched my thirst for football news across the globe. The internet of course was a long way off, and in those days you were fortunate to see foreign league results in small print in Monday editions of the quality UK broadsheets.
But in WSM it carried monthly references to the pibe (kid) who was causing more than a stir in Argentina, hosts of the next World Cup in 1978.