Beard Liberation Front
25th November
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Campaigners pay tribute to ‘Beard of God’* Maradona
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has paid tribute to the footballer and football manager Diego Maradona who has died age 60.
During his playing career Maradona scored two goals in the 1986 World Cup quarter final against England, one seen as one of the best ever scored, and the other with the assistance of the ‘Hand of God’
Following Argentina’s victory in that World Cup Maradona travelled to Cuba and had the first of several meetings with the late Fidel Castro. It is thought that over time Maradona came to appreciate Castro’s guidance about the importance of beard power.
Maradona wore a Castro tattoo on his leg and one of Che Guevara on his arm
From 2008 Maradona started a career in football management which he was still pursuing at the time of his death.
At this point Maradona moved decisively away from the clean shaven image of his playing days and, taking on board Castro’s counsel, grew a distinctive and gravitas adding beard. In the last years of his life he was mostly hirsute.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Maradona was famous for his ‘Hand of God’ goal but in later life he came to appreciate, via exchanges with Castro, that real power came not from above but from beards.
*thanks to Toby Wood, Megan Davies & Michael Rosen
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