davieG Posted 30 July 2006 Posted 30 July 2006 Link to videos - 30 July 1966: Football glory for England England have won football's World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 1930. A crowd of 93,000 spectators - including the Queen and Prince Phillip - filled London's Wembley Stadium to watch the host nation play West Germany in the final game of the 1966 championships. Another 400 million people around the world watched the keenly fought match on television. In the final moments of extra time Geoff Hurst powered home his third goal to give England a 4-2 victory and to become the first man ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. After Germany had taken an early lead, Hurst levelled the score for England by half time with a header from a free kick taken by captain Bobby Moore. Victory in sight England came out with courage and determination after the break and glimpsed glory thirteen minutes from time as Martin Peters took their second goal. But a free kick to Germany 15 seconds from full time gave Wolfgang Weber a close-range shot into Gordon Banks' goal and took the score to 2-2. In the crucial minutes before the decisive half hour of extra time England manager Alf Ramsey was heard to rally his team, saying: "All right. You let it slip. Now start again." A dubious goal by Hurst - glanced off the line by Weber and only given after consultation between the Swiss referee and Soviet linesman - put England ahead in the last 15 minutes, before the striker's third goal put the game out of Germany's reach. Bobby Moore went up to the royal box to collect the solid gold Jules Rimet trophy from Queen Elizabeth. In the largest World Cup ever - numbering 70 countries - England were among the favourites and got as far as the semi-final, against newcomers Portugal, before conceding a goal.
Nationwider Posted 30 July 2006 Posted 30 July 2006 Some of the crowd are on the pitch... They think it's all over...
Daggers Posted 30 July 2006 Posted 30 July 2006 Sorry, I have to say 'get over it, enough already'! I'm sick of hearing about '66 now, it's been the story of my life, 40 damn years waiting for a repeat of a fluke. I blame the constant regurgitation of those finals for our inability to do anything of note since. It's like your wife going on and on and on about how the bloke before you was great in bed...err, and obviously this has NEVER happened to me ...preventing you from taking her to the land of milk and honey. I'll be happy if I never hear of the damn event again.
Benji Posted 30 July 2006 Posted 30 July 2006 I'm more worried that we have only won it once than happy we have won it at all.
Katy Posted 31 July 2006 Posted 31 July 2006 I agree with you a bit DB, I was hoping we'd win the fecking thing this year then everyone can go on about '06 instead of '66 all the time.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 31 July 2006 Posted 31 July 2006 Never has another man lived off such a singular achievement as Sir Geoff sodding Hurst.
The People's Hero Posted 31 July 2006 Posted 31 July 2006 Never has another man lived off such a singular achievement as Sir Geoff sodding Hurst. Chesney Hawkes?
Guest Gist Posted 31 July 2006 Posted 31 July 2006 Never has another man lived off such a singular achievement as Sir Geoff sodding Hurst. A hat-trick in a world cup final is enough IMO people have lived off worse things.
Daggers Posted 31 July 2006 Posted 31 July 2006 A hat-trick in a world cup final is enough IMO people have lived off worse things. Nope - it was only two goals and I don't give a stuff what anyone else thinks because where did it get him? McDonalds Director of Football! He's a boring man and I'm tired of him on my tele and I got very sick of the McD job tag mention everytime he spoke during WC06. Oo-er, it must be time for my pills
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