[1] The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy. [5] The kick was taken by Lothar Emmerich, who struck it into George Cohen in the wall; the rebound fell to Held, who shot across the face of goal and into the body of Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. ", Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Computer Vision, "Football: It is possible to forget that England's overall World Cup record is nothing much to shout about", "Two World Wars, One World Cup And The 'Achtung!' The England team became known as the "wingless wonders", on account of their then-unconventional narrow attacking formation, described at the time as a 4–4–2. [19] England's win in the final also helped fans to create the "Two World Wars and One World Cup" chant.[12]. A KGB officer who sees the film in the early 1990s is excited to discover it includes footage of the disputed goal and attempts to sell it to a contact at a television network (pointedly described as not the BBC). 16 All rights reserved. Both Duncan Gillies of the Visual Information Processing Group at Imperial College London and Ian Reid and Andrew Zisserman of the Department of Engineering Science at University of Oxford have stated that the ball would have needed to travel a further 2.5–6.0 cm to fully cross the line. July, Wednesday The crossbar is now on display in the Wembley Stadium. Winning the ball, Bobby Moore picked out the unmarked Geoff Hurst with a long pass, which Hurst carried forward while some spectators began streaming onto the field and Hurst scored moments later. He produced the final shot, beating the West German keeper from eight yards to make the score 2–1 to England. Jack Charlton and goalkeeper Gordon Banks failed to deal with the shot which went in, making it 1–0 to West Germany.

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11 [12] Bahramov later stated in his memoirs that he believed the ball had bounced back not from the crossbar but from the net, and that he was not able to observe the rest of the scene, so it did not matter where the ball hit the ground anyway. One of the balls from the final is on display in the National Football Museum in Manchester.

Hurst later admitted that his blistering shot was as much intended to send the ball as far into the Wembley stands as possible should it miss, in order to kill time on the clock.[13]. The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy. One of the enduring images of the celebrations in Wembley immediately after the game was the picture of the captain Bobby Moore holding the Jules Rimet Trophy aloft, on the shoulders of Geoff Hurst and Ray Wilson, together with Martin Peters. The ball deflected across the England six-yard box, wrong-footing the England defence and allowing Wolfgang Weber to level the score at 2–2 and force the match into extra time. Initially, only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the match received medals, but FIFA later awarded medals to every non-playing squad and staff member from every World Cup-winning country from 1930 to 1974.[20]. The ball hit the underside of the crossbar, bounced down and was cleared. July, {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after regular time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}), {WinTeamName} win on aggregate after extra time ({ScoreAggH} - {ScoreAggA}), {WinTeamName} win on away goal after regular time, {WinTeamName} win on away goal after extra time, {WinTeamCountryCode} win on away goals AET, {WinTeamName} win on penalties ({ScorePenH} - {ScorePenA}), Tuesday England, managed by Alf Ramsey and captained by Bobby Moore, won the toss and elected to kick off. [18], The World Cup win features in the song "Three Lions" (known by its chorus "Football's Coming Home"), the unofficial anthem of the England football team. [citation needed], One minute before the end of play, the West Germans sent their defenders forward in a desperate attempt to score a last-minute equaliser. With 11 minutes of extra time gone, Alan Ball put in a cross and Geoff Hurst swivelled and shot from close range. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. France, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1966_FIFA_World_Cup_Final&oldid=983216408, International association football competitions hosted by London, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, England's third goal was referenced in a 2006, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 23:07. 20 The referee Gottfried Dienst was uncertain if it had been a goal and consulted his linesman, Tofiq Bahramov from Azerbaijan in the USSR, who indicated that it was, and the Swiss referee awarded the goal to the home team. July, Wednesday England did not concede a goal until their semi-final against Portugal. Banks protested that the ball had struck Schnellinger on the arm, and reiterated the claim in his 2002 autobiography,[6] but replays showed that it actually struck Schnellinger on the back. Kick-offs are shown in the time zone configured in your device, Monday July, Tuesday The official match schedule for 1966 FIFA World Cup England ™ Alan Ball delivered the ball to Geoff Hurst whose deflected shot from the edge of the area found Martin Peters. July, Friday [9] English supporters cited the good position of the linesman and the statement of Roger Hunt, the nearest England player to the ball, who claimed it was a goal and that was why he wheeled away in celebration rather than attempting to tap the rebounding ball in. In particular, with five minutes gone, Bobby Charlton struck the post and sent another shot just wide. It was the first – and to date only – occasion that England has hosted or won the World Cup. [10] Some Germans cited possible bias of the Soviet linesman,[11] especially as the USSR had just been defeated in the semi-finals by West Germany. The final goal gave rise to one of the most famous calls in English football history, when BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme described the situation as follows: "And here comes Hurst. The players and staff of England's winning squad who did not get medals in 1966 received them on 10 June 2009 after a ceremony at 10 Downing Street in London. It is now! You’ll also get exclusive access to FIFA games, contests and prizes. The match is remembered for England's – as of 2020 – only World Cup and major international title, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick – the first and as of 2018 only one ever scored in a Men's FIFA World Cup Final – and the controversial third goal awarded to England by referee Gottfried Dienst and linesman Tofiq Bahramov. Chaos – The Complex And Violent History of England Vs Germany", "1966: England – Federal Republic of Germany", "Class of '66 pay tribute to voice of football", West Germany 3–3 (a.e.t., 5–4 pen.) The crowd and the audience of 400 million television viewers were left arguing whether the goal should have been given or not. This will allow you to make the most of your account with personalization. [8], England's third goal has remained controversial ever since the match. July, Saturday In the 18th minute, Wolfgang Overath conceded a free kick, which Moore took immediately, floating a cross into the West German area, where Geoff Hurst rose unchallenged and levelled the scores with a downward glancing header. The match features in the fifth episode of season 5 of American period drama Mad Men, with one of the characters watching and celebrating the game in a pub. [3] In Germany, a goal resulting from a shot bouncing off the crossbar and hitting the line is called a Wembley-Tor (Wembley Goal) due to the controversial nature of Hurst's second goal. United Kingdom's most-watched television event ever, most watched event ever on British television, "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football", "Tracking 30 years of TV's most watched programmes", "A riot of colour, emotion and memories: the World Cup stands alone in the field of sport", "World Cup final 1966: England v West Germany – live! Sleepers is coy about what the film depicts and in the course of the story, the film is destroyed. He's got... some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over. [5][7], England pressed forward and created several chances. Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. Please sign in to your FIFA.com user account below. This goal has been parodied a large number of times. 13 In recognition of Moore and other West Ham United players' contribution to the win, the club and Newham Borough Council jointly commissioned a statue of this scene. Some of the most notable include: In August 1966 a special 4d stamp marked ENGLAND WINNERS was issued by the Royal Mail to celebrate the victory and which soared in value to up to 15 shillings each on the back of public enthusiasm for the victory before falling back in value when the public realised it was not rare. 12 The teams were level at half-time, and after 77 minutes England won a corner. According to the Laws of the Game the definition of a goal is when "the whole of the ball passes over the goal line". After 12 minutes, Sigfried Held sent a cross into the English penalty area which Ray Wilson misheaded to Helmut Haller, who got his shot on target. Each won two and drew one of their three matches in the group stages.

Modern studies using film analysis and computer simulation have shown that the whole ball never crossed the line – only 97% did.

On 28 April 2003 Prince Andrew as president of The Football Association, duly unveiled the World Cup Sculpture (also called The Champions) in a prominent place near West Ham's ground, at the time, the Boleyn Ground, at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street. The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. July, Copyright ©1994 - 2020 FIFA. [2], In addition to an attendance of 96,924 at the stadium, the British television audience peaked at 32.3 million viewers, making it the United Kingdom's most-watched television event ever.[3][4]. [citation needed], Marking the 50th anniversary of England's World Cup victory in July 2016, ITV broadcast 1966 – A Nation Remembers, which was narrated by the actor Terence Stamp who attended every England game at the tournament. The final is the most watched event ever on British television, as of July 2018, attracting 32.30 million viewers. 19 The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup.

The 4-metre (13 ft)-high bronze piece was sculpted by Philip Jackson and weighed 4 tonnes.[15][16]. The 1991 BBC miniseries Sleepers, about a pair of deep-cover KGB agents placed in England in the mid-1960s and then forgotten includes a subplot about an archive film of the match recorded by Soviet agents and then placed in archives. It's four!"[14].

[5], Germany pressed for an equaliser in the closing moments, and in the 89th minute Jack Charlton conceded a free kick for climbing on Uwe Seeler as they both went up for a header. Both teams were strong throughout the tournament.


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