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England National Football Team Match No. 861

England 4 West Germany 2 [1-1]
2-2 after ninety minutes

Saturday, 30 July 1966

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match West Germany Pre-Match

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 1966 Final Tournament Final.
Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, capacity 100,000;
Attendance: 93,802, some sources suggest 96,924;
Goals: West Germany - Helmut Haller, 13th minute;
England - Geoff Hurst, 19th minute;
England - Martin Peters, 78th minute;
West Germany - Wolfgang Weber, 89th minute;
England - Geoff Hurst, 100th minute;
England - Geoff Hurst, 119th minute:
Cautions: England - Martin Peters, unsporting play.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Gottfried Dienst, Switzerland;
Linesmen - Tofik Bakhramov (Orange flag), Russia & Karol Galba (Flame flag), Czechoslovakia;
Fourth official -
Conditions: Kickoff at 3.00 p.m. BST
Miscellany: This was the 200th ever World Cup finals match.
Statistics:

Type

England

West Germany
Goal Attempts - -
Attempts on Target - -
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won - -
Offside Calls Against - -
Fouls Conceded - -
Possession - -

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; placed 2nd in the Elo system world ranking both before and 1st place after this match.
Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, red stockings - The 1954 away uniform.
Coach: Alfred Ramsey, 46, appointed 25 October 1962 effective 1 May 1963.
xxth match, W __, D __, L __, F ___, A  ___
Captain: Bobby Moore, 30th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Banks, Gordon 30-Dec-1937 28 G Leicester City FC 33 0 1963-72
2-Cohen, George R. 22-Oct-1939 26 D Fulham FC 30 0 1964-67
3-Wilson, Ramon 17-Dec-1934 31 D Everton FC 51 0 1960-68
4-Stiles, Norbert P. 18-May-1942 24 M Manchester United FC 20 1 1965-70
5-Charlton, John 08-May-1935 31 D Leeds United AFC 22 2 1965-70
6-Moore, Robert F. C. 12-Apr-1941 25 M West Ham United FC 47 2 1962-73
7-Ball, Alan J. 12-May-1945 21 M Blackpool FC 14 1 1965-75
16-Peters, Martin S. 08-Nov-1943 22 F West Ham United FC 8 2 1966-74
9-Charlton, Robert 11-Oct-1937 28 M Manchester United FC 74 40 1958-70
10-Hurst, Geoffrey C. 08-Dec-1941 24 F West Ham United FC 8 5 1966-72
21-Hunt, Roger 20-Jul-1938 28 F Liverpool FC 19 15 1962-69
Formation:

4-3-3

Banks -
Cohen, J. Charlton, Moore, Wilson -
Stiles -
Ball, Peters -
R. Charlton -
Hunt, Hurst
Reserves
Not Used:		 8-Jimmy Greaves, 11-John Connelly, 12-Ron Springett, 13-Peter Bonetti, 14-Jimmy Armfield, 15-Gerry Byrne, 17-Ron Flowers, 19-Terry Paine, 20-Ian Callaghan, 22-George Eastham.

West Germany Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; placed 1st in the Elo system world ranking both before and 2nd place after this match.
Colours: White shirts, black shorts, white stockings;
Coach: Helmut Schön, 50, appointed 1964
Captain: Uwe Seeler

West Germany Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Tilkowski, Hans 12-Jul-1935 31 G Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund 38 0 1957-67
2-Höttges, Horst-Dieter 10-Sep-1943 22 D Werder Bremen 18 1 1965-74
3-Schnellinger, Karl-Heinz 31-Mar-1939 27 D AC Milan, Italy 36 0 1958-71
4-Beckenbauer, Franz 11-Sep-1945 20 M Bayern Munich 14 7 1965-77
5-Schulz, Willi 04-Oct-1938 27 D SV Hamburger 37 0 1959-70
6-Weber, Wolfgang 26-Jun-1944 22 D 1.FC Koln 18 1 1964-74
12-Overath, Wolfgang 29-Sep-1943 22 M 1.FC Koln 22 6 1963-74
8-Haller, Helmut 21-Jul-1939 27 M Bologna, Italy 27 5 1958-70
9-Seeler, Uwe 05-Nov-1936 29 F SV Hamburger 54 35 1954-70
10-Held, Siegfried 07-Aug-1942 23 F Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund 10 1 1966-73
11-Emmerich, Lothar 29-Nov-1941 24 F Ballspiel-Verein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund 5 2 1966
Formation:

4-3-3

Tilkowski -
Höttges, Schulz, Weber, Schnellinger -
Beckenbauer -
Haller, Emmerich -
Overath -
Seeler, Held
Reserves
Not Used:		 7-Albert Bruells, 13-Heinz Hornig, 14-Freidel Lutz, 15-Bernd Patzke, 16-Max Lorenz, 17-Wolfgang Paul, 18-Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 19-Werner Kraemer, 20-Jürgen Grabowski, 21-Günter Bernard, 22-Josef Maier.

Match Report

 

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.  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. - BBC Sport

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport
FIFA.com
'Complete Book of the World Cup' - Cris Freddi
Planet World Cup
Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Official matchday programme - courtesy of Geoff Mills.

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