1966 FIFA World Cup Final

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The 1966 Football World Cup Final was the final match in the Football World Cup 1966, contested by England and West Germany. The game was played on July 30, 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 93,000. England defeated West Germany 4-2 after extra time to win the Jules Rimet trophy. The match is remembered for England's first (and, so far, only) World Cup trophy, and for the controversial third goal awarded to England, awarded by linesman Tofik Bakhramov.

1 First half
2 Second half
3 Extra time
4 Controversial third and fourth England goals
5 Players and officials
6 External links

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First half

England, managed by Alf Ramsey and captained by Bobby Moore, won the toss and elected to kick off. After twelve minutes, Siegfried Held sent a speculative cross into the English penalty area which Ray Wilson misheaded to Helmut Haller, who got his shot on target. Jackie Charlton and goalkeeper Gordon Banks failed to deal with the shot which went in making it 1-0 to West Germany.

In the 19th minute, Wolfgang Overath conceded a free kick, which Bobby Moore floated into the West German area, Geoff Hurst ran in and deflected the ball into the net for an equaliser.

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Second half

The teams were level at half time, but after 77 minutes England won a corner. Alan Ball delivered it to Geoff Hurst on the edge of the area, who shot on the turn. The ball deflected high into the air and bounced down into the penalty area where Martin Peters found the back of the net with a half volley to give England the lead 2-1.

In the final ten minutes the Germans pressed for an equaliser. In the final minute, Jackie Charlton gave away a free kick whilst contesting a header with a German player. The free kick was taken by Lothar Emmerich, George Cohen managed to block it but the ball bounced across the England six-yard box and Wolfgang Weber struck home to level the scores at 2-2 and force the match into extra time.

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Extra time

With eleven minutes of extra time gone, Alan Ball put in a cross and Geoff Hurst's shot from close range hit the underside of the cross bar, bounced down - apparently on or just over the line - and was cleared. The referee was uncertain if it was a goal and consulted his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov, who in a moment of drama indicated that it was. The referee awarded the goal. The crowd and the audience of 400 million television viewers were left arguing whether the goal should have been given or not.

One minute before the end of play, the West Germans sent their defenders forward in a desperate attempt to score a last-minute equaliser. Winning the ball, Bobby Moore picked out the unmarked Geoff Hurst with a long pass, which Hurst carried forward to score. The final goal gave rise to one of the most famous sayings in English football. The BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme described the last goal, which happened as a few people mistakenly ran onto the pitch believing that the end of the game had been signalled, as follows:

"And here comes Hurst he's got... some people are on the pitch they think it's all over. It is now! It's 4".

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Controversial third and fourth England goals

England's decisive third goal has remained controversial ever since the match. According to the Laws of the Game the definition of a goal is that the whole of the ball has to be over the whole of the line.

In England, it is commonly believed that the decision was correct and England supporters cite 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 tapping the rebounding ball in.

However, in Germany it is commonly believed that the goal was given incorrectly and German supporters cite the possible bias of the 'Russian linesman' and researchers from Oxford University who in 1995 announced the results of computer video analysis of the television footage, which gave new angles of view: they concluded that the shot had not crossed the line, so should have been disallowed. Since the 1966 World Cup Final, a controversial goal resulting from a shot bouncing off the crossbar is called a Wembley-Tor (Wembley goal) in Germany.

Allowing the fourth goal to stand, although it was scored as a pitch invasion was in progress, is seen by many neutrals as, like the award of the third goal, a particularly flagrant example of home advantage.

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