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VIII FIFA World Cup 1966: With England National Football Team, Soviet Union National Football Team, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks. The world's best footballing nations compete to win the Jules Rimet trophy in the only World Cup ever to have been held in the country which launched the professional game, England.
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The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title.
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- Politics Overshadows The Sport
- Events on The Pitch
- The Final
After England was granted the next World Cup in Rome in 1960, the preparations were inevitably overshadowed by politics. This was nothing new; already the 1942 and 1946 incarnations had been cancelled by the more pressing issue of World War Two and the 1938 tournament had featured a German side full of stolen Austrian players after Hitler’s takeove...
While all of this was going on, the tournament itself still had to be organised, with 16 teams reaching the finals, including England, Italy, newcomers Portugal, Brazil, the Soviet Union and West Germany. The draw was made in January, and the hosts were placed in a tough group with Uruguay, France and Mexico, playing all their group games at the fa...
The match on 30 July was one of the best ever in a World Cup. The Germans opened the scoring in an entertaining match after just 12 minutes, only for England’s replacement striker Geoff Hurst (first choice Jimmy Greaves was injured) to equalise just four minutes later. Midfielder Martin Peters then sent the 98,000-strong crowd into raptures with an...
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The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the first to be broadcast in color. The final, played between hosts England and West Germany, was watched by an estimated audience of 200 million people. It remains the most-watched sporting event ever.
Jul 28, 2021 · 2021 marks 55 years since England won their first—and so far only—World Cup. They beat West Germany 4–2 in a match held at Wembley Stadium on 30 July 1966. The task of coordinating television and other media coverage of the event was unlike anything attempted before.
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