The winning England team

GROUP 1
1. England
2. Uruguay
3. Mexico
4. France
 
11 July 1966   England 0 Uruguay 0
13 July 1966   France 1 Mexico 1
15 July 1966   Uruguay 2 France 1
16 July 1966   England 2 (R Charlton, Hunt) Mexico 0
19 July 1966   Uruguay 0 Mexico 0
20 July 1966   England 2 (Hunt 2) France 0
 
The England team against Uruguay was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), AJ Ball, JP Greaves, R Charlton, R Hunt, JM Connelly
 
The England team against Mexico was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), TL Paine, JP Greaves, R Charlton, R Hunt, MS Peters
 
The England team against France was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), IR Callaghan, JP Greaves, R Charlton, R Hunt, MS Peters
 
Final table (2 points for a win, 1 for a draw)
England   Won 2  Drawn 1 Lost 0 For 4 Against 0 Points 5
Uruguay  Won 1  Drawn 2 Lost 0 For 2 Against 1 Points 3
Mexico    Won 0  Drawn 2 Lost 1 For 1 Against 3 Points 2
France     Won 0  Drawn 1 Lost 2 For 2 Against 5 Points 1
 
GROUP 2 (final table)
1. West Germany (5 points - beat Switzerland 5-0 and Spain 2-1 , drew with Argentina 0-0)
2. Argentina (5 points - beat Switzerland 2-0 and Spain 2-1, drew with W Germany 0-0)
3. Spain (2 points - beat Switzerland 2-1)
4. Switzerland (0 points)
 
GROUP 3 (final table)
1. Portugal (6 points - beat Hungary 3-1, Bulgaria 3-0 and Brazil 3-1)
2. Hungary (4 points - beat Brazil 3-1 and Bulgaria 3-1)
3. Brazil (2 points - beat Bulgaria 2-0)
4. Bulgaria (0 points)
 
GROUP 4 (final table)
1. USSR (old Soviet Union) (6 points - beat N Korea 3-0, Italy 1-0 and Chile 2-1)
2. North Korea (3 points - beat Italy 1-0 and drew with Chile 1-1)
3. Italy (2 points - beat Chile 2-0)
4. Chile (1 point - drew with N Korea 1-1)
 
Quarter finals (all on 23 July 1966)
England 1 (Hurst)    Argentina 0
West Germany 4     Uruguay 0
Portugal 5               North Korea 3
USSR 2                  Hungary 1
 
The England team in the quarter final was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), AJ Ball, R Hunt, R Charlton, GC Hurst, MS Peters

                       
  Argentinean Rattin is sent off             Geoff Hurst (left of picture) scores for England

In the game against Argentina, Geoff Hurst took over from Jimmy Greaves in attack- Greaves had received an injury to his leg in the victory over France but had not scored in the group phase and he did not get his place back in the team for the rest of the tournament. The Argentineans played a very physical game and their captain, Antonio Rattin was sent off in the match (and had to be escorted off the pitch). With the advantage of the extra man, Hurst headed in the only goal to win the game for England.

 
Semi Finals
25 July 1966:  West Germany 2                 USSR 1
26 July 1966:   England 2 (R Charlton 2)    Portugal 1
 
The England team in the semi final was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), AJ Ball, R Hunt, R Charlton, GC Hurst, MS Peters
 
The game against Portugal was a much better one to watch than the one against Argentina - Eusebio of Portugal was the tournament's eventual top scorer with 9 goals but the best player in this game was Bobby Charlton - he got two goals from midfield with a dominant performance and sent England through to the final.


Third place play off (28 July 1966)
Portugal 2 USSR 1
 
Final (30 July 1966)
England 4 (Hurst 3, Peters) West Germany 2 (Weber, Haller) - after extra time : Full time 2-2
 
The team in the final was G Banks, GR Cohen, R Wilson, NP Stiles, J Charlton, RFC Moore (Captain), AJ Ball, R Hunt, R Charlton, GC Hurst, MS Peters
 

 
In the final, the Germans started the match well and Helmet Haller scored after only 12 minutes after a mistake by the full back Ray Wilson. After 18 minutes, however, Geoff Hurst replied  for England with a header. England controlled the early part of the second half and in the 78th minute Hurst's shot was blocked and Martin Peters put the loose ball into the net. England were now leading 2-l but just before the full time whistle the referee Dienst (from Switzerland) awarded West Germany a free kick just outside the box. Weber scored from short range after a mix up in the box to make the full time score 2-2. England then took the lead 3-2 in the first half of extra time (after 98 minutes) - Alan Ball crossed and Hurst had a shot that that came off the top of the crossbar before "just" crossing the line (in the opinion of the Soviet linesman Bakhramov - he may not have been right but he gave the benefit of the doubt to the home team). Geoff Hurst completed the only World Cup Final hat-trick to date right at the end of extra time by running onto a long ball by Bobby Moore and shooting past the German goalkeeper into the roof of the net.
 
 
As you can see below, some of the England players from the World Cup 1966 feature strongly in the all time list of England goal scorers and caps gained. The top England goal scorers of all time are:
 
                                 Goals       Caps
1 Bobby Charlton     49           106
2 Gary Lineker           48             80
3 Jimmy Greaves     44             57
4 Michael Owen         35             75 (up to the end of March 2006)
5 Nat Lofthouse         30             33
6 Alan Shearer           30             63
6 Tom Finney             30             76
8 Vivian Woodwood  29             23
9 Steve Bloomer         28             23
10 David Platt             27            55
11 Bryan Robson        26            90
 
 
The most capped players to date are:
 
1 Peter Shilton 125 caps
2 Bobby Moore 108 caps
3 Bobby Charlton 106 caps
4 Billy Wright 105 caps
5 Bryan Robson 90 caps
6 David Beckham 87 caps (up to the end of March 2006)