ENGLAND WORLD CUP 1966 in Color "GOAL" part 2

London's Wembley Stadium provided the venue for the final, and 98,000 people crammed inside to watch. After 12 minutes 32 seconds Helmut Haller had put West Germany ahead, but the score was levelled by Geoff Hurst four minutes later. Martin Peters put England in the lead in the 78th minute; England looked set to claim the title when the referee awarded a free kick to West Germany with one minute left. The ball was launched goalward and Wolfgang Weber managed to poke it across the line, with England appealing in vain for handball as the ball came through the crowded penalty area.
With the score level at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. In the 98th minute Hurst found himself on the score sheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, bounced down onto or near the goal line. Whether the ball actually crossed the goal line or not has been a matter of discussion for decades, and the controversial call has become part of World Cup history. Recent digitally-enhanced footage is said to clearly illustrate that Geoff Hurst's second goal did cross the line In the last minute it was Hurst again, who dribbled easily through the German half to net his third goal, just as the gathered crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate with the team, thus cementing the victory for England with another controversial goal. This made Geoff Hurst the only player ever to have scored three times in a World Cup final.

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[truvianni]

I never understood why the English sing "When The Saints Go Marching In" at football games. I think that song is more popular in England than it is in America though it is an American song.

[DrStrangebomb1993]

@smoochym Then I don't want to hear another Englishman complaining about that "our goal was disallowed" either.

[smoochym]

@DrStrangebomb1993 it was given, we won, Ronaldo is a chump.

Deal with it.

[xistion]

@TheHadoi that's wrong many experts say that the third english goal was't a goal everybody knows that xD

[DrStrangebomb1993]

@TheHadoi Incorrect hat-trick, that is. Actually, he only scored two goals. Equal to what Ronaldo did in the 2002 final.

[staunchx]

@TheHadoi

Actually I just read online that his 'admission' was an April Fool's joke and was part of some online webcast that was later retracted...you're right about the English player being in position to finish - Roger Hunt I believe his name was?

[staunchx]

@JimmyL84

I agree, I believe soccer was much more wide open, creative, and entertaining back in the day...but I think there was just as much controversy back then as there is now. Witness the quarter-final of the '66 World Cup between England and Argentina, or the Battle of Berne in the '54 Cup between Hungary and Brazil.

[staunchx]

@TheHadoi

Geoff Hurst admitted in April of this year that the goal shouldn't have counted.

[ps3kcc11]

Cum on England 4-2 4-2 4-2

[DoctorRayman]

@JimmyL84 Don't think from that that I think football is bad or anything, but I do think you're spot on with what you say