Geoff Hurst, pictured centre, was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final In the final minute of extra ...

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This is a series re-assessing famous individual or team performances in World Cup history. Some will be legendary displays by established world-class players or performances that fell short, others ...

It's one of England's most important goals, helping the Three Lions win what is their only major trophy to date. But for 58 years, Geoff Hurst's strike in the 101st minute of the 1966 World Cup final ...

England legend Sir Geoff Hurst could not help but share his delight after England’s impressive World Cup victory over Mexico.

SIR GEOFF HURST stands among the titans in terms of World Cup football history. Hurst, 84, fired England to a first, and to date only, World Cup triumph over West Germany in a 4-2 win at the old ...

England became world champions on home soil during the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The inventors of football finally managed to bring the game home with a victory that, to this day, has never been matched by ...

Some people were on the pitch, they thought it was all over - and among only 96,000 people who were at Wembley to watch ...

Hurst remains the only man to have scored a hat-trick in a winning World Cup final effort, achieving the feat in England's 4-2 victory over West Germany in 1966 to secure the nation's only World Cup ...

The Wembley final hat-trick hero waved as he was introduced before play on Centre Court.