Charlton opened the scoring with a crisp side-footed finish after a run by Roger Hunt had forced the Portuguese goalkeeper out of his net ; his second was a sweetly struck shot after a run and pull-back from Geoff Hurst.

Beckenbauer pulled a goal back for the Germans and Ramsey replaced the ageing and tired Charlton with Colin Bell who further tested the German keeper Maier and also provided a great cross for Geoff Hurst who uncharacteristically squandered the chance.

In extra-time, Geoff Hurst had a goal mysteriously ruled out after which Gerd Müller's goal won the match 2-3.

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The 1966 World Cup was hosted in England and Alf Ramsey guided England to victory with a 4 – 2 win against West Germany after extra time in the final, during which Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick.

Banks was not greatly tested, but it was hugely encouraging that he emerged from the group with three clean sheets from three games, a trend that continued when England beat a physical Argentina side 1 – 0 in the last eight, with Geoff Hurst scoring with a header.

England equalised through a Geoff Hurst header within six minutes and went ahead late in the second half through Martin Peters.

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While most sports commentators gain some recognition if their career is long enough, Wolstenholme is best remembered for his commentary of the 1966 Football World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, specifically the impromptu words he used with impeccable timing as the match came to a conclusion during injury time, as a small pitch invasion took place just as Geoff Hurst scored to put England 4-2 ahead:

England's captain at the time was West Ham's Bobby Moore, and both goalscorers in the final were then current players Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters.

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He attended the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final and claims ( with a little jest ) to have been influential in persuading the man known vernacularly as " the Russian linesman " Tofik Bakhramov ( who was actually from Azerbaijan ), to award a goal to Geoff Hurst when the England striker had seen his shot hit the crossbar of opponents West Germany, leaving doubt as to whether the ball had crossed the line.

His replacement, Geoff Hurst, scored the winner in the quarter final against Argentina and kept his place all the way to the final, scoring a hat-trick as England won the tournament.

The first extra time goal by Geoff Hurst, nicknamed Wembley-Tor ( Wembley goal ) in Germany, is still controversial after all this time.

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Only one hat-trick has been scored in the FIFA World Cup Final, by Geoff Hurst for England in the 1966 final, after extra time.

Despite having more experienced strikers in his squad, Ramsey selected young Geoff Hurst as Greaves's replacement, once again seeing potential in the young West Ham forward.

After a violent quarter-final ( where the Argentine captain Antonio Rattin refused to leave the field after being sent off ), England won 1 – 0 thanks to Geoff Hurst latching onto a cross from Martin Peters and heading home a goal.

Ramsey came under pressure to restore the fit-again Jimmy Greaves to the side: but he stuck to his guns and kept faith with Greaves's replacement, Geoff Hurst, who vindicated Ramsey's judgement by scoring a hat-trick in a 4 – 2 win ( after extra time ) at Wembley.

Even as the match ended with Geoff Hurst scoring England ’ s fourth goal, Ball was still running down the pitch in case Hurst needed assistance.

Introduced into the show in series two, he would often write plays or be given jobs by his camp agent McMinn ( Kennedy ), but his hatred of the English would always take over ( typical example: a play featuring someone travelling back in time to kill Geoff Hurst in 1965 ), leading in McGlashan's work never to get off the ground.

Feeling he was in the shadows of Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst, Peters sought out a new challenge.

Against Finland, he scored his first international goal in what was only his second appearance, and subsequently he made Ramsey's squad for the competition, as did his West Ham team-mates Bobby Moore ( the England captain ) and Geoff Hurst.

Geoff Hurst's " Ghost goal | Wembley Goal " during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final | 1966 world cup finalThe Germans equalised with virtually the last kick of the game, forcing extra time.

The match is remembered for England's only World Cup trophy, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick – the only one ever scored in a World Cup Final-and the controversial third goal awarded to England by referee Gottfried Dienst and linesman Tofik Bakhramov.

Geoff Hurst's controversial second goal during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final is still not known to have crossed the goal line or not

Geoff Walker scored the game winning goal 3: 11 into the extra frame.

On April 15, in the Nashville Predators ' 81st game of the season, Nashville goaltender Chris Mason was credited with a goal when Phoenix Coyote Geoff Sanderson put the puck in his own net.

In the 1966 World Cup Final, with the score at 2 – 2 and after 11 minutes of the first period of extra time, Geoff Hurst of England fired a shot on goal which bounced off the crossbar sharply downwards, hit the ground, and then span backwards away from the goal.

He also scored the first goal at the new Wembley Stadium for a " Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI ", in aid of his captain at Palace, Geoff Thomas a match which his team won 2 – 0 ( Simon Jordan scoring the second goal ) in March 2007.

He made his first headlines in 1951 when he gave Norton star Geoff Duke a strong challenge in an ACU race at the Thruxton Circuit.

Wilson's weak early header fell to striker Helmut Haller who gave the Germans the lead as a result, but after twists and turns and a historic hat-trick from Geoff Hurst, England ran out 4 – 2 winners.

He gave up the game-winning home run to Geoff Blum in Game 3 of the 2005 World Series against the Chicago White Sox.

In the 1974 – 75 series, with the England team breaking up and their best batsman Geoff Boycott refusing to play, Australian pace bowlers Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee wreaked havoc.

The England openers Graham Gooch and Geoff Boycott survived the remaining few overs, and England finished the day on 7 for no wicket.

He also fell out publicly with other players, including fellow England opener Geoff Boycott, Somerset captain Peter Roebuck, and Australian batsman Ian Chappell, with whom he had an altercation in an Adelaide Oval car park during the 2010 – 11 Ashes series.

The highlight of his tour was the Fifth Test at Trent Bridge when he and Geoff Marsh became the first pair to bat throughout a day's play of Test cricket in England, amassing 301 runs.

His 22 Test centuries is an England record shared with Wally Hammond and Geoff Boycott and he toured Australia a record six times between 1954-55 and 1974-75.

In 2006 DASH AC Coach Geoff Barratt was UK Athletics ' Development Coach of the Year, and in 2007 the club won England Athletics North West Junior Club and North West Overall Club of The Year accolades.

A legend developed that England would not fall to a foreign invader so long as there were ravens at the Tower of London ; although this is often thought to be an ancient belief, the official Tower of London historian, Geoff Parnell, believes that this is actually a romantic Victorian invention.

One shot, a lofted straight drive off England paceman Geoff Arnold was nearly caught by Boycott's team mates on the players ' balcony in the pavilion.

They have employed many notable people as cricket professionals including current England coach and former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower, West Indies fast bowlers Curtley Ambrose and Sherwin Campbell and Australian fast-bowler and former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson.

In similar circumstances, South African bowler Geoff Griffin did the same in an exhibition match that followed the Test against England at Lord's in 1960, where he had already been no-balled.