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Below are the squads for the 1966 FIFA World Cup final tournament in England. Spain (3), West Germany (3) and France (2) had players representing foreign clubs. Spain (3), West Germany (3) and France (2) had players representing foreign clubs.
1966 was a World Cup with few goals as the teams began to play much more tactically and defensively. This was exemplified by Alf Ramsey's England as they finished top of Group 1 with only four goals, but having none scored against them. They also became the first World Cup winning team not to win its first game in the tournament.
In the 1966 World Cup final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 4–2 win over West Germany received medals. Following a Football Association led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Eastham was presented with his medal by Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.
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Martin Stanford Peters MBE (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. As a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he scored the second of England's four goals in the final against West Germany.
Pages in category "1966 FIFA World Cup players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 343 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
From 1966 onwards, Varley covered every FIFA World Cup until 1982. He agreed with The Daily Mirror that he would take a sabbatical from work every four years in order to do so. Only a handful of photographers took colour photos of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final between England and West Germany and Varley was one of them. He famously took photos ...
The World Cup medal, which Stiles won in the 1966 final against West Germany, sold for £160,000. [37] His European Cup medal, which he won with Manchester United in 1968, was also sold, reaching more than £49,000. Stiles sold the medals so that his family could benefit from the proceeds. [2]