Editing Geoff Hurst (section)

====World Cup Final====
West Germany took the lead through [[Helmut Haller]] early on, but six minutes later [[Bobby Moore]] was fouled just inside the German half of the field. He quickly picked himself up and delivered the free kick to Hurst, who eluded his marker 
[[Horst-Dieter Höttges]] and headed the ball past goalkeeper [[Hans Tilkowski]] to level the scores at 1–1.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=11}}</ref>

With 12 minutes left to play of normal time, an [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]] corner left Hurst with a shooting opportunity on the edge of the penalty area; his shot deflected off [[Wolfgang Weber]] and fell kindly to [[Martin Peters]], who put the ball into the net to give England the lead.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=12}}</ref> However the Germans scored a very late goal through Weber to level the match at 2–2 at full-time.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=Rob |last2=Murray |first2=Scott |date=2014-05-30 |title=World Cup final 1966: England v West Germany – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/30/world-cup-final-1966-england-west-germany-live |access-date=2022-05-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In the first period of extra-time, Ball crossed from the right to Hurst, who struck a strong shot towards goal with his right foot, falling backwards as he did so.<ref name="page 13">{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=13}}</ref> The ball beat the goalkeeper, hit the crossbar and bounced down before Weber headed it out for a corner. England's players claimed a goal while the Germans were adamant that the ball had not fully crossed the line.<ref name="page 13"/> Referee [[Gottfried Dienst]] consulted his linesman on the right flank, [[Tofiq Bahramov]], who signalled that the ball had crossed the line, and the goal was given.<ref name="page 13"/> The so-called [[Wembley goal|Wembley Goal]] remained a subject for controversy and discussions.

The Germans pushed forward in search of an equaliser as the full-time whistle approached, and [[Bobby Moore]] exploited their advanced position to send Hurst a long ball in the German half of the pitch.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=14}}</ref> Hurst reached the German penalty box and scored to end the game at 4–2 to England.<ref>{{harvnb|Hurst|Hart|2002|p=15}}</ref> As Hurst collected the pass, [[BBC]] commentator [[Kenneth Wolstenholme]] delivered with one of the most famous pieces of football commentary:

{{blockquote|And here comes Hurst, he's got&nbsp;... [notices invaders]&nbsp;... some people are on the pitch, [[they think it's all over]]! [Hurst shoots and scores]&nbsp;... It is now! It's four!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/july/world-cup-final/|title=The World Cup Final|website=Bbc.com}}</ref>}}

Hurst thus became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Men's World Cup final, a feat that remained unmatched until [[2022 FIFA World Cup final|2022]], when [[Kylian Mbappé]] scored a hat-trick for [[France national football team|France]] against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. Geoff Hurst, however, remains the only man to score a hattrick in a World Cup Final and end up on the winning team.