World Cup icons: Geoff Hurst takes the opportunity of a lifetime (1966)

Geoff Hurst

“No one could imagine Jimmy Greaves not playing.”

So wrote Geoff Hurst of his friend and fellow England striker, reflecting on the selection dilemma facing Alf Ramsey ahead of the 1966 World Cup Final. “No one admired him more than I did. But to be honest, I wasn’t going around saying, 'Poor Jimmy'. I was thinking to myself, 'Thank God I’ve got this chance'.”

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