Almost half a century later, Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous final words on the match remain a fitting testament to England's triumph that day. Of all teams to meet in the final, it had to be West Germany. As All Our Yesterdays regularly reminded us, it was only a quarter of a century previously that the two countries had been engaged in an infinitely more tragic and lethal conflict. On a sunny 1966 Summer's day in north London, Geoff Hurst and ten other football players became national heroes and all suddenly seemed well with the world.
However, little did we know that a long, slow decline would follow this fantastic day. Leon 1970,,,Wembley 1973...The three day week...The Winter of Discontent ...These were the signposts of the Seventies. The true horror though came with Mrs Thatcher in the empty Eighties. Style overtook Content...The Post War Consensus came to an end. "No Such Thing as Society" indeed.
How had things come to this? We shall see later in this tale, but for now let's remember that wonderful day as it was:
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