England v Germany, 30 July 1966

Kick-off: 3.00pm After extra time - 2-2 at 90 minutes. The 1966 World Cup Final became one of the most controversial Finals ever, mainly due to England's third goal. The ball hit the underside of the cross bar, bounced down – on or close to the goalline – and was cleared. The referee Gottfried Dienst was uncertain if it had been a goal and consulted his linesman, Tofiq Bahramov from Azerbaijan, who indicated that it was. After non-verbal communication, as they had no common language, the Swiss referee awarded the goal to the home team. The crowd and the audience of 400 million television viewers were left arguing whether the goal should have been given or not. Geoff Hurst became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. The final goal gave rise to one of the most famous sayings in English football, when the BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme described the situation: "And here comes Hurst. He's got... some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over. It is now!"