Geoff Hurst: "The ball was at least one metre over the line" | 1966 FIFA World Cup Final
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- 1966 FIFA World Cup champion Sir Geoff Hurst exclusively spoke to us about the Final in London against West Germany, his goals in this match and his wife.
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one meter over the line is an excessive assuption
....you mean Bullshit.
Agreed, like shots that always 30 yarders ;0)
if you watch the video you'll see he was joking though
@@nolan8336 A liar
@@GoldPuffin Yes, he's joking. He's unsure like everyone still is and always will be. He's surely not being serious about the 4th goal either, because no way on this earth would he have been aiming over the bar. It defies all common sense and logic to turn down a hat-trick in a World Cup final, especially when it was just as easy to score than to miss. If he wanted to waste time, there were plenty of other more time-wasting things he could have done, like for example taking the ball down to the corner flag and shielding it or taking it down there and booting it into the crowd.
A man who scored a hattrick in a world cup final for England. One of the most legendary footballer of all time. What an absolute legend.
what a nice person
yes a cheater for all non english people....
Worse than Maradona , a cheat , a fraud this is why England are hated
+Jude Windmill what you talking about?? Eusebio was so much better than these english cheaters
He answers the questions with a real modesty and with style. Cant imagine Mr Maradona doing the same especially about his controversial goal in 86. Geoff just jokes at first but corrects himself to explain what most honest people would say or conclude. Nothing more boasting that a simple assessment.
As an England fan, I said at the time the ball was never over and I still stick by that.
You arent an England fan. You just ruled yourself out so piss off.
Tree Top is blind and too apologetic to support his country. As a German even I can say you cant compare this one with the blind referee who missed the 2010 England goal (which spun over the line by a metre 2 x) vs Germany (I was there that day and level with the flag and thought we got away with murder on that one) or the Hand of God with Maradona in 1986 which for me is a football sham wrapped up in moment of hero worship for a cheating man. Roger Hunt could have put it away. He saw it as over. The ref at least consulted the linesman. Its such a blur it takes technology to argue it decades later and not all agree the same way even then. Ref was in a no win situation that day but Roger probably not finishing it off when the glory was his for the taking was likely something he thought of. Ronaldo would never have let that opportunity pass. He steals team mates goals from 6 inches out.
I talk about what I want. And I was blind to Lampard as I love Germany but Argentina fans are blind to Maradona. Thats what makes them and me true fans. And thats why I say to Tree Top to shut up and join us as true fans dont care. You missed the message completely. That makes you stupid. To be that dumb you must be from Holland.
Thats true. I told my girlfriend Anje after Round of 16 WC when we in South Africa 2010 if she did not agree Lampard goal was not over the line I would leave her when we return to Stuttgart and return to Heike my ex. She shut up. Now she is blind to questionable decisions that affect the teams we support and true German/Stuttgart supporter. By the way, I dont think hurst goal is not a goal. But if Tree Top disagree then he should pretend to be blind otherwise he can not support his country. That fact.
Gee Moo Argentina fans aren’t blind to Maradona’s goal. They know he cheated. They just don’t care.
Not caring if your team cheats, is a lot different than denying they are cheating at all.
Coming from an Englishman, it wasn't over the line. We definitely had a bit of luck with that decision.
If you look at the slow motion replay the ball clearly went over the line.
Lucky the linesman was Soviet.
@@celebritygenealogy8138 it didn’t go over
@@justloverd6706 it did
true
25 years of grief? England fans have have over 40 Geoff! ;)
Look at his penalty v Gordon Banks in 1972...One of the greatest moments in the history of football
Hurst seems to be a humble and nice guy
Revenge of Germans in 2010 WC
Tilson Tomas Germany out of the world cup 2018 thanks to var - BOTTOM of the group
Coco Salt 😂😂 auf wiedersehen Deutschland!
yea
the ball was nowere past the line
Easily over the line and skysports proved it
there was white on the ball from hitting the line
+David Serna So you're saying that the ball DIDN'T touch the line for the whole time it was in use?
It doesn`t matter if you take away that controversial goal the final score is 3-2 for England.
+Exodus Pessoa It doesn't work like that mate. Think about it? Are you seriously saying if that 2nd Hurst goal had been disallowed England would have won 3-2?
If you play the video at the speed of 0.25 and pause at 2:37 and 2:38 you can see that the ball actually crossed the line.
I just did that and I can confirm that statement is bull
I’ve seen the footage and it clearly didn’t go over the line. England were gifted the World Cup and makes sense why they never won it again
People have been debating for over 50 years whether it crossed the line or not. If it was as simple as playing a video at 0.25 speed I think it would have been cleared up one way or the other by now.
Roger Hunt's instinctive reaction with his hands raised to confirm a goal matched today's computer technology of proof that the whole of the ball was an inch over the line otherwise he'd have gone all out to head in the bouncing rebound!
well that's a silly reasoning
@ Siddy Fisher... I agree. I've yet to meet anyone outside the U.K. who agrees that the ball crossed the line :)
zziicckk01 go to Soviet Union
Roger Hunt was heading to his right side anticipating where the ball might have gone, however as it bounced to his left he was wrong footed so would never had scored, check the amount of pictures from the side of the pitch , a chalk mark is visible on the ball, unlikely to be paint from the crossbar
@@stephenprince8248 Yes, also even if he'd been certain it had crossed the line, how would he have known that the officials were going to give it? He would have wanted to make sure. I reckon Hunt's gesture was more out of hope than certainty.
History Today (30 July)
30 July 1966: England 4-2 West Germany (World Cup Final). In 1966, The Three Lions won the World Cup trophy for the first time.
@willisianturi With the help of the officials!!
Clearly a goal as the ball goes over the line once coming off the crossbar, it lands on the line as it hits the ground but it has already gone over the line before landing.
What you are saying goes against the laws of physics. Assuming that the goal structure is assembled correctly then the crossbar should be directly over the goal line. There is no way a ball can hit the crossbar then cross the line mid-air then go back the other way to hit the goal line.
@@redplague Are you really this funk/ing thick? It is quite obvious what is meant. Are you saying Roberto Carlos freekick for Brazil against France never happened. Come on Rocket scientist who likes their own comments explain that one.
@@redplague
Watch the footage. Thereis so much on TH-cam and an easy way of watching at half speed. The ball crosses the line.
The #21 player for England was also there for an easy follow up. He turned and celebrated rather than make an easy follow up.
@@jammin1881 Did you watch the last World Cup with that cross that people thought had definitely gone over even when they showed super slow motion? But in the end it hadn't completely crossed the line. Impossible to tell the same thing from youtube replays and just because a player decided to stop playing rather than make certain doesn't mean it crossed the line.
@@redplague
In modern times we have VAR and slow motion cameras. We have the luxury of replays and high definition slow mo rewinds.
Not the same and not the same situation as the 1960's.
The # 21 striker also believed it over the line and didn't go for a follow up and easy tap in. He also believed it already in and celebrated the goal.
It was definitely over
The ball never crossed the line, additionally, there were people on the field when Hurst controlled the ball just past the half line before he “scored” the last “goal”
BRILLIANT PRODUCTION Fifa
England bossed that match, worthy winners.
I saw the game In minehead butlins and I remember the 3rd goal went In so fast it hit the top of the net then the back of the net before it bounced behind the line. The best goal ever.
Too be honest though I do believe that from where Roger Hunt stood he would have seen distance between the line and the ball.
Before the 2nd german goal Seeler clearly handled the ball before the equaliser
So time to put it all to bed.
@@steverichards575 - “Seeler”? Do you mean Schnellinger? I know that immediately after Germany’s 90th-minute goal, England keeper Gordon Banks was yelling at the referee that there had been a Germany hand ball immediately before the goal - a claim he repeated many times in later years, including in his 2002 autobiography. But Banks was mistaken to say so (as has Hurst been, more recently, in repeating that erroneous claim himself).
The fact is, there was •no• handball on Germany’s last-minute equalizer - the best view of it is in the color footage, run at slow motion. That shows that, on the shot that “Siggi” Held blasted across the face of the England goal from the left, the ball struck NOT the arm of Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (Germany’s no. 3), but instead the small of his •back•. That Germany goal was perfectly legitimate.
He played well but it was NOT over the line
Even if it wasn’t over we would have still won
How
@@jensmatthewdawson6997 cos we had a 2 goal lead
@@mtb.edward3205 match confidence
@@mtb.edward3205 Only after Germany were chasing the game so leaving gaps at the back. Disallowing the goal would have meant the passage of play after that point would be different. There is no way to know who would have won then.
Aye the half way line
The greatest England team that ever was no wonder they’ve never one it again .
Delibes Flair There,s quite a few English spelling teachers on you tube .
Delibes Flair EH'
Geoff Hurst gave England its most proudest moment by scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup Final and winning 4-2 in extra-time. For that the nation owes him and the other ten players that played in the final a lot. However I must say despite this that although he is an England and West Ham United legend Geoff Hurst is not fit to rub Jimmy Greaves’ boots the man and player that he replaced. It was just a case of a player being in the right place at the right time for Geoff Hurst and for Jimmy bad luck. England’s greatest ever forward missed out on its most greatest moment.
Jimmy Greaves will always be head and shoulders above Geoff Hurst both as a player all round and as a goal scorer.
Jimmy Greaves England Caps 57 England Goals 44
Geoff Hurst England Caps 49 England Goals 24
yes but after world cup england negelected him like used toilet paper
Yes man you see what Diego maradona give england 1986
Definitely a goal
The ref gave it !
Is that your logic? That it's a goal because the REF gave it? Then I guess Maradona's handball is a goal as well, right? I mean, the ref gave it?????
The ball wasn't even a millimetre over the line!!!
His ego won't allow him to admit it was not a goal.
Pictures they say do not LIE. The ball was a sharp perfectly crossed the line goal. Geoff Hurst fired it with so much power. First, the German goalkeeper didn't see it, because it beat him flat and fine.
If you stop the play you can see its over the line. The key to it is the German number two body language. He saw it and if it didnt go over the line before ending up over the bar what is he appealing for?
For sure mate
Clearly over the line so clearly a goal no debate needed. hattrick hero who will never be matched.
a player who isn't even in the top 1000 players ever and is clearly forgotten. Played in a dinosaur era against farmers and plumbers. No-one outside of England knows who he is. I'm English btw.
definitely over the line
Haha no
You don't even need modern technology. Look at the PATHE News colour film footage which has different angles. It's clear as day it didn't go over, and I support England
It seemed like part of the ball was over and part stayed on the line. I don’t believe it was a goal
Hurst, are you serious? Everybody knows there were no goal. Referee just did a favor to the Queen
Yup. Just to favor the Queen
@@hisyamasri947 Cry some more England have a world cup.
did you actually watch the video? See the full context of what he said.
It would’ve been a goal anyways, Roger Hunt could have finished it.
Wrong....Hunt only turned away when he realised the German defender was going to clear it...take a look.
When you went to the old Wembley tour, they had the crossbar in a room. We all know it wasnt over the line, but we'll take it :)
If that was a goal, then Maradona's first goal in the 1986 Quarter-Final was a goal too.
And lampard's goal in 2010 round of 16 wasnt a goal
if hunt could have finished it he would have ; why risk it?
69 dislikes are some angry Germans
May be English cheaters
What, exactly were the rules at the time as to how much of the ball had to be over the line? If ALL of the ball had to be over ALL of the line, then it certainly wasn't a goal. There is a camera shot from behind the goal line which clearly shows this. THIS particular video has a shot of the strike as landing a much greater deal over the line, but the ball seems to be moving in a strangely wobbly movement, like there is some tricking about with the footage. Anyway, the 1/4 final against Argentina was such a travesty, England shouldn't even have gotten into the 1/2 final, so in my book, Hurst's "goal" is immaterial.
The rule was the same as it’s always been: the entire ball has to be beyond the entire width of the line.
@@ColumbiaB World Cup to West Germany then.
Garbage, the footage leans firmly to no goal.
Nice man, good footballer but if it were a Colombian or Italian saying that "the ball was a metre over the line" (ha ha ha!) there would be bundles of comments on this page left by the English screaming 'cheating scum' / 'dirty cheat'
There really wouldn't because he clarifies that was a joke with the very next thing he said.
Even if it didn’t ,which it was proven it did, the score ended 4-2 so it would be 3-2 anyways
Where is this proof you speak of?
@@redplague using math 4 minus 1 = 3
@@joemartin2253 Okay two things. First, you said it was proven that the ball crossed the line. This is the proof I'm asking about.
Secondly, if the third goal was disallowed then the passage of play from that point on would have happened differently especially as Germany wouldn't have been chasing the game as much and taking more risks at the back.
@@redplague nope to concede a goal you get the ball for a new kick off. It was proven by a university and 3-2 would’ve been the score. We don’t know the future but I’m certain if it’s 4-2 end result 3-2 is possible too so your logic is based on imagination
@@joemartin2253 What do you mean 'nope'? If there was a kick off following a goal then the passage of play would be different to what would have happened had it had been judged not a goal and no new kick off. Yes it's possible it would have been 3-2 and it's also possible it would be 2-3.
Your logic is based on imagination, not mine, as you said originally that it would be 3-2 even though that 's not certain whereas I am saying that you can't know what the score would be so you're the one using your imagination with that one.
Link this proof you speak of please.
The ball didn't cross the line hurts,P.S Scotland rule
Delibes Flair We grubbed you in 67 by the greatest Scottish team ever 6 months after the World Cup so that makes us champions .
SO he was trying to kick it out but he miss hit it and it went in ???
Oh come on it wasn't over the line
No it wasnt
Do all host nations play all their games at their home stadium?
for host all stadiums are home
@@swapsakpal08 at the one stadium though?
Some do. In the 1930 World Cup, host Uruguay played all its marches at Estadio Centenario, in Montevideo. In 1938, host France played all its matches at Stade Olympique de Colombes, near Paris.
In quite a few other World Cups, the host nation has played all but one of its matches at a single stadium.
One metre? Better make it a mile, right?
It was an Imperial mile over. The Azerbaijan linesman who hated the Germans because they killed half his family in WWII said so.
I guess we will never know for sure. Different vids show different results. Manipulation to suit the belief. History records England won 4-2.
"1966 war kein Tor!"
Not exactly Geoff....The ball was just on the Line But wasn't Over at all.So it wasn't goal.
It wasn't over the line but England won 4-2 anyway
Germany won 4 world cup
Never a goal
new technology proved that the ball had crossed the line but not by as much as Hurst had claimed, so what,
Un mundial regalado a los ingleses.
Tofig bahramov
no goal
No way was it over the line lol. There are literally pictures of half the ball touching the line
WHERE? Pray tell.
where?
You're totally dishonest. You know it wasn't over
Cheat
For me, if it was really a goal there would have be scientific Hawkeye analysis done of the goal long ago proving it to be a goal. The fact that there hasn't be any, tells me that it definitely wasn't .. although I can see that the whole ball not over the line with my own 2 eyes & never believed it was a goal, but, I'm Scottish ;0)
The ball certainly DIDN'T cross the line, in all the replays it clearly shows the entire ball doesn't cross the whole line, only partially in which case it's not a goal. In today's football it wouldn't of counted. I'm saying this as an Englishman as well lol.. But I'm more than happy it was counted.. Germany got their revenge in the end with Lampard's goal..
Sorry Geoff but the replays and freeze frames of that moment show the ball was on the line not over it. You're either lying, deluded or you need to visit Specsavers.
It had already gone over the line you thick dipstick, now FO and get yourself to specsavers or Ill send you there myself, clown.
You didn’t pay attention to what Hurst actually said, did you?
@@ColumbiaB Why do you say that?
listen to Geoff Hurst carefully and his claim that the ball was over the line by at least one metre is tongue in cheek. He even says later in the interview that he fell after hitting the ball and did not have a clear view of the incident, either beyond the goalkeeper or goal line. I think Roger Hunt, a consumate professional and goalscorer, is the key here. He turned away immediately after seeing the ball cross the line.
@@melvynslote457 Roger Hunt did that? They should have got him to referee the match due to his unbiased professionalism.
It was not a goal
Play it in 0.25 speed, you can see it went over the line
Dumb
Liar
English people did have bad teeth back then what toothpaste were they using
Another arab pea/do loose on the net.
Bulls**t..
No, the ball was not over the line! This has been proven lots of times, we have VAR & goal line technology now FFS.
I used to referee - players put their hand up for ANYTHING - to get an advantage. Ya just cant trust em - ask any referee!
Germany🇩🇪 all the way. See what they have achieved after WC'66.
Its evident to the Whole World.
Its an easy guess, were England of that quality, that standard, that class, then how many major titles have they won after that ; zero 0.
And Germany : 6
3 FIFA World Cups & 3 Euro Cups
England have not reached the Final of any major tournament, World Cup or Euro, forget about winning the Cup.
This speaks volumes about the German quality over the English.
Germany were the deserving FIFA World Cup Champion of 1966 edition.
We are sorry for the English soccer fans, to have been handed the trophy in a wrong way. You have to win the World Cup convincingly, which England didn't.
Germany won the hearts ❤💞. And Gods favoured the Germans with many more Cups later.
A German THIS patriotic is scary
And who is reading this?
@@user-fy1eg2mf8h you apparently.
No it wasn’t it was clearly on the line. They had virtually no character. As Eusebio said if they had played their game up North & not at Wimbley Wombly the little inglanders would not have progressed. Who would you rather watch Brazil, Portugal or Ingland?!
A little hateful and biased towards the English? To say they had no character is laughable. Eusebio was a great player and sportsman which is more than can be said for you. If you are going to make a comment please learn to spell more correctly.
This man would have entered in the World Cup memory by being a bit more ethic and honest with himself and the world.... but I guess it's not in English mentality even if cameras, multiple journalists and even the Oxford University analysis proved it wasn't a goal. Well, no problem, we'll remember him as this guy who scored a ghost goal and could not admit it.
He a liar and a fraud no better than Maradona at least Diego admitted it in the end
@@dermot51 watch the video
If your a british fan than you better understand that england had many advantages throughout the tournament, and brazil lost pele and garrincha, so england are cheaters and brazil should have won
LegacyRelic14 so england are cheaters because Brazil lost players
Fact of the matter is they didn’t win. England won, I don’t care if you think the ball bounced over the line or not, fact is England were the ones lifting the trophy that day over 61 years ago and there’s nothing you can do to change that.
+Harry Germany got their revenge in 2010, Lampard's goal disallowed, nothing you can do to change that british fan!
LegacyRelic14 britain dosen't have a team dumbfuck learn the difference
The match England vs Argentina was an absolute disgrace
Here we go again the English arrogance at its best, the ball was at least 1 meter behind the line? There's such thing as Karma and Germany since that game became the ultimate football nation. England on the other hand turned into a laughing stock got humiliated by Iceland. They never managed to knock out Germany of any major tournament the Germans always reminded them of that goal in every encounter which made the defeat even more painful for them. They talk about sportsmanship hate Diego Maradona for his controversial goal against England but deny Germany were robbed in 1966.
You salty hater get outta here
Watch the video. Hurst’s remark that the ball was a meter beyond the line is obviously facetious. He immediately goes on to say that, in seriousness, he couldn’t see the outcome of his shot, because he fell back the other way, and the falling body of Tilkowski, the German keeper, also obscured his view.
britain has never had a world class football team. they had to purhcase referees. period!
Vilhelm Hammershoi we’ve had quite a few world class sides actually. Definitely not recently but over the last 100 years we’ve had quite a few
@@warlockcow6891 you say this, but it was a 50/50 decision which still no one knows whether or not it was correct
if it went germany's way, would you say that they purchased the referees?
They had a brilliant team in 1970 better than 66 nearly drew with Brazil having said that they would'nt have beaten Brazil if they made the final Brazil were on another planet
Even after 50 years he still can't admit it. And he's a simp too. Ugh.
The one joke that was circulating at the time (so I'm told) is that when the Swiss referee asked the Soviet linesman if he thought it was a goal, the linesman replied, "Remember Leningrad. Of course it was a goal."
Lava1964 love that 😂
Stalingrad*
The linesman, Tofik Bakromov, is a national hero in Azerbaijan and the stadium is named after him. It does seem true that he hated the Germans.
WWF/WWE Wrestling Revolution 3d Leningrad had it just as bad
Maybe the Russian linesman should have been more concerned with Stalin and the scourge of communism.
It was definitely over
no it wasn't, but anyways England still would have won the match anyway but it is not OVER THE LINE.
From this angle, GOAL! This is seriously insane to watch. Geoff Hurst, the last one left of the '66 squad. Great player.
Of the '66 squad, Ian Callaghan is also still alive.
Hurst, the ball did not go over the line because people used modern technology to prove it
Matty Saltpig hahahahahaha savage
stay classy
+Matty Saltpig , what?
You even don't have to thanks to the pathe England th-cam.com/video/C0aK2IgORGA/w-d-xo.htmlm55s
oh sorry, I give credit to pathe
It was certainly well over a meter, measured vertically...
Nope, .. it fell on the line and bounced out !! England had the referees on their side in 1966 !! Argentina had their captain, Antionio Rattin unjustly dissmissed in the quarterfinal by the refree for ... "the look in his eyes" !!
Oh yeah, maybe 2 - 3 meters, at least. Lol. While it did appear to bounce behind the line in real time and on the replay, whether the entire ball was over the line is debatable.
He didn’t even see it
In my opinion the ball wasn't over the line. I've watched it in 0.25 speed and I can't see how people can think it was over the line. Regardless, the linesman gave it, simple as that, the goal counted and end of story. The 2010 Lampard goal was over the line, everyone knows that, but in that case the linesman didn't give it and so the goal didn't count and that should be it. End of.
Why people being haters ??? England truly deserved that game .... soccer so many calls missed in history
play at 0.25 speed. It is CLEARLY over the line and then bounces out, and the WHOLE ball is.
Bribery = DEBUNKED.
BUT it's not. It never crossed the line.
Holy shit I thought I was the only one that saw that
@Felix Carpio Exactly. Inward parabolic trajectory
No way that ball was over line NOOO WAY
I know the cinema they're talking about. It's a gym or a spa now.
Mum took us to a few films there.
Are we to assume then that Roger Hunt wasn't a great striker as there's no question he should have stayed focused and headed the ball over the line to make sure. I think Weber was the defender, and he kept going to make sure he cleared it for a corner.
HE LIED BLANKLY. THE PICTURE IS CLEAR: THE BALL HIT THE LINE. IT WOULD HAVE TO MOVE ALMOST ITS ENTIRE DIAMETER TO BE A GOAL. YOU'RE LIE!
Alf said England would win the World Cup and Hunt really should have buried the rebound
What's with the meters, football is measured by inches, feet and yards
This man deserves his Knighthood!!!!
He's already a white knight simp.
Don't ask a man to choose between winning a football match and his wedding as the best day of his life. You can even ask him if his team winning a big match or his wedding was better.
Rookie question.
I dread to think what the answer would have been if you asked my grandad whether he loved my grandma more than the boxing ... To be fair, boxing used to be pretty cool.
Cheater.
@saidtoshimaru1832 No sir, 3 players & linesman SAW the ball beyond the line before it hits the ground!..The ball had very fast *backspin* bringing it closer to the line.
@@Baz-Ten They "saw" the ball beyond the line. Then the linesman saw the money going into his pocket.
@@saidtoshimaru1832 Ha Ha..someone paid a German to alter the film..and colorize the 1st part..& speed up the drop of the ball.....&
tha efhesai na min eihe metrisei malaka aggle
Come on, Geoff. It was never over the line. Can't understand why they've never applied the technology to it retrospectively
I think they did apply the tech, and proved it didn't cross the line. But the huge amount of cheating by the english team in the 1/4 final against Argentina invalidated the whole affair for me.