World Cup Winner 1966.

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100 goals in 156 appearances. 

FA Centenary Celebrations.

1966.

Arsenal’s World Cup Winner. 

George Eastham was the only Arsenal player to be in the triumphant England squad in 1966. 

He has no official recognition of this achievement at Arsenal, not even a banner on one of the walkways over the railway from Drayton Park. 

I had a schoolmate, Steve C, who’s father bought 2 match tickets for every tournament game at Wembley for his 2 sons. After the first game Steve’s  brother went on holiday and his dad offered me his tickets and also one for the only game at White City stadium all at cost price. 

This match was Uruguay vs France and at 0-0 was one of the most boring games of the tournament. 

However, future events more than compensated for this. 

As we were going through our Mod phase we drove to the games on Steve’s Lambretta scooter, which enabled us to park easily. 

So, we saw the ugly side of football with Argentina and the beautiful side with Portugal along with a resilient Mexico where the genius of Bobby Charlton finally wore them down. 

The autographs bottom left are from the Portugal team. 

If everyone who’s said they were at this final actually got in, then Wembley would have been 10 times the size it was on that momentous day. 

I know that Steve C and I were there and also Granty whose dad got him a ticket from the hotel he worked at in London. 

                                                                  World Champions

                                                                   They think it’s all over

                                                                           Is it over?

                                                                               It is now!!!

Next Post on Tuesday 28/4/2020. 

Finally, a trophy at Highbury. 

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