1966 was the year that the World Cup went back to the country that first conceived football : England.

It appeared as though the surprise package North Korea might do the same to Portugal when after 22 minutes they were in the lead 3-0. It fell to one of the greatest stars of the tournament, Eusebio, a 19 year old playing for Benfica at the time, to change that. He scored four goals in the game and with Augusto adding a fifth in the 78th minute, one of the most incredible comebacks was complete and Eusebio lead the tournament in scoring with nine goals.

Meanwhile in the other two games, Bene's late goal for Hungary against the USSR, who was lead by Lev Yashin's stellar goalkeeping, proved little more than a consolation as they crashed out 2-1, and the only goal between Argentina and England came courtesy of England's Geoff Hurst.

Both semifinals finished 2-1: Franz Beckenbauer providing the winning goal for West Germany as they beat the USSR, while Bobby Charlton scored both goals in England's triumph against Portugal. Portugal went on to beat the USSR 2-1 to take third place. And it was England who won the tournament in a controversial final over West Germany, 4-2.