- Moore, Hurst and Peters all feature in new National Football Museum Exhibition
- 1966 World Cup Exhibition contains boots worn by Hurst and Peters and the Jules Rimet trophy
- Fans also invited to share stories of Golden Summer by Sporting Memories Network charity
Fifty years on from England’s golden summer of 1966, fans can put themselves in the middle of the FIFA World Cup action at a unique new Exhibition.
Captain Bobby Moore, hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst and final goalscorer Martin Peters all feature extensively in the 1966 World Cup Exhibition at the National Football Museum in Manchester – opened this week by the trio’s fellow World Cup winners Bobby Charlton, Roger Hunt and Jimmy Armfield.
With stories from the people who made the games, played the games and watched the games that made the tournament such an iconic moment in the country’s football and cultural history, the Exhibition celebrates England’s success and looks at the legacy of that win.
West Ham fans will be particularly eager to see the left boot worn by Hurst, which completed his perfect hat-trick with the strike made famous by commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme’s words ‘They think it’s all over… It is now’.
The boot has been dipped in bronze and been loaned to the museum by their manufacturers, and will appear alongside Moore’s right size 7 boot, which he wore in the final and to climb the steps to the Royal Box to collect the Jules Rimet trophy from HM Queen Elizabeth II.
The trophy itself and ball from the final are also among the star exhibits, while new immersive technology will recreate the atmosphere of Wembley on that famous day, giving visitors their own seat among the 100,000 supporters lucky enough to be at the final half-a-century ago.
The 1966 World Cup Exhibition is a must-visit experience for West Ham fans who remember 1966, or anyone who ever wanted to see England win a World Cup!
The Exhibition has been created in partnership with The Football Association (FA) and will be open until January 2017.
Admission to the 1966 World Cup Exhibition at the Urbis Building, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG is free of charge, but donations to this registered charity are welcomed to support the Musuem’s work in sharing 150 years of football heritage.
For London-based Hammers, a second Exhibition will open at Wembley Stadium on Monday 11 July.
If you were at the 1966 World Cup, you can share your memories of the tournament and become part of the National Football Museum’s project.
The Sporting Memories Network, a charity which uses the power of stories to reignite connections between generations and combat the effects of dementia, depression and loneliness in communities is also collating memories on Twitter using the hashtag #Memoriesof66.
The 1966 World Cup Exhibition is a must-visit experience for West Ham fans who remember 1966, or anyone who ever wanted to see England win a World Cup!
The Exhibition has been created in partnership with The Football Association (FA) and will be open until January 2017.
Admission to the 1966 World Cup Exhibition at the Urbis Building, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG is free of charge, but donations to this registered charity are welcomed to support the Musuem’s work in sharing 150 years of football heritage.
For London-based Hammers, a second Exhibition will open at Wembley Stadium on Monday 11 July.
If you were at the 1966 World Cup, you can share your memories of the tournament and become part of the National Football Museum’s project.
The Sporting Memories Network, a charity which uses the power of stories to reignite connections between generations and combat the effects of dementia, depression and loneliness in communities is also collating memories on Twitter using the hashtag #Memoriesof66.