Who was captain of the victorious

1966 England World Cup team?

Jimmy Greaves

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Jimmy Greaves was England’s leading goalscorer at the time but in the 1965-66

season he was struck down with hepatitis and was out for three months.

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In the second half of the season he showed he hadn’t lost his goalscoring touch

by scoring 4 goals for England against Norway in one of their final warm-up

matches ahead of the World Cup.

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in the final group game, a win over France, he sustained a cut on his shin which required 14 stitches and forced him to miss the quarter-final tie against Argentina.

Geoff Hurst took his place in the semi-final win over Portugal.

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 Jimmy Greaves was fit to play in the Final but Alf Ramsey opted for Hurst and with no substitutes, Jimmy Greaves was left sitting on the sidelines among the reserves.