[Football] 1966 World Cup Final Question

[Lenny Rider]

On the back of a recent chat with Mark McGhee who recalled Celtic going through to the Third Round of the 69/70 European Cup on the toss of the refs coin, after a 3-3 aggregate draw with Benfica with two 3-0 results so no away goals and before the days of penalty shootouts.

Which got me thinking, and perhaps an older NSCer might know the answer, what was the contingency plan if England vs West Germany had ended a draw after 120 minutes in July 1966?

Like I said Penalties weren’t a thing, in fact didn’t feature in any major international competition until the 1976 Euro’s (The Panenka), so was it a replay at Wembley the first week in August or would the greatest football show on earth have gone down to heads or tails?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

On the back of a recent chat with Mark McGhee who recalled Celtic going through to the Third Round of the 69/70 European Cup on the toss of the refs coin, after a 3-3 aggregate draw with Benfica with two 3-0 results so no away goals and before the days of penalty shootouts.

Which got me thinking, and perhaps an older NSCer might know the answer, what was the contingency plan if England vs West Germany had ended a draw after 120 minutes in July 1966?

Like I said Penalties weren’t a thing, in fact didn’t feature in any major international competition until the 1976 Euro’s (The Panenka), so was it a replay at Wembley the first week in August or would the greatest football show on earth have gone down to heads or tails?

Replay to be played at 7:30pm on Tuesday 2nd August.
I happened to look at the Wikipedia page the other day.

 

[Bodian]

"If Geoff Hurst hadn’t scored twice in extra time and the scores had stayed level, a replay would have been played the following Tuesday evening. And if the replay finished as a draw? The World Cup winners would have been decided by a lottery." https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1JlBHyLHv6yPb14mg5tjlLs/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-1966-world-cup-final#:~:text=If%20Geoff%20Hurst%20hadn't,been%20decided%20by%20a%20lottery.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Replay and if still level after that then they would have drawn lots to decide the winner.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Thanks for the quick responses, so ultimately it could have all come down to the drawing of lots

Seconds of hurt rather than 57 years

 

[portlock seagull]

Believe world war records then be taken into account, so England would have won 2 nil on aggregate...

 

[Lenny Rider]

Believe world war records then be taken into account, so England would have won 2 nil on aggregate...

Had we won Eurovision by then?

 

[studio150]

Had we won Eurovision by then?

Puppet On A String - 1967, so no, but neither had West Germany

 

[ManOfSussex]

Puppet On A String - 1967, so no, but neither had West Germany

But we'd hosted twice to their once at that point, so we'd have won on that.

 

[Sirnormangall]

Believe world war records then be taken into account, so England would have won 2 nil on aggregate...

Don’t mention the war……

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Unbelievable times!

“Before the start of the 1966 World Cup, it was decided that all the matches of hosts England’s group would be held at the Wembley. But in an interesting turn of events, the game between Uruguay and France had to be shifted to White City Stadium. The reason; the Wembley owners refused to cancel the traditional greyhound dog racing scheduled for the day.”

 

[Eeyore]

Unbelievable times!

“Before the start of the 1966 World Cup, it was decided that all the matches of hosts England’s group would be held at the Wembley. But in an interesting turn of events, the game between Uruguay and France had to be shifted to White City Stadium. The reason; the Wembley owners refused to cancel the traditional greyhound dog racing scheduled for the day.”

My understanding is that the World Cup didn't generate as much interest as we believe it did. The games at Old Trafford and in the north east didn't get big crowds. Huge crowds at Wembley, but I'm pretty sure if you wanted a ticket for the final you would have had a very good chance of getting it. Apparently it took a while for the nation generally to get behind it.