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Sixty years on: Was England's 1966 winning XI destiny, fate, or a chance affair?

It's a team ingrained in memory, but was it always destined to be that way? Sixty years on from that Wembley triumph, Paul Simpson explains how chance moulded Sir Alf Ramsey's legends of '66

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The dark and difficult legacy of England’s 2003 World Cup triumph

Two decades on from their triumph in Sydney, many of Clive Woodward’s World Cup-winning squad are struggling

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The best British defenders ever

Picking out the finest full-backs and centre-halves ever to emerge from Britain

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A look at the 1966 World Cup team England’s current crop look to emulate

England face Spain in Berlin on Sunday.

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A look at the 1966 World Cup team England’s current crop look to emulate

A look back at Alf Ramsey’s team from 1966 as England reach another men’s major final.

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Marco Silva wants more from Fulham after a ‘special’ 2022

Marco Silva has challenged his Fulham side to get even better after a “special” 2022.

Evening Standard

Marco Silva dedicates Fulham’s win over Crystal Palace to club legend George Cohen: ‘We lost one of the best’

Marco Silva dedicated Fulham’s 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace to 1966 hero George Cohen.

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Marco Silva dedicates Fulham’s win at Palace to George Cohen after ‘sad week’

The team came out in warm-up tops with ‘Cohen 2’ on the back, and then put on a display that would have filled their former great with pride.

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George Cohen tributes and Sam Curran makes history – Friday’s sporting social

Harry Kane was also back at Tottenham.

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George Cohen: World Cup hero, England's greatest ever right-back and a thoroughly good man

The 1966 England World Cup winning star was a hero on and off the pitch as George Cohen spent his latter days campaigning for research into dementia and even volunteered to donate his brain to medical science

Daily Mirror

George Cohen: Remembering the gentleman of Fulham feared by George Best

I can still see George Cohen now, elbows out, galloping up the wing, a truly positive right-back in first our domestic game for Fulham – and then for England.

Evening Standard

Sir Geoff Hurst leads tributes as World Cup winner George Cohen dies aged 83

Cohen’s death leaves just two survivors from the team which beat West Germany 4-2 on July 30, 1966.

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George Cohen: Sir Geoff Hurst and Gary Lineker pay tribute to England’s 1966 World Cup ‘footballing immortal’

Tributes continue to pour in for George Cohen following his death at the age of 83.

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‘Footballing immortality’: Gary Lineker leads tributes to England World Cup hero George Cohen

The Fulham great was one of only three surviving members from the 1966 World Cup-winning squad

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George Cohen dies aged 83 – what became of England’s 1966 World Cup winners?

The class of 1966 still remain the only England men’s side to lift a trophy at a major tournament.

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George Cohen: England’s 1966 World Cup winner who fought battles on and off the pitch

George Cohen may have collected only one trophy during his playing career, but a winners' medal from the 1966 World Cup final secured the defender a place in English football history.

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England World Cup winner George Cohen dead aged 83

Cohen was part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966.

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George Cohen: England legend and 1966 World Cup winner dies aged 83

The Fulham great was one of only three surviving members from the 1966 World Cup-winning squad

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George Cohen: England 1966 World Cup winner dies aged 83 as Fulham lead tributes

The England 1966 World Cup winner and Fulham legend George Cohen has died at the age of 83.

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England World Cup winner George Cohen dies aged 83

Cohen played every minute of England’s victorious campaign.

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George Cohen: The World Cup winner who fought battles on and off the pitch

The full-back spent his entire playing career with boyhood club Fulham.

Daily Mirror

George Cohen dead: Legendary England 1966 World Cup winner dies aged 83

Kensington native George Cohen spent his entire playing career with Fulham and lifted the World Cup with England at Wembley Stadium in 1966, winning 37 caps in total

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Jack Charlton's family back call for Leeds United legend to be awarded posthumous knighthood

Jack Charlton's widow Pat and son Peter have called for the entire 1966 World Cup winning team to receive knighthoods.

Daily Mirror

Jack Charlton's family back Mirror's call to hand 1966 World Cup legend a knighthood

The England hero, who earned 35 caps, had a playing that career spanned more than two decades at Leeds United and he still holds the club record for most appearances

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