In this lavishly illustrated commemorative book, England’s World Cup hero, Sir Geoff Hurst, describes how he and his team mates took on and defeated the football world in the glorious summer of 1966. He relives all the action, on and off the pitch, as the England team embarked on the quest to capture the sport’s biggest prize.

Sir Geoff has provided photographs from his personal collection and these, together with numerous personal reminiscences from a host of celebrities – including Terry Wogan, Dickie Bird, Lulu, Sir Jackie Stewart, David Essex, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Henry Cooper and Glenda Jackson – and flashbacks to the films, news events and music of that year, brilliantly capture the time and place of England’s greatest sporting achievement.