Geoff Hurst fires in his controversial second and England's third in the 1966 final.
Friday, 09 December 2005.
As the World Cup draws ever closer, take a look at England's record in the greatest competition of all.
FA Historian David Barber has compiled England's results, scorers and squads from their 11 previous campaigns.
1950: Brazil
Squad: Williams, Ditchburn, Aston, Ramsey, Scott, Eckersley, Wright, Hughes, Dickinson, Nicholson, Watson, Milburn, Mortensen, Bentley, Mannion, Finney, Baily, Mullen, Matthews, Cockburn, Taylor
Results:
Chile 0 England 2 (Mannion, Mortensen)
USA 1 England 0
Spain 1 England 0
Eliminated in First Round
1954: Switzerland
Squad: Merrick, Burgin, Staniforth, Byrne, Green, Wright, Owen, Dickinson, McGarry, Matthews, Broadis, Lofthouse, Taylor, Finney, Quixall, Wilshaw, Mullen
Results:
Belgium 4 England 4 (Broadis 2, Lofthouse 2)
Switzerland 0 England 2 (Wilshaw, Mullen)
Uruguay 4 England 2 (Lofthouse, Finney) QF
Eliminated in quarter-finals
1958: Sweden
Squad: McDonald, Hopkinson, Howe, Banks, Sillett, Wright, Norman, Clayton, Clamp, Slater, Finney, Douglas, Brabrook, A’Court, Kevan, Smith, Haynes, Robson, Broadbent, Charlton
Results:
USSR 2 England 2 (Kevan, Finney)
Brazil 0 England 0
Austria 2 England 2 (Kevan, Haynes)
USSR 1 England 0
Eliminated in First Round play-off
1962: Chile
Squad: Springett, Hodgkinson, Armfield, Wilson, Howe, Swan, Flowers, Norman, Robson, Anderson, Moore, Haynes, Eastham, Douglas, Greaves, Hitchens, Charlton, Connelly, Hunt, Peacock
Results:
Hungary 2 England 1 (Flowers)
Argentina 1 England 3 (Flowers, Greaves, Charlton)
Bulgaria 0 England 0
Brazil 3 England 1 (Hitchens) QF
Eliminated in quarter-finals
1966: England
Squad: Banks, Cohen, Wilson, Stiles, Charlton J., Moore, Ball, Greaves, Charlton R., Hurst, Connelly, Springett, Bonetti, Armfield, Byrne, Peters, Flowers, Hunter, Paine, Callaghan, Hunt, Eastham
Results:
England 0 Uruguay 0
England 2 Mexico 0 (Charlton, Hunt)
England 2 France 0 (Hunt 2)
England 1 Argentina 0 (Hurst) QF
England 2 Portugal 1 (Charlton 2) SF
England 4 West Germany 2 (Hurst 3, Peters) F
Winners
1970: Mexico
Squad: Banks, Newton, Cooper, Mullery, Labone, Moore, Lee, Ball, Charlton R., Hurst, Peters, Bonetti, Stepney, Wright, Stiles, Hughes, Charlton J., Hunter, Bell, Osgood, Clarke, Astle
Results:
Romania 0 England 1 (Hurst)
Brazil 1 England 0
Czechoslovakia 0 England 1 (Clarke)
West Germany 3 England 2 (Mullery, Peters) QF
Eliminated in quarter-finals
1982: Spain
Squad: Clemence, Anderson, Brooking, Butcher, Coppell, Foster, Keegan, Francis, Hoddle, McDermott, Mariner, Mills, Corrigan, Neal, Rix, Robson, Sansom, Thompson, Wilkins, Withe, Woodcock, Shilton
Results:
France 1 England 3 (Robson 2, Mariner)
Czechoslovakia 0 England 2 (Francis + OG)
Kuwait 0 England 1 (Francis)
West Germany 0 England 0 2R
Spain 0 England 0 2R
Eliminated in Second Round
1986: Mexico
Squad: Shilton, Stevens M.G., Sansom, Hoddle, Martin, Butcher, Robson, Wilkins, Hateley, Lineker, Waddle, Anderson, Woods, Fenwick, Stevens G.A., Reid, Steven, Hodge, Barnes, Beardsley, Dixon, Bailey
Results:
Portugal 1 England 0
Morocco 0 England 0
Poland 0 England 3 (Lineker 3)
Paraguay 0 England 3 (Lineker 2, Beardsley) 2R
Argentina 2 England 1 (Lineker) QF
Eliminated in quarter-finals
1990: Italy
Squad: Shilton, Stevens, Pearce, Webb, Walker, Butcher, Robson, Waddle, Beardsley, Lineker, Barnes, Parker, Woods, Wright, Dorigo, McMahon, Platt, Hodge, Gascoigne, Steven, Bull, Beasant
Results:
Republic of Ireland 1 England 1 (Lineker)
Holland 0 England 0
Egypt 0 England 1 (Wright)
Belgium 0 England 1 (Platt) 2R
Cameroon 2 England 3 (Lineker 2, Platt) QF
West Germany 1 England 1 (Lineker) SF
Italy 2 England 1 (Platt) 3P
Eliminated in semi-finals on penalties
1998: France
Squad: Seaman, Campbell, Le Saux, Ince, Adams, Southgate, Beckham, Batty, Shearer, Sheringham, McManaman, Neville G., Martyn, Anderton, Merson, Scholes, Lee, Keown, Ferdinand L., Owen, Ferdinand R., Flowers
Results:
Tunisia 0 England 2 (Shearer, Scholes)
Romania 2 England 1 (Owen)
Colombia 0 England 2 (Anderton, Beckham)
Argentina 2 England 2 (Shearer, Owen) 2R
Eliminated in Second Round on penalties
2002: Japan/Korea
Squad: Seaman, Mills, Cole A., Sinclair, Ferdinand, Campbell, Beckham, Scholes, Fowler, Owen, Heskey, Brown, Martyn, Bridge, Keown, Southgate, Sheringham, Hargreaves, Cole J., Vassell, Butt, James, Dyer
Results:
Sweden 1 England 1 (Campbell)
Argentina 0 England 1 (Beckham)
Nigeria 0 England 0
Denmark 0 England 3 (Ferdinand, Owen, Heskey) 2R
Brazil 2 England 1 (Owen) QF
Eliminated in quarter-finals