Playing for 90
Fansided

Ranking All Twenty World Cup Winners

By Josh Sippie

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Per Mertersacker, Manuel Neuer and Kevin Grosskreutz celebrate during the German team victory ceremony on July 15, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. (Photo by Markus Gilliar - Pool /Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Per Mertersacker, Manuel Neuer and Kevin Grosskreutz celebrate during the German team victory ceremony on July 15, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. (Photo by Markus Gilliar - Pool /Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
12 of 21
Next
(Original Caption) 7/30/1966-England-: England captain Bobby Moore ‘chaired’ by his team with the Jules Rimet Cup…after receiving it from the Queen after England won the Cup final 4 goals to 2, against West Germany.
(Original Caption) 7/30/1966-England-: England captain Bobby Moore ‘chaired’ by his team with the Jules Rimet Cup…after receiving it from the Queen after England won the Cup final 4 goals to 2, against West Germany. /

Top World Cup Winners All-Time: Number Ten – England, 1966

That one, glorious year where England finally lived up to their expectations. It feels like every year the Three Lions expect to win everything and every year, but either something goes horribly wrong, or they try to convince themselves that it wasn’t their own shortcomings, but something that went horribly wrong.

Whatever the case, it all worked out in 1966. England beat an ever-powerful West German side by a score of 4-2. If there is one thing that Germany has always been characterized by, it is their composition in the defensive end of the game.

So it goes without saying that England controlled the game, as they pounded home four goals, which accounted for 67% of the goals that West Germany surrendered the entire competition.

While it took into extra time to grind out the win, in the end, the English did indeed outlast the German’s in the war of attrition in a display of true grit and determination.

Home/World Cup