He watched the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley aged 16 - no day since has matched it
Kenneth Farrington shares his memories of the 1966 World Cup Final, 60 years on.
My first sight of the Wembley pitch actually took my breath away because the grass was green.
I'd been so used to viewing cup finals on our black and white TV, I fully expected the grass to be the same colour.
The match itself was enthralling - no way could it be described as a tactical battle. It was two teams attempting to win a football game.
Going into extra time was a bonus as far as I was concerned, because I was getting extra value from the outlay for my ticket.
The Geoff Hurst hat-trick goal was a great finale to a splendid occasion. And if the ball had burst the back of the net - it nearly did - I'd have caught it.
Outside the stadium, I felt like I was walking on air. My team, in the country where I was born and had never left up to that point, had won the World Cup.
