Ask anyone about England’s World Cup winning side of ’66 and the names will trip off the tongue. But the rest of the squad? Greavsie apart, they’ll probably trip you up. Here, MICHAEL HEALY takes a closer look at the careers of England’s unsung heroes…

OF THE players who didn’t play in the final, only four of them took any part in the earlier stages of the tournament – forward Jimmy Greaves, and wingers Ian Callaghan, Terry Paine and John Connelly.
The fact these wingers were all tried suggests manager Alf Ramsey wasn’t totally fixated o...