A Sheffield man, Mark Watterson, has spent 40 years amassing an extensive collection of memorabilia from England's 1966 World Cup victory, describing it as part of "social history". His passion began aged 13 after a chance conversation with hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst at a Sheffield United match in 1980, and has since grown into a collection featuring tickets, programmes and shirts linked to the tournament.

Watterson, now 58, owns tickets from every England match before the final, a programme from the final itself bought at a 1983 collectors' fair, and a rare unused ticket from the quarter-final against Argentina. He also holds a replica final shirt signed by the surviving players shortly after Bobby Moore's death in 1993, and items gifted by former player Gerry Byrne, including a kit bag and a "World Cup Willy" moneybox. Watterson has also collected every England programme since 1951 and visited 212 football grounds worldwide, though he says the collection's value means it is heavily insured and kept hidden, and he is uncertain whether younger family members will maintain his interest in it after him.