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APRIL FOOL'S JOKE FROM THE SUN, BRITISH NEWSPAPER
GEOFF HURST CONFESSED HIS GOAL NEVER CROSSED THE LINE!
He had always maintained his second strike was a legitimate goal.
But he stunned a Press conference yesterday by confessing: "The ball never crossed the line.
"I owe a great debt to Tofik Bakhramov. If he was here today, I'd shake his hand.
"Thanks to him I got a hat-trick in a World Cup final and a place in history.
"But now it's about time I came clean and admitted the ball did not cross the line.
"It's been a huge burden on my shoulders for 44 years.
"Now I am pleased people know the truth."
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Hurst, 68, dropped the bombshell at an event to launch of bookies' Blue Square renewal of their sponsorship of non-League's three highest leagues until 2013.
The stunned sponsors tried to stop Hurst's confession.
Blue Square managing director Mark Jones said: "We called Sir Geoff in for his link with the World Cup and obviously his hat-trick.
"It's a shame he turned that into a brace today at our press conference."
The announcement will cast a shadow over England's win.
German Football Federation spokesman Jurgen Akikyousuf said: "We applaud Herr Hurst's confession."
Last night senior FIFA spokeswoman Aprile Foolet warned: "This is a very serious matter which will be discussed at the highest levels."
GEOFF HURST CONFESSED HIS GOAL NEVER CROSSED THE LINE!
He had always maintained his second strike was a legitimate goal.
But he stunned a Press conference yesterday by confessing: "The ball never crossed the line.
"I owe a great debt to Tofik Bakhramov. If he was here today, I'd shake his hand.
"Thanks to him I got a hat-trick in a World Cup final and a place in history.
"But now it's about time I came clean and admitted the ball did not cross the line.
"It's been a huge burden on my shoulders for 44 years.
"Now I am pleased people know the truth."
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Hurst, 68, dropped the bombshell at an event to launch of bookies' Blue Square renewal of their sponsorship of non-League's three highest leagues until 2013.
The stunned sponsors tried to stop Hurst's confession.
Blue Square managing director Mark Jones said: "We called Sir Geoff in for his link with the World Cup and obviously his hat-trick.
"It's a shame he turned that into a brace today at our press conference."
The announcement will cast a shadow over England's win.
German Football Federation spokesman Jurgen Akikyousuf said: "We applaud Herr Hurst's confession."
Last night senior FIFA spokeswoman Aprile Foolet warned: "This is a very serious matter which will be discussed at the highest levels."
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