World Cup countdown: 🎥 England's greatest tournament goals | OneFootball

39 different players have done what every Englishman dreams of doing – score at the World Cup.

It’s a list that includes names that will undoubtedly go down in the annuls of history. Bobby Charlton. Davis Beckham. Paul Mariner.

But of the 79 goals England have scored across 14 tournaments, which five stand out as the very best?

5. Joe Cole vs Sweden (2006)

If you’re going to score one goal at the World Cup for your country, make it as good as this.

4. Geoff Hurst vs West Germany (1966)

The most famous goal in English football history was pretty good, but it wasn’t even the best that summer…

3. Bobby Charlton vs Mexico (1966)

The run, the body swerve, the finish. If Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard were one player, he wouldn’t even be half as good as this man.

2. David Platt vs Belgium (1990)

A last minute winner to take your country to the World Cup quarter-final would be special enough – but to do it like that? Wow.

1. Michael Owen vs Argentina (1998)

Michael Owen at his fearless best. Just 18 years of age and making the Argentina defence look like a pub team. It’s the best England World Cup goal of all-time. It might just be the best World Cup goal of all-time, period.