England legend Roger Hunt's 1966 World Cup shirt sells at auction for £11,000

By JOSHUA HAINING, NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:40, 19 July 2026 | Updated: 09:41, 19 July 2026 England legend Roger Hunt's 1966 World Cup shirt has sold at auction for £11,000.  The white long-sleeve number 21 jersey was worn by the striker during a group match against France on July 20 1966 where he scored both goals in a 2-0 win. Hunt was part of England's 1966 squad that went on to lift the World Cup after beating West Germany 4-2 at Wembley Stadium.   The signed shirt went under the hammer at Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers in Devizes, Wiltshire, yesterday, and with auctioneers costs sold for £14,300. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: 'Although England couldn't end the 60 years of hurt this week we were delighted to auction 1966 hero Roger Hunt’s match used shirt from the France group game where he scored twice.  'It sold for over £14000 and represents a truly tangible link to the last time England won the World Cup. Hunt won 34 caps for England, scoring 18 international goals for his country and he played in every game during the 1966 campaign, scoring three times to help England out of the group stages.  The forward spent the majority of his professional career playing for Liverpool where he was the club's top goal scorer with 285 goals until he was overtaken by Ian Rush in 1992.  Roger Hunt's 1966 World Cup shirt which he wore during a group stage match against France fetched £11,000 at auction The striker wore the long-sleeved white shirt against during a group stage match where he scored both goals in a 2-0 win The Cheshire-born footballer spent the majority of his professional career playing for Liverpool The Cheshire-born footballer spent most of his National Service time in the Devizes area in Wiltshire, playing for Devizes Town. Hunt's shirt is not the only England jersey from the 1966 World Cup to fetch thousands at auction. In 2023, Sir Bobby Charlton's England shirt was sold under the hammer for a staggering £45,000. Charlton scored two goals in front of 94,000 fans at Wembley against Portugal to seal England's passage to the World Cup final with a 2-1 win in the iconic kit.  The shirt was sold by Derbyshire-based Hansons Auctioneers and had an initial guide price of £50,000-£80,000.