'We got married on 1966 World Cup Final day'

While England's hopes of a second World Cup triumph have been dashed, a Fenland couple have recalled a victory of their own - getting married on the day the team won the tournament in 1966.

Anthony and Helen Chandler remember their wedding guests trying get updates about the game during their ceremony on 30 July - the day England defeated West Germany 4-2 at Wembley Stadium.

Helen said guests "brought their transistor radios with them so that during the reception they could listen in for the results".

"My brother-in-law was announcing the score during his speech and was finally able to tell everybody that we had won, before the end," the 82-year-old, from March, added.

About 150 people attended the couple's wedding in Faversham, Kent.

Anthony, 82, said: "There wasn't the same amount of hype - we're going back 60 years you know and things have changed an awful lot for sports since then."

He recalls there being no radios at the church, but on arrival at their reception people were listening to the game at its entrance.

Helen said: "We were just getting the score relayed to us, but everybody cheered when we won."

She added: "My uncle was going to be giving me away as my father had died.

"His son had got a ticket for the World Cup final, which he had given up not realising that England was actually going to be in the final."

Anthony said he was hoping to rewatch the 1966 game with his wife, as they soon celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

"In those days, there was no opportunity for us to watch the match afterwards," he added.

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