SIR GEOFF HURST was forced to go on the DOLE when he retired from playing football.
He might be the only person to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final but England’s 1966 hero was forced to sign-on to support his family.
Footballers in the 1960s and 70s earned nowhere near the millions they get in the modern-day game.
And West Ham legend Hurst, 80, recalled: “It was an awkward time – out of work and with three kids at school.
“You’ve very little money and you have to start doing something else.