BBC broadcaster Jimmy Armfield will receive a
World Cup winner's medal 43 years after England won the
trophy.
The former Blackpool and England defender was one of the
11 reserves who did not play in the 4-2 win over West Germany at
Wembley in 1966.
"It's nice to get it but I can't say it's something that's been
bothering me all these years," said the 73-year-old.
Before the 1974 World Cup only players who started in the final
received a medal, but Fifa has changed the rules.
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Fifa also revealed that 14 additional medals would be made for
each of the winning teams from 1930 to 1970.
"If you didn't play in the final, whether through injury or not
getting selected, you didn't get a medal - it was as simple as
that," said Armfield.
"But these days everybody gets a medal, the kit man, the bus
driver, they all get one.
"And I think that's why this has happened. It's not as if anyone
has been pressuring Fifa to have it done, it is just being brought
into line with how it is nowadays."