Geoff Hurst grew up in Chelmsford, Essex Please also see my All-Time World Cup Team Index . England Ipswich Town Greater London North East England , NorthWest England . Yorkshire and Humber West Midlands East Midlands South West England South East England Black English players United Kingdom World Cup 1970 United Kingdom World Cup 1982 England World Cup 1974 England After 1966 All-Time Team All-Time Team under Bobby Robson(Club only) Bobby Robson's Ipswich Town * I made an exceptional case to include Terry Butcher and Geoff Hurst on this team. The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region. Bedford, Luton, Basildon, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford and Cambri...