HOME WINS SO COSTLY SINCE 1966

House prices are 106 times higher than they were when England lifted the World Cup.

The average cost of a home has risen from £2,006 to £211,000 since 1966 – three times faster than wages... unless you’re a footballer, of course.

With the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup less than a fortnight away, online mortgage broker Trussle has dug into the archives to compare house prices and soccer stars’ pay packets since the greatest day in English football history.

Fifty-two years ago this summer, we were still using shillings and The Beatles topped the charts with Yellow Submarine.

Over that time wages for mere mortals have risen from an average £798 to £26,500.

That’s compared to earnings for footballers who take home 1,136 times the amount stars such as Bobby Moore, George Best and Pele were being paid.

In 1966, big name players earned an average £2,288, compared to an eye-watering £2.6million today.

It is estimated that the average wage of the current England squad is £80,000 a week – three times the annual pay packet of the average UK worker.

England back Kyle Walker earns £130,000 per week at Manchester City, while 1966 counterpart George Cohen took home £80 a week at Fulham. George, now 78, had to sell his winners medal in 1998 because of his poor financial situation.

Meanwhile, World Cup final hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst had to go on benefits following his retirement from the game.

Ishaan Malhi, CEO and founder at Trussle, said: “The housing market has changed dramatically since that World Cup Final at Wembley. Prices have soared in the last 52 years, while wages have struggled to keep pace.

“And for young people, the chances of getting on the property ladder today will feel are a lot slimmer than they were in 1966.”