In the 1966 World Cup final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 4–2 win over West Germany received winners' medals. Many years later, following a Football Association led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Connelly was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009. Connelly was the third of the 1966 World Cup winning squad to die, Bobby Moore and Alan Ball having predeceased him.