Jimmy Greaves did not play in the 1966 World Cup final due to injury ... Records show the house was bought in 2012 for £499,995 and then sold again this May for £499,950.

Jimmy Greaves Greaves, an ex-Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea favourite, sold the 18-carat medal in a sporting memorabilia sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London Sport ...

MARTIN SAMUEL: Greaves battled back from alcoholism and had a wonderful and varied life, selling his World Cup winners' medal for £44,000 after not playing in the iconic 1966 final.

Image: Jimmy Greaves and his Spitting Image puppet meet at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, at the Television and Radio Industries Club's 1986 TRIC Awards ceremony ...