Jimmy Greaves is selling his 1966 World Cup medal

Jimmy Greaves Credit: PA

England football legend Jimmy Greaves is selling his 1966 World Cup winner's medal, five years after he received it following a campaign to honour the entire squad.

The 74-year-old originally missed out on a medal because he was injured during the tournament's group stage, and back then only the 11 winning players on the pitch at the end of the final received the award.

Jimmy Greaves and the other recipients of medals for members of the 1966 World Cup squad. Credit: PA

A campaign led to football's governing body Fifa changing its heart in 2007, paving the way for England's reserves to be honoured.

The World Cup squad players and the families of team manager Sir Alf Ramsey and other backroom staff were finally presented with medals by then-prime minister Gordon Brown at a reception at Downing Street in 2009.