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      England fans can buy hallowed turf where Geoff Hurst scored controversial second goal in 1966 World Cup

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      ENGLAND fans can buy the hallowed turf where Geoff Hurst scored his controversial second goal in 1966 — in a sign football’s coming mown.A piece where the goal line was is in the back garden of a house that’s come on the market.
      Football fans may want to snap up this house which has gone up for sale – because it has the famous goal line from the 1966 World Cup final in its back gardenCredit: Solent News
      The strip of grass is the most precious piece of turf in English football historyCredit: Solent News
      The goal proved crucial in the 4-2 win and England’s only World Cup triumphCredit: AP
      Three Lions supporters now hope Chesney Hawkes is not the current team’s One And Only lucky charm, after the singer’s half-time rendition of his 1991 chart-topper helped inspire them to Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Wales.
      The strip of grass, the most precious in English football history, has been the subject of decades of debate since hat-trick hero Hurst’s shot famously hit the crossbar then came crashing down.
      German players protested it didn’t cross the line, but the goal was given and proved crucial in the 4-2 win and England’s only World Cup triumph.
      For over 50 years, that Wembley goal line’s turf has secretly been part of the lawn at the detached five-bedroom home in Potters Bar, Herts.
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      Now, with the latest World Cup in Qatar under way, the property has been listed on the market — although it is expected to fetch at least £1.25million.
      Its current owner said the children in his family have even used it as their own goal line while playing footie.
      It was laid there after then-owner and TV director Bob Gardam had a kickabout at Wembley with colleagues in 1969.
      Mr Gardam, director of London Weekend Television’s Big Match show, was told by groundsman George Stanton that the pitch was due to be re-turfed for the first time since England’s historic win three years earlier.
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      The grass was in a terrible state due to that year’s Horse of the Year Show and Mr Stanton told Mr Gardam he could take home Hurst’s goal line.
      Mr Gardam drove his car through the Wembley tunnel onto the pitch to load his car with the turf after digging it up.
      He then laid it in his garden in the shape of a ‘V’ for victory.
      He remained at the house with his family until 1982, when it was sold.
      Mr Gardam, a father of six, died aged 81 in 2013 but his grandson Steve Walter, 32, yesterday spoke about his exploits.
      Mr Walter, a media consultant of Stewkley, Bucks, said: “Grandad was not actually a massive football fan. He loved sport and more than anything I think he did it for a bit of a giggle.
      “But he absolutely knew the significance of it and wanted to preserve it for generations.”
      The house was sold to a father with a young family. The dad passed away two years ago and now his 46-year-old son, who has asked not to be identified, is selling the house.
      He said: “We were told about it when we bought the house and we thought it was pretty special.
      “It was a secret that we had to keep and we’ve kept it a secret for years.
      “To us, it’s just been part of the garden. We’ve all played football on it.
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      “It was pretty much a goal line for us playing football, even though it was a V. We used one of the lines of the V.”
      The property is being sold by estate agent Strike at a guide price of £1.25million to £1.5million. More

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      Inside amazing £12m mansion of Arsenal football legend David Dein – complete with cinema and steam room

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      THIS is what sits within the four walls of Arsenal football legend David Dein’s amazing £12million mansion.The businessman, 79, has given the public a glimpse into his Mayfair mews house – by putting the home on the market.
      This is inside David Dein’s £12million mansionCredit: SWNS
      The Arsenal football legend has put his five-bedroom, five-bathroom house on the marketCredit: SWNS
      Dein has owned the home since 2010 and had many renovations undertaken in that time to create the mansion it is todayCredit: SWNS
      Dein is said to have chosen an LA style of livingCredit: Getty
      The 3,927-sqft property, which is nestled between two of the most sought-after addresses in London, has an eye-watering price tag of £11.95m.
      Sitting behind the home’s original façade is five bedrooms and five bathrooms.
      But, what’s also sitting behind that brick and wood façade is a gym, steam room, integrated Sonos sound system, cinema room, private terrace and wine display wall.
      There is a dining room with a retractable skylight, seeing it transform from indoors to al fresco in an instant, too.
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      The home also boasts a fireplace in every room, and space to park three cars with outdoor parking and a garage.
      The sprawling house, which is mostly decorated with white, black, and reds, also has a pizza oven and living wall off the master suite.
      Dein has owned the home since 2010 and had many renovations undertaken in that time to create the mansion it is today.
      Charlie Gibson, the chief executive of Oliver Bernard Private which is selling the property, said: “The owner refurbished the home to an LA style of living where it is really open planned.
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      “They have put in things like a pizza oven, which I have never seen in a Mayfair house.
      “The owner is also a huge gardening fan, so she has a created a living wall which is such a great feature.”
      Mr Gibson said: “It is almost impossible to get a garage in this area, but this has got a car stacker for two cars and you can park a car outside your mews.
      “You’ve only got three streets with mews houses in Mayfair, so if you get internationals who like mews houses, which a lot of them do as they are so quintessentially English, you’ve only got a few places in Mayfair you can get them.”
      Dein was vice chairman of Arsenal from 1983-2007.
      During these 24 years, Dein appointed Arsene Wenger, celebrated 18 trophy wins, and oversaw the team’s invincible season of 2003/2004.
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      The successful British businessman also played a key role in the creation of the Premier League back in 1992 and was awarded with an MBE in 2019 for his services to football and charity.
      Last month Dein revealed he was being snubbed by old club, who refused to stock his new book in their shop.
      Sitting behind the original façade is a renovated 3,927-sqft propertyCredit: SWNS
      The home boasts a living wall – and pizza ovenCredit: SWNS
      It also has a gym, cinema and fireplace in every roomCredit: SWNS More

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      Rooneys bank £3.7million from sale of 5-bed mansion dubbed Wayne’s World

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      THE Rooneys have banked £3.7million from the sale of their former home dubbed Wayne’s World.Wayne and Coleen bought the plot for £1.5million in 2005 and knocked down a 1930s home to make way for a five-bedroom mansion.
      The Rooneys have banked £3.7million from the sale of their former home dubbed Wayne’s WorldCredit: Getty
      Wayne and Coleen’s mansion in Prestbury, CheshireCredit: Ray Bradbury
      The couple, both 36, quietly put it on the market earlier this year.
      According to Land Registry documents, it sold for £3.7million in May — five months after they moved into a £20million six-bed mega-mansion 30 miles away in the Cheshire countryside.
      A source said: “They were sad to sell it but their new house is so amazing they had no reason to keep it.”
      Their old three-storey home, in Prestbury, Cheshire, boasts a pool, gym, spa bath and cinema.
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      It has a five-a-side football pitch where Wayne enjoyed kickabouts with sons Kai, 12, Klay, eight, Kit, six, and four-year-old Cass.
      The house sits in a secluded lane and is protected by an imposing perimeter fence and CCTV cameras linked to a 24-hour security team.
      Ex-England football captain Wayne is living in the US — where he is manager at D.C. United.
      Meanwhile Coleen has stayed in the UK with their boys.
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      A source said: ‘They were sad to sell it but their new house is so amazing they had no reason to keep it’Credit: Getty Images – Getty More