Jack Charlton's cherished World Cup medal and famous red England shirt of 1966 could fetch £200,000 at auction.
His son John, 63, told how the family had the England legend's memorabilia valued as part of his estate when he died two years ago.
The 1966 shirt has just been voted the most iconic sports top of all time in a poll. John, of Ponteland, said: "When dad died, we got his shirt and medal valued. But it is very difficult.
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"It is done on the basis of the last ones sold and I think that they came in at about £100,000-£200,000.
"Like everything else, it is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it."
Ill health and financial worries saw the heroes of 1966 sell their medals. Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper, who lost the sight in his right eye in a car crash in 1972, sold his at auction for £124,750 in 2001; he died in 2019. Bobby Moore, the centre-half and captain, died from cancer in 1993 aged 51.
His first wife sold his memorabilia to West Ham in 2000, reportedly for more than £1.4m. Sir Geoff Hurst received around £150,000 when he sold his World Cup medal to the Hammers in 2001.
Nobby Stiles, the midfielder who died in 2020, received £160,000 from Man Utd in 2010 when he sold his for his family, and another £49,000 for his European Cup winning medal.
Alan Ball, the youngest of the 1966 squad, sold his medal for £140,000 in 2005, also to raise funds for his family. He died in 2007.
John, a dad-of-three, added: "I am pretty sure that my dad and uncle Bobby are the only players from the team not to have sold their medals. We have no plans to sell - my dad's was valued as part of his estate."
The Charlton brothers' medals would be worth around £500,000 if sold together. John has glasses in 'Charlton's Bar' in Cambois, three miles from his dad's hometown of Ashington, Northumberland, with Sir Alf Ramsey's famous words of advice before extra time in 1966 "You have won it once, go and win it again," a reference to England being ahead 2-1 before the Germans equalised.
John joked: "My friends say 'John, you don't want England to win the World Cup again because your dad's old shirt and medal will drop in value'."
He and his mum Pat are planning to visit Ireland to see a book of condolence full of tributes to Jack, who died on July 10, 2020 aged 85. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in November 2019.
Pat, 87, was also due to appear on Ireland's popular 'The Late Late Show', the world's second longest running chat show, to talk about Jack's unique place in the hearts of the Irish people following his stint as Republic of Ireland manager from 1986-96.
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