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The ball that was used in the 1966 World Cup Final visited the 5 live studios under the care of Dr. Kevin Moore, Director of the National Football Museum in Manchester.

Dr. Moore told the story of the balls whereabouts since the World Cup: 鈥淗elmut Haller said there was a German rule that first scorer takes the ball away, so he took it home for 30 years and let his son play with it in the back garden.鈥�

The ball returned to England in 1996, when it was signed by illusionist Uri Gellar: 鈥淚t went on the Fantasy Football show, Uri asked us all to energise the ball, and it worked. When Gary McAllister took his penalty against England the ball just moved鈥�.

On Saturday, July 30 this year, it'll be exactly 50 years to the day since England won the World Cup. To mark the occasion the 麻豆社 is creating a huge live show at the SSE Arena, Wembley where we'll be telling, and celebrating the story of the game, and the people who made it happen - all in real time.

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive Thursday 12 May 2016.

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