On This Day – 20th March
It was on this day back in 1966 the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from a public exhibition at Westminster Central Hall in London.
A replica was hastily made so something could be presented at the tournament three months later.
The Football Association’s blushes were saved as a dog named Pickles found the trophy seven days later, wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a garden!
Pickles’ owner David Corbett received a reward of nearly £5,000 for the discovery of the trophy. That works out at about £79,300 in today’s money.
Pickles and Corbett were invited to the World Cup celebration banquet after England won the tournament as an extra thank-you.
The replica is now in the National Football Museum.
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