England Lost the World Cup Before It Started. A Dog Found It

Four months before England hosted the 1966 World Cup, the trophy was stolen from a glass cabinet in the middle of London. A ransom letter, a suitcase of fake money and a man jumping out of a moving car followed, but the police still had no trophy. Then a black and white dog called Pickles went for a walk. Chapters 0:00 The empty cabinet 0:26 The promise 0:39 Sport with stamps 1:44 Dear Joe 2:29 The suitcase 3:06 The chase 3:48 Pickles 4:32 The suspect 5:07 Dog of the year 5:55 Who stole it 6:34 Why it matters Sources: Wikipedia ("1966 theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy", "Pickles (dog)", "FIFA World Cup Trophy", "Joe Mears"), FIFA ("Pickles and the stolen World Cup"), ESPN, ITV News, Sports Illustrated, Sky HISTORY, National Football Museum. Reported rewards differ between sources (5,000 or 6,000 pounds), so the video says thousands of pounds. The 2018 claim about who stole the trophy has never been proven. Narration voice generated with ElevenLabs. Pictures are painted illustrations made with Google Flow, not archive footage or real photographs. The Untold Pitch tells the football stories nobody told you. Subscribe for the next one. #football #footballstories #theuntoldpitch