3. The stolen world cup 

In 1966 England were the hosts of the world cup.  while they were preparing for this tournament something happened. The world cup trophy had been stolen from the FA headquarters just 2 months before the start of the tournament. A national initiate a search for the world cup had started. In the end it was a dog who found the trophy during a walk. “Pickles” and his owner became hero’s for collecting the world cup, and the FA decided to give them a passepartout for the whole tournament. Pickles even walked onto the pitch with the England players during England their first game against Czech Republic.

  2. When india (didn’t) go to the world cup

In the history of football India has never contested in an international football tournament which is strange for such a big country. However India did manage to qualify once in 1950. But the country pulled out of the tournament for two reasons. The first reason was the travel cost they claimed that they couldn’t afford to fly the whole squad and staff over to host country Brazil. The second and main reason for india to pull was because the refused to wear football boots. All the indian players were used to play barefoot but the fifa prohibited it. Since then india have never taken place in an international tournament.

1. When a football was capable of postponing a war

In the 60’s brazilian football club Santos FC was the most popular club in the world, with their starman Pele they were beloved by everyone. In 1967 Santos FC went to play in an international tournament in Nigeria. Nigeria at that time was ravaged and terrorised by a civil war between the government of Nigeria and the inhabitants of forieng Biafra. Both the Nigerians and Biafrans wanted to see the “football king” Pele play for santos. So both parties signed a ceasefire so that the 2 sides could watch the game. Unfortunately the ceasefire only lasted for 2 days, but during those 2 days nobody was killed. This was truly remarkable for one of the most cruel civil wars ever.