Everyone knows the main members of England’s World Cup winning squad in 1966, the likes of Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton.
But Moore might never have lifted the Jules Rimet trophy had it not been for a dog named Pickles.
In March 1966, the trophy was on public display at the Methodist Central Hill in London when it was shockingly stolen.
After the theft, a package containing a piece of the trophy as well as a letter demanding £15,000 as ransom was sent to the FA.
But before that could be paid, a middleman was arrested and the trophy was wrapped in paper and dumped by the thieves
Scotland Yard launched a massive investigation in an attempt to recover the trophy, with England set to host the tournament in the summer.
But a week after the theft they had come no closer to finding it.
Up steps Pickles the dog, perhaps a distant relation to famous canine detective Scooby Doo, who began sniffing around a neighbour’s car.
"There was a package by the front wheel. It was very tightly wrapped - the IRA was in action in those days and I thought to myself ‘was it a bomb?’” Pickles’ owner David Corbett told Mirror Online in 2016
"So I picked it up. Put it down. Picked it up, put it down again. I tore a little bit off the bottom and saw a shield. I recognised it straight away and thought 'This is it!'"
Having made the landmark discovery though, Pickles and his owner had to contend with a grumpy police sergeant who was unconvinced they had found the World Cup.
And to make matters worse, once the cup was verified as being the real thing, Mr Corbett then became the main suspect in the robbery.
Officers at Gipsy Hill handed him a drink before he was taken to Cannon Row police station for further questioning.
"All the press were already waiting, I don't know how they found out," recalled Mr Corbett.
"They took me into a room and started asking me questions - suddenly I realised I was suspect number one. But I knew I was in the clear so I let them ask all the questions they wanted."
Mr Corbett was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, with Pickles becoming the world’s most famous dog
The two were even invited to the winner's banquet after England beat West Germany before Pickles was awarded a medal by the National Canine Defence League.
Mr Corbett was also able to buy a house from the payment he received from the cup’s insurers, though sadly Pickles died in 1967 after getting his collar caught on a tree branch.
Daily Star