1966 FIFA World Cup later discovered wrapped in newspaper as the dog sniffed under some bushes in London. The FA commissioned a replica cup in case the original cup was not found in time. This replica is held at the English National Football Museum in Manchester, where it is on display. "World Cup Willie", the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. "World Cup Willie" is a lion, a typical symbol of the United Kingdom, wearing a Union Flag jersey emblazoned with the words "WORLD CUP".
2030 FIFA World Cup 2030 FIFA World Cup The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. This will be 100 years after the first World Cup. The first proposed bid for the 2030 World Cup was a joint bid from the Argentine Football Association and Uruguayan Football Association. The second was by The Football Association of England. The third was by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation in a potential joint bid with its neighbours. Under FIFA rules as of 2017, the 2030 World