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Often the stories told by the commentators echoed those of real sporting events, such as performance-enhancing drugs, streakers, and a tale about the trophy based on the theft of the World Cup in 1966.

Theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy

On Monday 21 March, Joe Mears, the Chairman of the Football Association, received an anonymous phone call.

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In February, Stanley Gibbons' stamp company received permission to place the Trophy in their Stampex exhibition in March in condition that it would be under guard at all times.

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