Look at the little fellas. How can you not love them?
1966 WORLD CUP WILLIE
A sprightly maned young chap who started the whole mascot scene. Hats off to World Cuo Willie and his retro Union Jack ensemble.
1970 JUANITO
A football-obsessed little boy called Juanito with a Sombrero on Very Mexican.
1974 TIP & TAP
Two junges with football on their minds and WM on one of their tops - which is short for Weltmeisterchatt or World Cup.
1978 GAUCHITO
Not only is he wearing the Argentina kit, he's doing the whole 'gaucho' thing and donning a neckerchief and whip, too. Top lad.
1982 NARANJITO
He's an orange with a football under his arm! What's not to like? His name derives from naranja, which is spanish for orange.
1986 PIQUE
A jalapeno pepper with a sombrero on. His name derives from picante, which is spanish for spicy peppers and sauces.
1990 CIAO
A slight dip in the trend here, but still legendary in his own right. A stick man with the Italian Tricolore running through him. Ace.
1994 STRIKER
Reminiscent of saturday morning cartoon characters. Striker's a football-mad dog with a USA kit on.
1998 FOOTIX
One of the national animals of France. His name being a blend of football and the suffix 'ix' made popular by the Asterix cartoons. Decent feather cut, too.
2002 ATO, KAZ & NIK
Who knows what these idiots represent? The fact they were selected by people at the host country's McDonald's outlets says it all really.
2006 GOLEO IV & PILLE
A bloke in a furry costume with a German shirt and no pants on. And a talking football. Bring back Tip & Tap!
2010 ZAKUMI
Zakumi is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa.'ZA', (GB is our one) plus 'kumi' their word for 'ten'. Bit girly though, eh?
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