World Cup mascots: from Naranjito to Bulldog Bobby – in pictures

Back in 1966, Mr George Claydon had the honour of being World Cup Willie, the first official World Cup Mascot Photograph: PA

Here he is having afternoon tea with the West German squad at Ashbourne, Derbyshire Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Nine months before the 1966 tournament starts, this British seller, Jennifer Gale, shows off her World Cup Willie products – ranging from T-shirts and cups to pull-overs and penants – that she will sell during the championship Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

A close-up off the shoes worn by a woman supporting the England team for the quarter-final against Uruguay. On the right, Judith Knight, aged 25, hoped the slippers which were on show at the Blackpool International Slipper Fair, would be popular with young soccer fans both in Britain and on the continent Photograph: Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images, SSPL via Getty Images

The 1986 World Cup mascot Pique at the Azteca Stadium for the Mexico v Bulgaria game Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Pique was used as a promotional tool for Coca Cola at the 1986 World Cup Photograph: Lily Franey/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Two fans stroll through Mexico City with the Pique masks. The hat is in the shape of a chilli pepper Photograph: John Deckinkga/AP

A shop assistant poses with two unnamed mascots ahead of the 1962 World Cup in Santiago de Chile Photograph: dpa/Corbis

England's mascot for the 1982 World Cup was a Bulldog called Bobby Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Here he is again, hot on the heels of Roberta Moore, the daughter of Bobby Moore, as she parades around Wembley Stadium with a load of Bulldog Bobby merchandise Photograph: Bill Cross/Daily Mail /REX

And here's another famous Bobby, World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, doing his best bulldog impression Photograph: Colorsport/REX

And yet another Bobby, this time it's the England manager Bobby Robson with Ciao, the 1990 World Cup mascot Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

Members of England's 1970 World Cup squad in training – from left to right: Francis Lee, Bobby Charlton, Alan Ball, Norman Hunter, Ian Moore and Colin Bell. With them is World Cup Winston, a bulldog who went with them to Mexico as the England team mascot Photograph: Douglas Miller/Getty Images

Brazilian footballers Dino Sani, Gilmar and Hilderaldo Bellini reading a newspaper with a man in a wheelchair who was the Brazilian team mascot at the 1958 World Cup Photograph: Emilio Ronchini/Mondadori via Getty Images

Here's Miro, the little mascot of the Haitian national team, lining up ahead of the group game against Poland at the 1974 World Cup Photograph: Hartmut Reeh/dpa/Corbis

Naranjito, the official mascot for Spain's 1982 World Cup Photograph: Peter Robinson/EMPICS Sport

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands holds a rabbit mascot as she receives the Dutch national team at the palace Huis ten Bosch in the Hague after the 1974 World Cup Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

Scottish players Willie Donachie, Lou Macari and Asa Hartford with a youngster dressed as Gauchito, the 1978 World Cup mascot Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

The Swedish team pose together with their scary-looking team 1954 mascot Photograph: Emilio Ronchini/Mondadori via Getty Images

World Cup 1974 souvenir bags for sale featuring the official mascots Tip and Tap Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

The 1974 World Cup mascots Tip and Tap are big news in the souvenir trade ahead of the tournament in West Germany. They stand in a souvenir shop in Munich as well as other souvenirs such as the official World Cup poster and the World Cup emblem Photograph: Hartmut Reeh/DPA/Press Association Images