The National Football Museum is home to the world’s largest public collection of football objects and archives.
We house over 40,000 items in total, at the museum in Manchester and at our Research Centre in Preston. You can explore some of that collection below in our dedicated collection content hub.
Our Research Centre
The National Football Museum Research Centre is located at the Deepdale Stadium in Preston.
Whilst around 2,500 objects are on display at the museum in Manchester at any one time, the remaining collection can be viewed by appointment, and we welcome both academic and non-academic visitors to our Preston site.
Book your research visit by emailing us at collections@nationalfootballmuseum.com.
Black in the Game: Bruce Dyer
Uma Ghelani on the career of forward Bruce Dyer, the first Black seven-figure teenager in English football history.
Mitre: England’s longest-running sports manufacturer?
Mitre’s progression from a Huddersfield tannery to one of England’s premier football manufacturers.
Sing When You’re Winning? The rise and fall of songsheets
Looking back at a time when supporters almost literally sung from the same hymn sheet, via a songsheet produced for the 1964 FA Cup Final.
Our YouTube Channel
Quite Unsuitable for Females Podcast
The museum and MIC Media has worked with four community producers – Rosy Akalawu-Ellman, Meg Wilson, Uma Ghelani and Debola Adebanjo – to surface some of the secrets of the women’s game.
This five-part series looks at the game’s early pioneers, representation of women in football and parallels with the modern game.