17th Sep 2026
What makes this football shirt a world first?
This shirt was developed by Newcastle United and club sponsors Sela during the 2023-24 campaign – but what makes it so special?
Collection Stories
4th Sep 2026
Women’s football winners before the WSL
Women’s football existed long before 2011. Here are four teams that enjoyed healthy measures of success prior to the WSL era.
3rd Sep 2026
Ranking the most game-changing transfers before the Premier League
Which football transfers made the biggest impact before 1992? Here are our top ten…
28th Aug 2026
A tale of two armbands
The story of two England captain’s armbands, the purpose behind their creation and the controversial responses from football’s governing bodies…
20th Aug 2026
Our Premier League trophy
Is our Premier League trophy the genuine article? The answer is complicated…
29th Jul 2026
When football came home: the 60th anniversary of 1966
Sixty years on, the National Football Museum tells the story of our 1966 World Cup triumph via three remarkable objects from the final.
15th Apr 2026
Hillsborough Remembered
April 15th marks the anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy, a day now never forgotten and an event that would change football forever…
4th Feb 2026
Remembering Super Kevin Campbell
Remembering Arsenal and Everton cult hero Kevin Campbell, and highlighting his legacy through the Kevin Campbell Foundation.
15th Jan 2026
The most iconic Manchester derbies
A look at four key Manchester derbies over the decades, from the very first meeting to thrillers and routs.
23rd Dec 2025
Willie Clarke, the Football League’s first Black goalscorer
Written by Bill Hern and David Gleave, authors of Football’s Black Pioneers: The Stories of the First Black Players to Represent the 92 League Clubs The…
29th Nov 2025
Viv Anderson: England’s first Black player
The story of Viv Anderson’s first England appearance, making history against Czechoslovakia in 1978.
27th Nov 2025
Viv Anderson and the unlikely European Cup final
How Nottingham Forest and Malmo FF faced one another to be crowned champions of Europe in 1979.