With St David’s Day this week and the Manchester derby this weekend, this week’s Object of the Week focuses on an object from the museum’s collection relating to a significant figure in the history of Welsh football and both Manchester clubs.
This week’s Object of the Week is a portrait of Hope Powell by Manchester artist Stanley Chow. Tilly Johnson explores the career of one of English football’s most important figures.
Jane Bateman has developed football networks around the globe for more than 20 years leading The Football Association’s International Relations Team. But it’s delivering programmes around football and social change that she feels are the most rewarding.
Love is in the air (sort of) in our latest Object of the Week: a humorous old-timey Valentine’s Day card.
Aston Villa and England’s Anita Asante reflects on highlights from her football career and what needs to be done to tackle discrimination in the game she loves.
This dinner menu card from the Hotel Majestic in Belgrade is signed by the Manchester United team who would be struck by tragedy the next day.
This stunning football shirt is both stylish and supports equality. Harriet Dean, on student placement with the museum, talks about this Gas Girls’ garment…
It’s 30 years (December 1990) since John Motson appeared at Wycombe Wanderers’ Adams park battling snow gusts in his sheepskin coat. We look at the key piece of the legendary commentator’s winter wardrobe.
Our curator Peter Holme writes about his hero – the late, great Colin Bell.
Sporting Memories group member Tony Haggerty on the time he was lucky enough to meet football royalty, El Diego.
Finding Jack Charlton is a new film about an extraordinary man – an English World Cup winning legend who became an Irish hero. We speak to director Gabriel Clarke about the film, and the late, great Jack Charlton – a man revered on both sides of the Irish Sea.
A dazzling winger with pace and skill, Rachel Yankey was the first professional female player registered in England – and was arguably one of the most successful.