It’s been surreal – stadiums without any fans. When football resumed during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic games were played behind closed doors. The museum acquired a match programme from one of the first games. Head of Collections Wiebke Cullen takes a closer look at this unique matchday magazine.
Exactly a century ago struggling striking miners received support from an unlikely source – women footballers. Catriona Kelly looks at these remarkable players who played for, and supported their communities.
It assisted one of the freakiest goals in Premier League history. In 2009 Sunderland welcomed Liverpool to the Stadium of Light and despite all the stars on show, it was a holiday inflatable that grabbed the headlines.
With the return of the Women’s Super League (WSL) this weekend, curator Belinda Scarlett looks back at the history of one of the most dominant teams of the 1990s and 2000s – Arsenal
Sue Lopez’s contribution to women’s football has been immense; as a footballer, coach and manager over a career spanning five decades. She also battled indifference and entrenched discrimination to push for better recognition of women’s football. Curator Belinda Scarlett takes a look at the objects that tell this remarkable player’s story.
Sometimes the simple football banners are the best. With football in lockdown in the spring of 2020 this flag appeared on a street rather than a stadium. It reflected one of the game’s biggest stars and a campaign close to his heart.
It is one of the most popular football films of all time. A star-studded Hollywood cast, some of the world’s best players, and a cracking plot of good versus evil.
It was a powerful and symbolic moment as Premier League footballers took the knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
They were the first – and only – football club in the world to introduce equal pay for both their men’s and women’s teams. They are 100% fan-owned club and believe in deeds not words. This is Lewes FC.
This is the orange ball used in the match when England became champions of the world.
The National Football Museum has an opportunity for an artist to play a key role in a major exhibition in 2021.
When Blackpool fans took on their owners it was the longest fan boycott in the history of English football.