7th Mar 2025
Manchester United v Arsenal: Battles, brawls and brilliant goals
While not as geographical or historical as other club rivalries, there’s absolutely no love lost between Manchester United and Arsenal.
Collection Stories
26th Feb 2025
7,000 miles from home: Everton v Spurs
A look at the first game played between two professional teams in the Americas: Everton v Tottenham Hotspur in 1909.
30th Jan 2025
Frank Swift’s medals
A look at Frank Swift’s medal collection, including Sportsman of the Year and FA Cup honours.
10th Jan 2025
Arsenal v Manchester United: FA Cup Classics
A look at some of the key FA Cup fixtures between Arsenal and Manchester United over the decades.
10th Jan 2025
The first ever FA Cup Final
The story of the very first FA Cup Final in 1872, told through one of our objects: the only known surviving medal awarded to the winners.
5th Jan 2025
FA Cup: Third Round shocks
The January giant-killing round is upon us! We look at five of our favourite cup upsets from the Third Round of the FA Cup, featuring top-tier shocks and player sackings, career-making goals and nigh-impossible results.
19th Dec 2024
The colourful life of Jack Hillman
Beth Williamson looks at the colourful career of goalkeeper Jack Hillman, an FA Cup winner with Manchester City in 1904.
5th Dec 2024
England v Germany: a dark day in football history
Beth Williamson on one of the dark days in our national side’s history: England v Germany, where the Swastika was flown at White Hart Lane.
22nd Nov 2024
QPR Ladies: WFA Cup winners, 47 years on
A very special visit from members of the Queen’s Park Rangers Ladies side that lifted the 1977 WFA Cup.
21st Nov 2024
Protest and the 1978 World Cup
Beth Williamson looks at one of the most politically controversial World Cup tournaments: Argentina 1978.
19th Nov 2024
Object of the Week: England trading cards
Uma Ghelani looks at some of the most special – and rare – trading cards in our extensive collection.
7th Nov 2024
Donald Simpson Bell: football’s war hero
A look at the life and medals of war hero Donald Simpson Bell, football’s only recipient of the Victoria Cross.