Art has been part of the stories and conversations about football heritage for decades, and it particularly had a moment to shine in the year 1953. Uma Ghelani looks at two amazing artworks as part of National Sporting Heritage Day.
Roger Hunt symbolised Shankly’s Liverpool. In the late 1950s they were a second tier team with a crumbling Kop. Shankly put Sir Roger at the central part of his revolution. His team would enjoy domestic success and join the cream of Europe.
A look back at the life and career of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and England’s prolific forward, Jimmy Greaves.
As the Women’s Super League kicks off this weekend (3-5 September 2021), Uma Ghelani takes a look at an object which heralded a new era for women’s football.
As England prepare to face Hungary in two World Cup qualifiers Tilly Johnson looks at a classic encounter between the two countries from 68 years ago.
A scarf produced in honour of Leeds United legend Norman “Bites Yer Legs” Hunter, specifically for his 1975 testimonial at Elland Road.
We look at the full kit worn by the ‘Wizard of the Dribble’, Sir Stanley Matthews, during Blackpool’s remarkable 1953 FA Cup triumph.
The first fixture of the new Premier League season takes place on Friday evening when new boys Brentford entertain Arsenal. It sees the Bees return to the top flight for the first time in 74 years. Uma Ghelani turns the clock back to a golden pre-war era for the West London club.
Our latest object is from an early Anglo-German clash – a meeting between Aston Villa and Berlin at the turn of the nineteenth century.
He’s been stadium announcer at Liverpool FC for more than half a century and is known as the ‘Voice of Anfield’. We speak to George Sephton about matches and microphones.
Lex Heaton takes a rose-coloured look at the pink objects in the National Football Museum’s collection.
This week’s object is a picture of Nettie Honeyball – a marvellous and mysterious early figure of women’s football.