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Blue Peter presenters Andy Akinwolere, Joel Defries & Helen Skelton with the ball |
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| Fabio Capello with the 1966 ball |
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National Football museum - at home and abroad
From exhibitions to television appearances, the National Football Museum is still very much in business even though the galleries are currently closed. With the World Cup in full swing, there’s plenty of interest in all things to do with the competition, especially the 1966 match winning football. Over recent weeks, the ball, owned by Virgin Media, Eurostar and the Mirror Group has been reunited with the 1966 winning England team, been touched for luck by Fabio Capello and even had a starring role on Blue Peter. Another World Cup object in the museum’s collection that always generates lots of interest is the shirt worn by Maradona in the 'Hand of God' match and with owner Steve Hodge’s permission this is now on loan to Nottingham Castle for display over the summer.
Away from the competition, the museum’s popular travelling exhibition, Saved for the Nation, can now be seen at the newly opened Museum of Museums in the Trafford Centre. A sparkling gem of a trophy, the 1896 FA Cup, lies at the heart of this exhibition, which tells the story of the world’s oldest and most exciting football competition.
If anyone making a trip to Paris between now and October drops into the National Museum of the Culture of Immmigration, they’ll see objects from the National Football Museum’s FIFA collection, including the world’s oldest football board game from the 1880s. Closer to home visitors to Worcester Cathedral’s Sporting Heroes exhibition will soon be able to see shirts, boots and caps belonging to famous players such as Stanley Matthews and George Best, again from the museum’s collection. Last but not least, a selection of football magazines, postcards and games are now on display at Craven Museum’s imaginatively titled exhibition Some Sheep are on the Pitch.
Much more is planned over the next few months and our website will continue to carry the the latest updates.
Steve Hodge with the 'Hand of God' shirt he swapped with Maradona (image courtesy Peter Tarry)
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