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Unique football interviews to become valuable resource
George Best and Brian Clough are just two of the football legends recounting tales of their football careers in a unique collection of films currently being catalogued by the National Football Museum.
The project, funded by Sportech Plc, the owner of The New Football Pools has enabled the museum to begin cataloguing and conserving Kicking and Screaming, the most important film archive on the history of English football. The archive portrays the magic of the world’s most popular game through the words of footballers, managers and fans and forms an exciting part of football history that will now be preserved for generations to come.
Kicking and Screaming was the basis for the 1995 BBC television series of the same name. A book was also compiled which included extracts from the interviews compiled by researcher Rogan Taylor and Andrew Ward. The six part television series compiled 4 hours of interviews, although over 200 hours worth of material has remained on VHS tapes in the vaults at the North West Sound Archive. To date over a third of the VHS tapes have been transferred into a digital format and a database has been set up which will enhance research access.
Other names including Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Tom Finney, Sir Stanley Matthews, Gary Lineker and Sir Bobby Charlton tell their stories about personal experiences, famous games, England internationals and much more. Supporters also talk about their experiences through the ages, from eyewitness accounts of key games, FA Cup and World Cup finals through to fanzines and the excitement surrounding local derbies.
Once the project is completed, the resulting archive will be promoted by the Museum as a valuable resource for researchers. In partnership with The New Football Pools it will also be the source of future displays, exhibitions and publications.
George Best talks about his iconic 'El Beatle' celebrity image and the 'Swinging Sixties'
Brian Clough discussing European success for British clubs during the 1970s
