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The National Football Museum is a museum in Preston, England, founded to preserve, conserve and interpret several important collections of Association Football memorabilia. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ...
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Collections
Located at the Deepdale stadium in Preston, the museum opened in June 2001. It is an independent charity holding the following collections: Deepdale is a stadium in Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and Englands National Football Museum. ...
Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...
This article is about the year 2001. ...
A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ...
At any time, around 2,000 items from the museum’s collections are on display, with a further 30,000 items held. Key items include: FIFA (in full, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ...
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FIFA (in full, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ...
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- One of the two balls used in the first World Cup Final in 1930.
- The ball from the 1966 World Cup Final.
- The replica of the Jules Rimet Trophy, made in secret by the FA in 1966 after the original was stolen, and paraded by the England players at the World Cup Final in 1966.
- The England captain’s jersey and cap from the world’s first official international football match, England v Scotland, in 1872.
- The world’s oldest women’s football kit, from the 1890s.
The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
1966 was the year that the Football World Cup went back to the country that first conceived football: England. ...
The Jules Rimet trophy was the original physical manifestation of the prize for winning the football world cup, a small gold cup representing the hopes and ambitions of every footballing nation on earth. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Research The National Football Museum, in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has launched the International Football Institute (IFI). The IFI's purpose is to "undertake research on all aspects of football and make this research available to the widest possible audience". The University of Central Lancashire (or UCLan) is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, with additional campuses in Carlisle and Penrith. ...
Exhibitions Many exhibits are loaned to museums in the UK and artefacts have been loaned to exhibitions in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium. The museum has worked in partnership with UEFA to create the UEFA Jubilee Exhibition, which opened in the European Parliament in Brussels, before moving to the National Football Museum. The museum also worked with UEFA to create the world’s first exhibition dedicated to women’s football, to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2005 Women’s Championship. To mark the FIFA 2006 World Cup the museum is working with partners to develop exhibitions in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Germany.
Visitors The museum is a premier visitor attraction in Preston, and with free entry it attracts football fans from across the world. Between July 2004 and June 2005 the museum attracted 107,000 visitors and had just over 19,000 children in the museum's education and outreach programmes. The museum received the award of Large Visitor Attraction of the Year, at the 2005/06 Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards.
Publications The museum has made the following publications: - Eyewitness Football, published by Dorling Kindersley: Sold over 50,000 copies worldwide and has been revised and updated for a paperback edition
- Football's Greatest Heroes: The National Football Museum Hall of Fame, published by Robson Books: Book based on the Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. ...
Praise - Joseph Blatter, the President of FIFA commented:, “The National Football Museum merits my admiration as a footballer and as the President of FIFA – it is a superb realisation, a real jewel!”
- “I can’t think of a better museum anywhere in the world.” Sir Bobby Charlton, President of The National Football Museum
Joseph Sepp Blatter (born March 10, 1936 in Visp, Wallis, Switzerland) was elected president of FIFA on June 8, 1998, succeeding Dr. João Havelange (Brazil). ...
FIFA (in full, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ...
Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. ...
See also English Football Hall of Fame which is housed at the museum The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. ...
External links - Official website
- International Football Institute
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