National Football Museum - Collections

Collections

Located at the Deepdale stadium in Preston, where the museum was open from June 2001 - March 2010, the independent charity holds the following collections at its research facility:

• The FIFA Museum Collection
• The Football Association Collection
• The Football League Collection.
• The FIFA Book Collection
• The People’s Collection
• The Football Clubs Collection
• The Harry Langton Collection
• The Sir Stanley Matthews Collection
• The Littlewoods Collection
• The Priory Collection
• The Neville Evans Collection
• The Homes of Football - photography by Stuart Roy Clarke

At any time, around 2,500 items from the museum’s collections are on display at its new home in Manchester city centre, with around a further 140,000 items held. Key items include

• Both 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, Scotland vs England, in 1872.
• The world’s oldest women’s football kit, from the 1890s.
• The shirt worn by Maradona during the 'Hand of God goal'.
• The original rules of Association Football written down when the Football Association was formed in 1863 in the Freemasons Tavern, London.