Hugh Hornby, head of Curatorial and Research at the museum, said: "Although this is the National Football Museum for England, it is good for us to connect with the rest of the world through objects, images and text. I think it is worth featuring...
24 September 2006
every game for the Brazil team still considered to be the greatest ever. The 1970 World Cup was held in Mexico; Brazil beat England, Romania and Czechoslovakia in the group stages before victories against Peru then Uruguay saw them to the Final. On 21...
04 September 2006
Cohen's shirt, which had been given a pre-sale estimate of £20,000, was in remarkably good condition 40 years on from England's triumph, with only a touch of wear and tear. Christie's spokesman Matthew Paton confirmed that the shirt was now in the the...
04 September 2006
on the lookout for a Pele shirt Christies March 24th auction has the maestro's 1959 Brazil shirt worn in a friendly against England estimated at £8,000-£12,000. So what price for arguably one of the most important shirts in the history of the game?...
29 August 2006
England footballers who have been suffering in the Portuguese heat could benefit from a new hi-tech football shirt that alerts managers to players' heart rate and hydration levels. The shirt, designed by Northumbria University student David Evans, uses...
27 August 2006
order to cash in later on official shirt sales! Continental clubs are some way behind the merchandising boom pioneered in England though Italian fans do not see football replica shirts as quite the fashion items favoured in England. Nostalgia selling...
25 August 2006
By the early 1980s in England competition sponsorship had opened the way to club shirt sponsorship. Abroad, the wearing of product names on club shirts was already common. In 1978 Liverpool became the first British club to have a shirt sponsor.Sponsors...
24 August 2006
World Cup 2002 shirt and a 2005 League Cup final shirt, had been stolen last week. Dudek's home in Caldy, north-west England, was burgled while he was on holiday in Poland. His £65 000 black Porsche Carrera car was also taken. On Friday, police searched...
24 August 2006
is proceeding at full steam in Germany, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the National Football Museum in England have joined forces to present the "Football" exhibition, organised by the Hong Kong Museum of History in collaboration with...
23 August 2006
spellbound on July 30th 1966 as, in the final moments of extra time, Geoff Hurst powered home his third goal to give England a 4-2 victory against Germany in the World Cup final. As Beckham and the boys set out to replicate this awe-inspiring moment 40...
22 August 2006