Here is a quick update of some of the latest news from here at the National Football Museum.
Our exhibition Game Changers: 125 Years of the Football League closes at the end of August so it’s the very last chance to see insightful and rare team and player mementoes such as letters from George Best written to his sister.
September sees the start of the first Manchester Football Writing Festival bringing some of the sport’s best writers to the city – for anyone with an interest in sports writing this certainly is a must!
The museum also plays host to a football shirt amnesty to help transform the lives of children working and living on the streets – just bring in your old football shirts to help make a difference to children across the world.
There’s a little more information below and it would be great if you could share this via your channels and with fellow supporters.
If you’d like any further information or have any questions about anything going on here at the museum just let me know and I’d be more than happy to help.
The First Manchester Football Writing Festival
4 – 12 September at venues across the city.
We’re proud to be hosting 3 events as part of the Manchester Football Writing Festival in association with Waterstones Manchester Deansgate and the National Football Museum.
The festival celebrates football in the written word, and will be bringing some of the sports best writers to the city. From football-inspired fiction and cult classics to cutting-edge data analysis and big new titles, there should be something for almost all tastes and interests.
The festival kicks off with a live version of the Football Weekly podcast presented by James Richardson at the RNCM and ends with The Blizzard hosting a live panel at the museum. Check out the listings for these and everything in between below or head to http://manchesterfootballwritingfestival.eventbrite.co.uk/ for full details and to buy tickets for each event.
Last Chance to see Game Changers: 125 Years of The Football League.
Our hugely popular exhibition Game Changers: 125 Years of The Football League will be closing on 31 August. Make sure you take your last chance to see this brilliant look at some of the big personalities and events that have shaped the world’s oldest football league.
Shirt Amnesty for Street Child World Cup
We’re asking fans from across the country to dig out their old shirts this season and help make a difference to the lives of homeless children across the world.
In conjunction with Street Child World Cup we’ve launched our Football Shirt Amnesty. Bring or send your unloved shirt to the museum and you could help Street Child World Cup use football to help transform the lives of children living and working on the streets.
Plus, anyone who donates will be given £5 off a purchase of a new shirt from our friends at Campo Retro.
