National Football Museum

The museum was founded in 2001 by Kevin Moore . The first location of the museum was located near Deepdale, Preston , Lancashire . This is interesting because Deepdale is the oldest in the world, continuously used by the football stadium ^[1] . The president of the museum is the World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton .

In 2003, the Museum and University of Central Lancashire created the International Football Institute to conduct research on the historical, social, and cultural aspects of football ^[2] .

The National Museum of Football is worthy of my admiration as a football player and as FIFA President, an excellent realization, a real gem! Sepp Blatter

Every time I visit a museum, I am overwhelmed with the impressions of great work, this happens as a result of our rich history of football life [3] . Sir Alex Ferguson

The museum received the title of “Big Attraction of the Year” in 2005 at the initiative of the Tourism Awards ^[4] .

In December 2008, the chairman of the Football League of England , Brian Movinny, provoked a conflict when he said that the museum should be moved from Preston to Wembley Stadium in order to attract more visitors ^[5] . Founder Kevin Moore responded that many would have been delighted with this initiative, but said that the trustee’s policy was to have his headquarters in Preston ^{[6] [7]} .

Despite good reviews from critics and attracting 100,000 visitors a year ^{[5] [8] [9]} , the issue of funding has repeatedly arisen ^{[10] [11]} . In 2007, he had an income of almost 800 thousand pounds and a loss of 1.2 million ^[12] . The trustees were concerned about the future of the museum. In 2009, they offered Manchester City to relocate the museum. The city council offered a financial package worth £ 2 million per year for the museum if it moves to Manchester . Despite the improvement in supply to £ 400,000 per year from Preston and Lancashire, the board of trustees voted to move the museum to the Urbis exhibition center in Manchester ^[13] .

It was assumed that, subject to satisfactory funding, the Preston branch would remain open as an additional center ^[13] . However, the museum could not agree on a financial package with the Lancashire County Council, and the branch office was closed to the public at the end of April 2010 ^{[14] [15]} . However, since 2012, the Preston affiliate has been used as a research center and repository ^[1] .

"Urbis" was closed in February 2010 in preparation for the upcoming opening of the new National Football Museum in the summer of 2011 ^[16] .

The museum opened in Manchester on July 6, 2012. It is hoped that the new museum will attract 350000 visitors a year ^[1] . In August 2012, it was announced that 100,000 people had visited the museum in the first six weeks since its opening ^[17] . By the end of April 2013, the museum reached the desired level of 350000 visitors ^[18] .

Many of the museum’s exhibits are leased throughout the UK , some exhibits have been leased by exhibitions in Germany , Portugal , Switzerland and Belgium . The museum maintains partnerships 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 works with UEFA to create the world's first exhibition dedicated to women's football, in particular the 2005 European Women's Championship. To uncover the theme of the 2006 World Cup , the museum collaborated with exhibition partners from Hong Kong and Germany. The special exhibition “Saved for the Nation: The Story of the Cup of England”, which shows the oldest trophy of the Cup of England used to award winners between 1896 and 1910, was launched in May 2006. She toured Newcastle , and since June 2007 she has been at the Milestone Museum in Hampshire .

The museum has programs for temporary exhibitions, such as the next special exhibition called “One for all: all for one”, which was held from March 3 to June 3, 2007. This photo exhibition covered the work of Philip Kolvin. Phil documented the experience of Samuel Birch, an invalid, Crystal Palace fan, as he traveled the country to support his team. The photos show the problems and obstacles that Samuel overcame to get to a football match, and how he did it. The pictures also show the support he received from other fans. Phil's photos of the project show what can be achieved by helping in difficult times, and he hopes that this will encourage other people with disabilities to become more active and to feel themselves full members of society.

The exhibition is part of the museum program "Football for All." The program “Football for All” is aimed at recognizing the contribution of people with disabilities to football as part of the program of the exhibition and seminars, it was held in the museum from March to June 2007

• English Football Hall of Fame - located at the National Football Museum

• Hornby, Hugh (2010), Eyewitness Football ,, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 9781405366021  
• Galvin, Robert; Bushell & Charlton, Bobby (October 1, 2005), The Football Hall of Fame , Robson, ISBN 9781861059048  
• Radnedge, Keir; Bushell, Mark & ​​Lineker, Gary (1 April 2006), Treasures of the World Cup , Carlton Books Limited, ISBN 1844423212  

• Official website
• International Football Institute (unavailable link)
• Priory Collection
• National Football Collection (Neville Evans)