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SAVED
FOR THE NATION :
THE STORY OF THE FA CUP
After very popular appearances at the the Discovery Museum in Newcastle in October 2006, at the National Football Museum in Preston until February 2007 and Milestones Museum, Basingstoke, Hampshire until September 2007, this exhibition continues on tour.
The exhibition will tour to:
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Spring 2009.
Further venues to be announced soon.
Click here to download the exhibition specification.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the world's oldest and most loved Cup competition can be found in this exciting exhibition developed by the National Football Museum.
An amazing collection of rarely seen objects help to tell the story of the Cup and explain why the competition inspires people throughout the world. The exhibition also displays, for the first time in 95 years, the oldest surviving FA Cup trophy used during FA Cup Finals between 1896 and 1910. The trophy was purchased in 2005 by Bimingham City chairman, David Gold, and saved for the nation.
Find out about:
• How and why the FA
Challenge Cup was created in 1872.
• The great FA Cup teams,
players and goals.
• Great upsets and the
most famous underdogs in the competition's history.
The great teams that won the oldest surviving trophy between 1896 and 1910:
• Sheffield Wednesday (twice); Aston Villa (twice); Nottingham Forest; Sheffield United (twice); Bury (twice); Spurs; Manchester City; Everton; Wolves; Manchester United; Newcastle.
See:
• Stunning photographs
and film footage of the greatest ever finals.
• Film footage of the
100 greatest FA Cup goals.
Shirts worn by great players in great finals:
• Alan Clarke, Leeds, 1972
• Frank MacLintock, Leicester, 1961
• Jimmy Dugdale, West Brom, 1954
• Jimmy Stewart, Newcastle, 1911
• Eddie Shinwell, Blackpool, 1953
Some additional amazing items from legendary FA Cup ties will be joining this touring exhibition in 2008. Look out for announcements.
Acknowledgements
The exhibition has been
supported by:
