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James Purnell MP studies exhibits about the 1887 game in the Museum.
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Preston North End v Hyde rematch.
Two FA Cups, Two Teams and Three MPs – all in a days work at the National Football Museum.
Sunday 18 November 2007 was a day to remember! Not only did the museum play a big part in organising the re-match of a historic match between Preston North End and Hyde United former players at Deepdale Stadium, it also welcomed three MPs, the two teams and the FA Cup, kindly brought up for the day by the Football Association.
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Photographs courtesy of Action Images
Before the match James Purnell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Andy Burnham, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Mark Hendrick, MP for Preston met Sir Tom Finney in the museum. They all posed for photographs with the current FA Cup and the oldest surviving FA cup, on loan to the museum from David Gold . Sir Tom then accompanied them on a tour of the museum before the three MPs changed into their football kits to play in the match. Andy Burnham and James Purnell, who is also MP for Hyde made an appearance for the Hyde team and Mark Hendrick played for Preston .
In charge of the match was top referee Uriah Rennie. The kick off was led by Sir Tom Finney and Lord Pendry, President of the Football Foundation. One hundred and twenty years ago Preston North End beat Hyde 26-0, the most goals ever achieved in a competitive game in English football History. This time history almost repeated itself with Preston racking up goals in the first half, but Hyde rallied in the second half and the final score ended 9 – 3. Preston players were presented with the FA Cup on the pitch at the end of the game.
After the match a reception was held in the museum for all the players and their families. Sir Tom and Lord Pendry, who organised a similar re-match twenty years ago, presented all the team members with medals and the winning team with a specially commissioned trophy. Preston former players have now loaned this trophy to the museum for display.
Lucky visitors were able to photograph the FA Cup before it was whisked back to London and also do a bit of autograph hunting from players including Lee Cartwright, Ian Bryson and Andy McAteer.
All proceeds from the day went to the Sir Tom Finney Alzheimer Appeal.