Dr Alexander Jackson

Read of my favourite museum labels today at the wonderful Pete McKee exhibition at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. (It's funny and uses a piece of slang that we were using as kids into the 1990s)

Pete's artworks explore his life story, with football appearing at regular intervals

Great trophy!

The East Lancs Charity Cup is also very similar - I'm on holiday otherwise I'd post a photo of it!

A Kiss Fae Pele The inspirational life story of Women’s football pioneer, Elsie Cook

Very much looking forward to this! Elsie Cook, the godmother of Scottish women's football, has written her autobiography and it will be launched next week.
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Oh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing! Remind me, is the book written in Portuguese?

Really chuffed to see @playingpasts.bsky.social post the first part of some exciting research about a pioneering female manager.

If you or anyone at the network would like to know more about our collections, please feel free to email us at:

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Thank you for your time. I thought I'd leave with this 1974 image of England celebrating a win over France (I think) with a big bottle of bubbly!

“Just one Cornetto” …or England at the 1979 Coppa Europa per Nazioni | National Football Museum Don’t be deceived by the smiles. These England players relaxing by the pool at the Britannique Hotel in Naples may appear friendly, but it was into…

We both welcome visitors to our research centre in Preston, as well as providing digitized material. We hold a variety of material about both official and official England teams - such as those who competed at the 1979 Copa Europa per Nazioni
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QPR Ladies: WFA Cup winners, 47 years on | National Football Museum A very special visit from members of the Queen's Park Rangers Ladies side that lifted the 1977 Women's FA Cup.

We are constantly adding new collections - such as those generously donated by Queens Park Rangers, winners of the Women's FA Cup in 1977, when they visited us last year.

Do check out the blog to hear them song their club song!

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Margaret “Peggy” Melling and Bolton Ladies | National Football Museum Dr Alexander Jackson considers a recent donation, shedding light on Margaret Melling's career with Bolton Ladies.

Thanks for sharing this and promoting the history of women's football. You may also like our women's football blogs at @nfmofficial.bsky.social

We have a variety covering club and international football, such as the Bolton Ladies of the 1940s

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England fan placard held up before England 4 Sweden 0 in 2022

So, I was trying my best to write new text for work to celebrate the #Lionesses win, popped on BBCRadio3 to help, and didn't realize they were doing a Celebratory Mixtape, until the orchestral version of Sweet Caroline.

Now I'm in bits and I've still got text to write!

The Daily Telegraph also didn't give the full page

I letting the Times off as they decided to do a full wrap-around.

I didn't think the FT would even cover football to be honest. Standards must be slipping there...😆

Correction, it's the Mail and the Telegraph who cover other news.

All the papers are in the bag - themes of the days are Queens (X2), Roar (X2), Revenge, Golden, LionYESses, Trips to the Palace, and the Hann(ah)of God.

Only the Daily Mail doesn't give the whole page over to England's win.

All the back pages and the fronts of the broadsheet sports sections

Contemporary collecting for the #WEUROS final - all the Sunday editions for the build up.

A mixed bag in terms of front pages, with a poor show from the Daily Mail, who are the only paper not to have a picture of any of the players on the front or back pages.

My boss (and her family) made these for the work Bake Off

Looking forward to some contemporary newspaper collecting tomorrow..

A short history of England v Italy | National Football Museum Who are England women’s most frequent opponents? Perhaps you thought of Germany, or Scotland, maybe France, or perhaps Sweden – if so, you were close but…

If you fancy some pre-match reading, here is a blog about the #Lionesses and tonight's opposition

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You taking bets?...

Just finished a blog on the rivalry between England and Italy in women's football and now ready for a rest!

Should be out next week, but here is bit of the unused research - a lovely spread from the programme for the 1985 Mundialito, with lots of great photos of the Azzurri.

YouTube video by Things off Tape 1981 Wall's Cornetto Advert 1 (Just one Cornetto)

And for anyone wishing to sing-along with the advert, here it is!
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“Just one Cornetto” …or England at the 1979 Coppa Europa per Nazioni | National Football Museum Don’t be deceived by the smiles. These England players relaxing by the pool at the Britannique Hotel in Naples may appear friendly, but it was into…

I don't know about anyone else, but I am shattered after last night's game!

Now that #England face #Italy, our latest Collections Blog is particularly timely!

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a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children . ALT: a young boy is holding a bowl with a spoon in it in front of a group of children .

In my least original contribution ever..

The number of fatalities caused by the black out in the early years of the war is quite sobering. Definitely part of a sad but little known part of the home front story

Red pen time?...

Thanks for sharing this. It's quite something, given the cost of living difference for London! Whenever my London mates ask me why don't I apply for a job there, this is exactly the thing I mention to them!

Another post to celebrate #England meeting #Wales in #WEURO2025 today.

It would have been a special day for the late Lioness Sylvia Gore MBE, who managed Wales from 1982 to 1989.

Sue Lopez writes that she stepped down after spending £5,000 of her own money to support the team.