England's National Football Museum, based in Manchester.
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👊 An England that took a stance against racism.
🏳️🌈 An England that showed support to the LGBT+ community.
⚽ An England that took us to our first ever final in fifteen European Championships.
❤️ This is our England, and we couldn't be more proud.
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NEW SIGNING 🦄
Meet Unity the unicorn, one of the inflatables famously ridden by the @England squad during this year's @EURO2020.
Retired from active duty, Unity will be put out to pasture on our galleries.
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We're England's National Football Museum.
English football is kind of our thing. 😅
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❄️ You want your cold nights in Stoke
👇 We want your sign about wanting cold nights in Stoke
If you're the Chelsea fan who crafted this piece of inadvertent football history, please get in touch with us:
collections@nationalfootballmuseum.com
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UPDATE: We are pleased to report that a Celtic football shirt stolen from our third-floor gallery on 1 Feb has been recovered and returned to the museum. Our CCTV undoubtedly played a part in securing this outcome.
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IT'S STAYING HOME! 🏆
The oldest surviving FA Cup will remain on display at the National Football Museum, courtesy of its new custodians, @ManCity, and club owner His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed.
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Today, we remember the @ManUtd players, coaches and civilians who tragically lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. 🙏
#FlowersOfManchester
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On this day in 1872, @England played Scotland in the first official international match.
We still have Arnold Kirke Smith's jersey from that game, 152 years on.
ALT A wide shot of a white wool knitted shirt
ALT A close up of an old embroidered England crest
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Peter Saville on his 2010 @England shirt:
"I wanted to take the cross and make it in a multitude of colours: I would have made it in a million colours if I'd been given that opportunity!
"I wanted it to be something that a diverse cross-section of people could identify with."
Peter Saville called, he wants his long-overdue outrage
ALT Close-up shots of the 2010-12 England shirts designed by Peter Savile. On the left is the white shirt with small multicoloured crosses around the shoulder area; on the right is the limited edition version, featuring crosses all over the white shirt.
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Peter Saville called, he wants his long-overdue outrage
ALT Close-up shots of the 2010-12 England shirts designed by Peter Savile. On the left is the white shirt with small multicoloured crosses around the shoulder area; on the right is the limited edition version, featuring crosses all over the white shirt.
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Wishing @NUFC a very happy 126th birthday. 🎉
This photograph was taken when the club was just two years old. They grow up so fast.
(@Mirrorpix)
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🔄 SUBSTITUTION
One of our iconic shirts is away on overseas duty, so we've drafted in a super-sub for the week: @NUFC's gorgeous 1995-96 away jersey.
The greatest home and away partnership in the history of the @premierleague, nay, THE WORLD?
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Justin Fashanu, England's first and only openly gay male professional footballer, will be inducted into the #NFMHallOfFame tomorrow in a ceremony honouring his career, life and legacy. 🏳️🌈
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Ten days to go... 🤝
The second half of our #CrossTheLine exhibition focuses on women's football post-1921, from those who kept the game going in its darkest hours to the current European champions.
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Football history meets football upholstery. 🛋
Proud to have this magnificent Lucy Bronze chair on display, courtesy of @wearefoudys and @helenfootball.
The chair represents (almost) all of the teams the @Lionesses right-back has represented throughout her illustrious career.
ALT Lucy Bronze in an England kit, sitting in a chair made from various football shirts, balancing a ball on her outstretched foot. Photo: Foudys
ALT The chair made from a number of shirts, including the name 'BRONZE 2', on display by the Play Gallery, with an image of Lucy Bronze in the background.
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Our new rebrand, courtesy of @keira_walsh. 😅
⏱️ 𝟳 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘
@keira_walsh vs @LucyBronze
Who knows more about UWCL? 😏
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To the squad that made history again...🏆
For a phenomenal achievement, we're so proud to announce we’ll be inducting the @lionesses & Sarina Wiegman into our Hall of Fame!
This legacy goes beyond silverware ❤️
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Officially the first gnome of a manager we've ever put on display ✅
ALT A gnome version of Marcelo Bielsa sitting on his bucket seat, on display in our Game of our Lives case.
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Since @AlexScott is trending, a great opportunity to remind everyone she won six titles, seven FA Cups, and scored the winner in a @UWCL final for @ArsenalWFC.
Oh, and also won a few @Lionesses caps; 140, to be exact.
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The Rashford 1 Boris 0 banner - on display at the museum - is a big draw with this particular visitor today....
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Not much room left now. ❤️
Don't forget to leave your messages of support for the @England side on our Pitch Gallery wall.
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Born on this day, the only @England captain to have lifted the World Cup.
Remembering the great Bobby Moore on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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Truly devastating news regarding Bury's expulsion from the Football League. To lose one of the country's oldest clubs in this fashion is a crying shame.
Our thoughts are with all the affected fans, players and staff at Gigg Lane.
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#OnThisDay in 1999, @Arsenal signed a young French winger from Juventus.
Arsene Wenger was convinced he could mould @ThierryHenry into a forward. 226 goals, four major trophies and four Golden Boots proved any doubters wrong. #NFMHallOfFame
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Our thoughts are with our Vice-President, Sir Alex Ferguson, and his family at this difficult time. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery. 🤞
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🧢 144 @Lionesses caps
🥇 12 major tournament winners' medals
✌ 4 league and cup doubles
🏆 1 #NFMHallOfFame trophy
Our latest Hall of Fame inductee, Karen Carney.
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Lily Parr, the first female player in the UK to be honoured with a statue.
What a player.
What a sculpture @HannahSculpture.
What an honour.
#SupportHer
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#OnThisDay in 1992, the @premierleague was officially formed as a limited company; this motley crew of characters at @LUFC were the last to lift the Lady. 🏆
#TheGameNFM © Stuart Roy Clarke
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A genuine call to our office today:
"Good afternoon, National Football Museum."
"Just to let you know, I'm running late, but I'm coming home."
"Sorry, can you repeat that please?"
"It's football. I'm coming home!"
There you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. #ENG
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Captain. Leader. Legend.
Former @ManCity centre-half Vincent Kompany has become the latest player to join the coveted ranks of our Hall of Fame.
#NFMHallOfFame
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ALT A graphic of Vincent Kompany lifting the Premier League trophy. Underneath reads, 'National Football Museum: English Football Hall of Fame | Vincent Kompany'.
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#OnThisDay in 1959, @Wolves stalwart Billy Wright skippered @England against Scotland, becoming the first player in the world to win 100 caps for his country. 🙌
Ww're proud to have one of those caps in our collection. Anyone guess which number?
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Our reaction if Mary Earps doesn't win #SPOTY
(we're kidding, we'll take the L gracefully)
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On this day in 2005, Pedro Mendes scored from 55 yards...
...except he didn't.
Roy Carroll got away with this famous fumble, as officials didn't see that the ball had crossed the line.
Eight years passed until goal line tech was implemented by the FA.
BOSSEN
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We're proud to be honouring @premierleague mainstay & icon Gary Speed with a place in the #NFMHallOfFame this week.
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Proud to be inducting Justin Fashanu into the #NFMHallOfFame this morning. 🏳️🌈 Follow the ceremony, including our new LGBT+ Tour, over on our Instagram story.
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On this day in 1979, Trevor Francis became the first player in Britain to command a seven-figure transfer fee. 💰
Three months later, he scored the winning goal in @NFFC's European Cup triumph over Malmo FF. Money well spent.
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#OnThisDay in 1965, @LUFC's Albert Johanneson became the first black African player to appear in an FA Cup final.
We're proud to display his runner-up medal, as well as a host of other awards and arfefacts, up on Level 1. 🇿🇦👏
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Fancy owning one of @juanmata8's @CommonGoalOrg photographs? Submit your silent auction bid by emailing exhibitions@common-goal.org. 🤐🌏
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Here it is, the nation's greatest football shirt for the 2020/21 season, as chosen by our Strip! exhibition curators... 🥁
It's @BristolCity's gorgeous away shirt, designed by the team at @hummel1923. Thoughts?
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Worth remembering that, 134 years ago, @dcfcofficial were one of the Football League's founding members.
One of twelve clubs that helped shape the football landscape. #SaveDerby
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With Scott Parker temporarily in the hotseat at @Fulham, we want to know your favourite caretaker managers. We'll start:
Tony Parkes
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It's Friday, and we're in love. 😍
The @_Bands_FC exhibition is officially open. Head down to the @FootballMuseum to check it out.
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Before Eric, there was Denis. Many happy returns to the Lawman, the original king at Old Trafford. @ManUtd #NFMHallOfFame 👑🔴
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Many happy returns to @ManUtd & @England's ever-dependable right-back @GNev2, Treble-winner with his club and a rock for his country. His @cafefootballuk pies aren't bad, either. 😉 #NFMHallOfFame
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Justin Fashanu would have been 58 today.
⚽️ 41 top-flight goals
💰 Britain's first black £1m player
🌈 Britain's first (and to date only) openly gay professional footballer
We remember Justin every day on our galleries.
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Fifteen years since we lost one of English football's great characters. The inimitable Brian Clough. 🙏
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It was an honour to induct the late Cyrille Regis into the #NFMHallOfFame today. A true trailblazer on and off the pitch.
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Wishing a true @ManCity great, Mike Summerbee, a very happy birthday today. A fantastic winger for much of the sixties and seventies, and a superb ambassador for the game. #NFMHallOfFame
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Did we hear a future donation offer on today's @RestIsPolitics, @campbellclaret?
We'll send our curators round with the paperwork. Can't just be taking politicians at their word. 😉
ALT Robbie Williams shaking hands with Diego Maradona before a Soccer Aid match, with Alastair Campbell looking on with what can only be described as starstruck admiration.
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Raising a glass today to @England World Cup winner, @ManUtd hero, proud Ashington lad and @FootballMuseum president, @SirBobby. 🥂
Here's the victorious midfielder on the eve of that '66 success, attending the winners' banquet at the Royal Garden Hotel.
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Introducing the LEGO #WEURO2022 trophy - unveiled by someone who's lifted the real thing at Wembley. ❤️
Many thanks to @LucyBronze for delivering it safe and sound!
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His name is @rioferdy5, best defender in the land,
Centre-half for @England, no attack he can't withstand. 🎤
#HappyBirthday #NFMHallOfFame
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Born #OnThisDay, one of the best managers of his generation - certainly in the top one.
@NFFC and @dcfcofficial's legendary, controversial, inimitable manager, Brian Clough.
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Terrible news about Diego Maradona.
A true legend of the game who leaves behind an incredible legacy. 🇦🇷🙏
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Our latest Hall of Fame inductee.
The legendary Barry Davies, one of the most iconic commentators in football history, and a familiar voice to Match of the Day viewers for 35 years.
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We are honoured to induct @Argyle inside-left Jack Leslie into our Hall of Fame.
Jack became the first Black player to receive an England call-up in 1925 - only to have it rescinded without explanation... #NoRoomForRacism
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ALT Headshot of our latest Hall of Fame inductee, Jack Leslie. Image: Plymouth Argyle.
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Football is all about the taking part; try telling that to Billy Bremner.🥇 #MondayMotivation
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One of the beautiful things about football is that it can be used as a platform to speak truth to power, and can help bring about positive changes in the world we all share. ❤️
ALT A young Marcus Rashford fan looking at the museum's 'Rashford 1, Boris 0' banner, on display in the Pitch Gallery.
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#OnThisDay in 2002, Dennis Bergkamp scored the most magical, INTENTIONAL goal in @premierleague history.
We simply will not entertain alternative takes on it.
Premier League
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So we don't have the actual WEURO trophy for obvious reasons...
...but we do have this lovely @LEGO_Group version, kindly dropped off by @LucyBronze in 2022.
ALT A photograph of the LEGO WEURO trophy on a purple plinth.
ALT A photograph of Lucy Bronze with the LEGO WEURO trophy.
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Born on this day 100 years ago, @ManCity goalkeeper Bert Trautmann.
From a Lancashire prisoner-of-war camp to two Wembley finals and a special place in football folklore.
ALT A replica of Bert Trautmann's neck brace, worn in the aftermath of the 1956 FA Cup Final.
ALT Bert Trautmann holding his National Football Museum Hall of Fame award in 2005.
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No, football didn't start #OnThisDay in 1992 - but the Premier League did. 😉
It was a victorious debut for the GREATEST PL SHIRT OF ALL TIME, as @NorwichCityFC defeated Arsenal at Highbury in this tasty egg-and-cress number. #STRIP
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What's your favourite ever @ManCity moment? 2012's last-gasp @premierleague title win? An @EmiratesFACup victory, perhaps?
Some might say the 1999 Division Two play-off final, where the Citizens - sporting this luminous kit - triumphed on penalties against @TheGillsFC.
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On this day in 1⃣9⃣2⃣1⃣
Four sentences in this FA minute book, sandwiched between cup draw information and National Savings promotion, held women's football back for five decades.
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"The racism was quite abhorrent but I turned a negative into a positive. I chased harder and played harder, I wanted to score more goals and win points...
"How could I fight back? Through my talent." #Legacy 👊
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When you show up to the museum in your @ManCity shirt & end up getting skinned at beach football by @gabrieljesus33. #nothingwithoutyou😂
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Many happy returns today to one of the best goal poachers of a generation: @ManCity forward Franny Lee. The prolific point of attack in Mercer and Allison's rampant City side. 🔵
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The voice of the game.
We are devastated to learn of John Motson's passing at the age of 77.
Our thoughts are with John's family and friends at this time.
ALT John Motson in the commentary box with a football pitch in the background. Image: BBC
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Mkhi and Auba: will they ever compare to this @Arsenal pair? @ThierryHenry @piresrobert7 🤔
#Invincibles #FabricOfFootball
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NFM 🤝 @FCUnitedMcr 🤝 #IWD2023
We're delighted to be teaming up with FCUM to launch @FCUnitedWomen's stunning celebratory kit, inspired by the suffragettes of the Women's Social and Political Union.
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ALT FC United of Manchester Women captain Kirsty Chambers poses in the new white, green and purple suffragette-themed kit, in front of the museum's Lily Parr statue.
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Introducing our next exhibition, just in time for the World Cup...
@FootballMuseum x @CheapPanini
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G Bent
R Byrne
E Colman
D Edwards
M Jones
D Pegg
T Taylor
B Whelan
W Crickmer
T Curry
B Whalley
A Clarke
D Davies
G Follows
T Jackson
A Ledbrooke
H Rose
F Swift
E Thompson
K Rayment
B Miklos
W Satinoff
T Cable
We remember the 23 people who lost their lives in Munich in 1958. 🙏
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🙋♂️ BILLY WRIGHT
Ironbridge-born, @Wolves bred. The centre-half won three titles and an FA Cup with the Molineux club.
He was the first ever player to earn 100 caps, and skippered @England a record 90 times.
Learn more in our Curators Talk at 12:30pm: crowdcast.io/e/halloffame
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On this day in 1⃣9⃣5⃣6⃣:
🥇 Stanley Matthews
🥈 Alfredo Di Stefano
🥉 Raymond Kopa
A 41-year-old winger plying his trade at @BlackpoolFC pipped two @realmadriden legends to the inaugural Ballon d'Or award.
That's just how good Stanley Matthews was.
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Turf Moor, @BurnleyOfficial, 1990.
"All the people who have ever stood there are kind of there in the picture, whilst there's not a single person on view."
#TheGameNFM #NationalStorytellingWeek
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This is now an accessioned museum object, so no riding is permitted.
Even if you're @BukayoSaka87.
Especially if you're @BukayoSaka87.
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"I loved watching Kim Little play as I got older. I was definitely inspired by her play." 😍
@ChelseaFCW star Jessie Fleming shares her footballing heroes on our YouTube channel.
Her shirt is on display - fittingly alongside one of her idols!
Watch: piped.video/q0HohoQHNYM
ALT An Arsenal shirt belonging to Kim Little and a Chelsea shirt belonging to Jessie Fleming, on display alongside one another.
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Introducing our latest #NFMHallOfFame inductee... 🏆
@IpswichTown & @England's courageous centre-half Terry Butcher; a rock at the heart of defence for club & country.
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We're forming a breakaway Museum Super League. Thanks for the memories @NEMOoffice @MuseumsAssoc.
Which European museums should join us in the PANTHEON OF GREATNESS?
(we're a founding member so no you can't vote us out)
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What's your most memorable League Cup final? 🏆
Is it @Official_STFC stunning @Arsenal?
Is it @LutonTown stunning @Arsenal?
Is it @BCFC stunning @Arsenal?
(@Arsenal get stunned a lot in this competition)
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#Wembley100
On this day a century ago, @wembleystadium opened its doors for the very first time - and a few more fans turned up than expected.
Callum Lane looks back at the stadium's debut: the 1923 FA Cup Final between @OfficialBWFC and @WestHam. 🧵
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ALT An aerial photograph of Wembley prior to the 1923 FA Cup FInal, showing fans flooding onto the field of play.
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#OnThisDay in 1920, Dick, Kerr Ladies comprehensively defeated St Helens Ladies at Goodison Park. The fixture attracted over 50,000 fans, with thousands more locked out, and raised upwards of £3,000 for charity.
Within a year, the FA had banned the women's game. #HiddenHistory
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