Are you a die-hard fan of UK Football? Have you ever go to the National Football Museum? It is the best museum when it comes to association football (or football as we know them today). Located in Preston, Lancashire, this museum displays around 2,000 items from the museum’s collections while about 30,000 more are being stored securely at their archive.

One of the best items in this museum would have to be the two balls used in the first World Cup Final in 1930. Although it is not directly related to UK football specifically, it is a historical item that marks a milestone in international football as well as Uruguay as the first World Cup winner. The museum also holds the infamous replica of the Jules Rimet Trophy, the original World Cup trophy before being replaced by the current version. The original trophy was stolen in 1966 and FA secretly creates this replica.

Another great thing about the National Football Museum is their Hall of Fame. The book “Football’s Greatest Heroes: The National Football Museum Hall of Fame” published by Robson Books is based on National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame, highlighting achievements of top English football talents as well as non-English players and managers who have become significant figures in the English leagues. You will find names such as Eric Cantona or Sir Bobby Charlton all the way to Roy Keane and the recently inducted Joe Mercer. The Hall of Fame is becoming an important part of the National Football Museum and UK football in general, so it will be well worth your time to visit this place and go through some of the best memorabilia stored here.

There are words saying that the FA is spending more than £10million on a modern new museum at Wembley, scheduled to be ready by 2011. Still, the National Football Museum is a great part of UK football and will continue to be so for years to come.