Aug 6, 2025
Master Dwight 7th birthday trip - Lots of informing about the past and present of football . Lots of activities for the kids . There's rich history of football in one place. Definitely recommended .
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Aug 1, 2025
Happy - Whether you are a die-hard football fan or a beginner in football, here you can fully enjoy the fun that football brings you. You can learn how modern football has gradually become the most popular sport, and there are also many experience centers that can unleash your passion for football.
The National Football Museum is located in the Urbis Building in the center of Manchester. The museum's chairman is Sir Bobby Charlton, and the vice-chairmen include Sir Alex Ferguson and many other football legends. The museum displays over 140,000 football-related exhibits, divided into four floors. As soon as you enter, you can take a photo with the FA Cup and the Premier League Champions Cup, and touch the silverware that every Premier League player has long desired. The first floor exhibition focuses on classic matches. Here, you can see the World Cup trophy Jules Rimet Trophy that England won in 1966, as well as the jersey that Maradona wore when he made the "Hand of God" play.
The second floor is the interactive exhibition hall, where visitors can experience activities such as fire fighting, shooting penalty kicks, dribbling, and table football. The third floor is the mobile exhibition area, where themes are frequently changed. The exhibition works I witnessed at that time were contemporary football-related artworks and paintings, as well as countless items related to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. On the first floor, there is also a store with many signed jerseys, ranging from Pelé, Cantona to the current Rashford and Sterling. When tired from shopping, there is a football-themed coffee shop for visitors to rest. The ticket price is 10 pounds, and visitors can come and take photos multiple times within a year.
I remember when I finished visiting the museum and was about to leave, I spent quite a long time at Ferguson's famous quote at the exit. The security guard asked me if I was a Manchester United fan. I said no, but Sir Alex Ferguson's 26-year achievements truly made every fan extremely respectful! I asked the security guard, and he was a Barcelona fan. He had been following Barcelona since the time of Ronaldinho. Suddenly, there was a feeling of two strangers meeting and bursting into tears. I was transported back to the glorious past of Ronaldinho and Barcelona. When I was wandering around Manchester, as long as we talked about football, no one would treat you as an outsider!
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Jul 17, 2025
Banging museum - Banging little tour, great museum could of spent days wandering around, anybody whos proper into football will love this place.
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Jul 26, 2025
Good but not great - It was good but not great, fantastic exhibits the third and second floor were naff but 1st floor made up for it. It would’ve been better to include an exhibit about the history of match day programmes rather than annuals.
I did think the exhibit about fan protests could go further and look at the clubs that went bust or lost stadiums (Bury, Plymouth, Brighton) rather than just about how much Liverpool tickets are.
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Jun 28, 2025
Fun for all ages! - Great for kids as had different ages with me 1yr,9yr & 14yr
Can run about, no drinks or snack until the end, quiet parts upstairs
Good toilet access, staff great!
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Jun 14, 2025
A History of English Football - It has some memorabilia about English soccer. It is not very big. As a soccer fan but not one who is that familiar with English soccer, it was good to visit, but many of the items did not hold meaning for me. There is a section for kids, and you can try your hand at shooting. The cafe had some regional snacks.
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Aug 6, 2025
Expensive and uninteresting - Admission is 20 euros (per adult) and the museum is not really worth them...The exhibition is quite disorganized and 'poor'. This museum is interesting and fun for children (3 to 10 years old) but not too much for adults...
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Aug 2, 2025
Poor experience. - As an avid football fan I was disappointed with the content of the museum. Some good interactive things for my grandson to play. Unhappy to pay £3 extra once inside for him to take 3 penalties. This place seriously needs more exhibits for the size of the building. Do not know what the table where you make shapes out of plastic pieces has got to do with football? George bests mini? Do not think I will return. I would think that some football fans have more stuff than this place.
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Jul 8, 2025
Average - It’s quite expensive so I measure my opinion on value. The space is badly used so there’s a lot more that could be here. The display cabinets are cluttered. Some are nicely set out but generally too much in small spaces. Overall it felt tired. I went over 10 years ago and it didn’t seem to have changed. Quite a few of the electronics weren’t working inc penalty shoot out. The interactive are dated. They feel like technology from 10 years or more ago. The exhibition on football books was essentially some books…. Interesting but little of interest on the walls. There’s great football writers - where’s the interviews? Or community input. And where was a mention of Jota? Did I miss it?
Think how exciting it is to walk into your team stadium and that feeling should be aimed for in the museum. This didn’t make me feel excited about football.
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Aug 9, 2025
Wouldn’t bother - I was really looking forward to this but it’s the biggest waste of money. Total rip off that you have to then pay extra for the penalty shot out. Kids love football but they were so bored and unimpressed by this
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