The Goalkeeper, 1930s English School		'How to Get There', London Underground poster  English School, (20th century)

Football and Handball games reach back to the first steps of the human race and are the world's most popular sports.

The National Football Museum based at Deepdale Stadium, the home of Preston North End FC and the oldest football league ground in the world, collects, preserves and interprets this unique heritage for the public benefit and can claim to hold the world's finest collection of football artifacts and archives. 

The Bridgeman Art Library is thrilled to represent and license the images from this specialist museum. Here is a preview of just some of the images available for licensing.          

'Are you Ready?',cut-out of a footballer, 1880s-90s English School,		'Play Up Newcastle East End For A Goal', Baines' card in the shape of a shield, 1880-89 (colour litho), English School

The museum's collection is made up of various elements including works from The Football Association and the official FIFA Collection, remarkable for its fantastic selection of football memorabilia.

The FIFA Collection was assembled by Harry Langton, a London journalist with a passion for the game. Principal strengths of the FIFA Collection are:

• Early History of Football Games from all over the world
• Early Development of Traditional European Football
• Birth of the Modern Game in England
• First League and the Development of the Professional Game
• History of Football Playing Equipment
• Art and Football - paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics and ornaments
• Football and Toys and Games
• Women and Football

'Gol', mobile of a two footballers and a goal		Composition pipe with stem in the shape of a leg and a wooden detachable bowl, English School

Many of the pictures from this collection are accessible and available for licensing for the first time. Our busy cataloguing team is working hard to ensure that hundreds of football related images will be uploaded on the Bridgeman website within the next month, so keep checking for new images or contact one of our sales team for more details. 

'The Scout', 19th October 1929 English School		Front cover of 'Men of Mettle', published by John F. Shaw & Co. English School, (20th century)

Over 180 images from The Football Museum can currently be viewed on www.bridgemanart.com by putting $NFM into the keyword search.

For a fuller representation of football related imagery click here to view nearly 400 images of the beautiful game from the numerous collections we represent

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