MANCHESTER l National Football Museum

[Chogmook]

From 2011 the Urbis will be its new home!

National Football Museum to move to Urbis
November 18, 2009

MANCHESTER will be the new home of the National Football Museum.

Trustees of the world-famous attraction agreed today to move from their current home in Preston to Urbis.

The decision came despite a last-ditch bid by Preston and Lancashire councils to keep the museum.

Urbis is now likely to close for up to 18 months from early spring next year. It will reopen as the new football museum in summer 2011.

The current museum, in Preston’s Deepdale Stadium, is likely to remain open until after the world cup next summer. It is understood that some exhibits may remain in Preston after that as a concession to the city's campaign to keep the museum.

But the main part of the museum will relocate to Urbis, where it is expected to draw in up to 400,000 visitors every year – four times more than at present.

Priceless

Manchester council will be expected to organise – and has agreed to underwrite - a funding package of up to £8m to prepare Urbis and move priceless exhibits from Preston. The majority of that money is likely to come from external sources, with the North West Development Agency likely to be asked to provide up to £5m.

The trustees commissioned a report by consultants PKF to help them make the decision.

It recommended the move to Manchester as the best way of ensuring the long-term future of the museum.

The National Football Museum, which opened in 2001, was described as ‘a jewel’ by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

Exhibits include the 1966 World Cup final ball, Bobby Moore’s shirt from the legendary England-Brazil match in 1970, and Stanley Matthews’ kit from the 1953 ’Matthews’ FA Cup final.

Expanded

The move to Urbis will see it expanded to include more interactive exhibits and soccer-themed events.

Trustees of the museum – fearing for its long-term future due to a lack of funds – approached Manchester about a possible move earlier this year.

When the M.E.N revealed news of the planned switch, Lancashire and Preston councils – together with the University of Central Lancashire – put forward a rival bid worth £400,000 a year to keep the museum at its current home.

But Manchester’s proposals, which will see £2m a year ploughed into an extended museum, proved too attractive to turn down.


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[rob_right]

Congratulations Manchester, great to see the city diversifying its economy away from the stereotypical view that the city is just a collection of decaying old mills and a couple of well known football teams! A great victory for the powerhouse of private enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that defines your great city!

...oops, just read that the whole thing is being funded almost in its entirety by another government handout, now there's a surprise!

[Scarecrow]

Aye. Wait a couple of years for this one to go tits up (like everything else put in that white elephant) and watch them try to nab The Beatles Story from the Albert Dock.

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by Scarecrow

Aye. Wait a couple of years for this one to go tits up (like everything else put in that white elephant) and watch them try to nab The Beatles Story from the Albert Dock.

Explain? It shouldn't have moved but the idiots in Lancashire didn't give a shit until the museum went else where looking for help! Its like two groups of people. One group is asked if they'll help with funding. They say no, so you go somewhere else. The second group say sure. Then the first group come back like a bunch of twats, coming out with al-sorts of shit. Don't call Manchester or come out with any more shit for saving museum. If you want to blame anyone, blame Lancashire Council.

[Madchester Guy]

Originally Posted by rob_right

Congratulations Manchester, great to see the city diversifying its economy away from the stereotypical view that the city is just a collection of decaying old mills and a couple of well known football teams! A great victory for the powerhouse of private enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that defines your great city!

...oops, just read that the whole thing is being funded almost in its entirety by another government handout, now there's a surprise!

Just fuck off you tedious, shitstirring twat. Slagging off all things Manchester and rating 1/10 for Manchester buildings on Rate-a 'Scraper just goes to show how obsessed, insecure and paranoid you are about the city.

You're an embarrasment to the Brummies on this forum.

[Manc Guy]

Originally Posted by rob_right

Congratulations Manchester, great to see the city diversifying its economy away from the stereotypical view that the city is just a collection of decaying old mills and a couple of well known football teams! A great victory for the powerhouse of private enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that defines your great city!

...oops, just read that the whole thing is being funded almost in its entirety by another government handout, now there's a surprise!

It didn't go to Villa then rob?

[rob_right]

Originally Posted by Manc Guy

It didn't go to Villa then rob?

Villa did as far as we know give it consideration, but based on the fact the Government are funding this to the tune of at least £5 million plus, we can only assume they deemed it as a commercial white elephant.

No support I notice from Manchester's so called "largest" or "richest" clubs in the world? Suggests they don't support this if you ask me.

[leftarmoccasional]

Yep. Basically, it just solves a problem for Manchester. They built a flash modern building in the city centre without really having any good use for it….so they invented a museum (for urban culture) which nobody understands or gives a toss about. But the development agency have sorted it for them and taken the football museum off Preston. Will be interesting to hear the reaction from Manchester when it goes to Wembley in a few years time. Pathetic.

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by leftarmoccasional

Yep. Basically, it just solves a problem for Manchester. They built a flash modern building in the city centre without really having any good use for it….so they invented a museum (for urban culture) which nobody understands or gives a toss about. But the development agency have sorted it for them and taken the football museum off Preston. Will be interesting to hear the reaction from Manchester when it goes to Wembley in a few years time. Pathetic.

I won't even bother, you don't have a clue!

[Manc Guy]

Originally Posted by rob_right

Villa did as far as we know give it consideration

Yup, bumtown sat flat on its arse again

[Nathan Dawz]

Originally Posted by rob_right

Congratulations Manchester, great to see the city diversifying its economy away from the stereotypical view that the city is just a collection of decaying old mills and a couple of well known football teams! A great victory for the powerhouse of private enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that defines your great city!

...oops, just read that the whole thing is being funded almost in its entirety by another government handout, now there's a surprise!

You can tell Birmingham's in serious decline when the Brummies start whinging like the Scousers.

"It's not our fault we're poor, it's all that nasty Manchester's fault..."

[2020]

Originally Posted by leftarmoccasional

Yep. Basically, it just solves a problem for Manchester. They built a flash modern building in the city centre without really having any good use for it….so they invented a museum (for urban culture) which nobody understands or gives a toss about. But the development agency have sorted it for them and taken the football museum off Preston. Will be interesting to hear the reaction from Manchester when it goes to Wembley in a few years time. Pathetic.

People will actually visit it in Manchester. I am all for dishing out national museums to different parts of the country, but housing the National Football Museum at Deepdale was pointless. It is clearly the wrong location for this sort of museum. It is a pain in the arse to get to by anything but car, and there is nothing else around it to attract visitors. The museum is not big enough to occupy a whole day's visit so you need other attractions around it. To top it off, nobody in Lancashire even seemed to notice it was there until they threatened to move it.

Urbis is right in the heart of Manchester, a city which attracts millions of tourists and vistors, not to mention thousands of football fans from all over the world to watch United. It is exactly the right location for this sort of attraction. This will be reflected in the visitor numbers.

It will probably move to London eventually, but c'est la vie. Until that happens Manchester is an ideal location for it.

[jrb]

Originally Posted by 2020

People will actually visit it in Manchester. I am all for dishing out national museums to different parts of the country, but housing the National Football Museum at Deepdale was pointless. It is clearly the wrong location for this sort of museum. It is a pain in the arse to get to by anything but car, and there is nothing else around it to attract visitors. The museum is not big enough to occupy a whole day's visit so you need other attractions around it. To top it off, nobody in Lancashire even seemed to notice it was there until they threatened to move it.

Urbis is right in the heart of Manchester, a city which attracts millions of tourists and vistors, not to mention thousands of football fans from all over the world to watch United. It is exactly the right location for this sort of attraction. This will be reflected in the visitor numbers.

It will probably move to London eventually, but c'est la vie. Until that happens Manchester is an ideal location for it.

There speaks a man who knows what he's talking about.(God I hope it's not a Women) It won't move to London. It will be tied down to Manchester. Contracts will be signed and sealed. Museums/collections like this don't come along that often.

[Chorley_FM]

Originally Posted by Madchester Guy

Just fuck off you tedious, shitstirring twat. Slagging off all things Manchester and rating 1/10 for Manchester buildings on Rate-a 'Scraper just goes to show how obsessed, insecure and paranoid you are about the city.

You're an embarrasment to the Brummies on this forum.

Note that Rob is quite reasoned on the Brum forum. He posesses a genuine wish to see Birmingham excel, as we all do for our own cities. Your analysis of his personality disorder is, indeed, correct. In fact, he actually believes his misinformation campaign will have material consequences, of projecting his own power to belittle Manchester at the expense of Birmingham. He was almost certainly a bully at school, who was also bullied by others.

I have tested his neurotic response by posting on the city-bashing thread. He took the bait, of course.

I think he is the same "Prof Rob Right" person who posted remarks on the Youtube Manchester Bollards video, that Manchester was a gun-ridden city with hundreds of gun deaths a year.

Solution: Avoid commenting on any of his trolling posts - it only encourages him by providing a (victims) response. At the same time do not engage him by commenting on any of his reasonable posts.

[TSRJames]

No offence, but personally i think it should have gone to Sheffield - given the fact it's the birthplace of football. Or even Nottingham, given Notts County are the worlds oldest professional club.

But well done to Manchester getting it.

[ormey]

Originally Posted by TSRJames

No offence, but personally i think it should have gone to Sheffield - given the fact it's the birthplace of football. Or even Nottingham, given Notts County are the worlds oldest professional club.

But well done to Manchester getting it.

there was plans for sheffield to get it at a site near meadowhall but yes sheffield should get it

[Chorley_FM]

Originally Posted by ormey

there was plans for sheffield to get it at a site near meadowhall but yes sheffield should get it

I think Sheffield would have been considered for this, had it not been for the failure of the National Music Museum, or whatever it was called. That building would make a great venue for another museum, but get rid of the students first!

[ormey]

Originally Posted by Chorley_FM

I think Sheffield would have been considered for this, had it not been for the failure of the National Music Museum, or whatever it was called. That building would make a great venue for another museum, but get rid of the students first!

national pop centre which is now hallam union i work there and its a very iconic building but showing its age

[Sister Anne]

Urbis is way too nice a building for something as naff as a football museum. Why not use it to create a permanent art gallery? An actual world class gallery, I mean. Liverpool has one, London has several. Manchester has very, very little and it should do, given its cultural importance.

[heatonparkincakes]

Sister Anne I utterly agree with you. Sad that the leaders of Manchester City aren't listening and like the Free Trade Hall, Piccadilly Gardens and the Corn Exchange, their only policy appears to be commercialism and profit before culture.