National Football Museum in Pudsey

Do you love football? Do you equally love history? This is totally for you then. Informative and fun. Great for kids and free in too. Its a winning day out for all the family. Old retro footie games and interactive stuff too

What a fantastic way to spend an afternoon. Guides really helpful & would recommend to all. Even had a tear in my eye with the ladies football exhibition on 3rd floor.Amazing.

Wonderful museum. There are three floors, one of which is entertainment. There is a competition room for football players of different ages. There are a lot of exhibits and electronic data about various events in the world of football. Tickets for adults £12

Well what can I say , as we entered the staff was amazing, hyped my son up talking about things and told him he could do a penalty shootout aswell , so we looked around all the museum and went to the palenalty shootout to be spoken to so rudely by one of the staff member as we was waiting in the que for 2 mins he pull barrier across says "nope. Were closed" I asked why he said he close at 5pm , it was at this time 4.45pm, I then said Ill be making a complaint about you talking to us this way , no need for just a "nope were closed" then having to deal with an upset child he continues to follow us saying why are we making a complaint intimidating my 9 year old. If you ever see a 55 year old 60year old looking gentleman avoid him at all costs . But thank you to 2 of the other staff after wards trying to help and get him in the penalty shootout , but unfortunately this man intimidated my son to much to want to see him again . We travelled hours for this aswell and he was buzzing for it , I dont wish this on anyone but that man needs to be fired.

Well worth the entrance fee... £11 online. 12 month re-entry in your own name with ID proof. 👍Posted 15 pics but took 100s...Great for kids with interactive things to do and penalty shoot out etc... 👍

Some great exhibits and history. Layout is a little wonky but over-all we came away happy.

Very good Museum in Manchester, too bad that the F.A. does not sponsor it. Luckily, children and local Manchurians can go in for FREE.Gladly paid the £12.00 Adult price as I think those with the ability should pay, just my upbringing.Loads of history from the 1880s until present day. Even had the beginning of the womens game.

I rarely give a 1 star rating. Don’t pay 12 pounds and visit!! Only if it’s free. Overpriced for things I could see at a gift shop. I find it the worst museum I visited so far in over 50 countries IVisited. No sense to what is being displayed, no real order to get a value out of the visit.

Went here for my hubbys birthday. Really easy to find. Staff went the extra mile. Really helpful if we had questions. I would say that the childrens play level/games level needs work as some of the games didnt work

A great place for the football fans. Theres a whole floor for womens struggle in the football career. You could hear the old football commentaries. Some football games are also available. The toilets are available inside. Wheelchair accessible ones as well

Nice museum to visit for football lovers.

Not surprisingly, since it is the English National Football Museum, it was very English football focused, with only a few references to other countries at Club level (other than for European Competitionbut the exhibitions were very good and a lot of interaction.Wasnt busy when I was there so plenty of time to spend on the displays. Great to see the inclusion of the womens game in the main exhibitions. The separate exhibition on the history and present state of the womens game was also very good and inspiring.The activities on the top floor were great fun even if my skills were pretty poor.

Some interesting pieces and great history. nice to see lots of teams integrated into museum not just the top teams. plenty of interactive games and things to do

Went for 1st visit after several year gap with my 12yr old Grandson today.We both enjoyed visit and Grandson loved taking part in various games within as I did on commentating.Would highly recommend this museum and proud it is in Mcr...only thing to remember if a fellow Mancunian is to take proof of addressx2 as I.d. is definitely required.Thanks to all welcoming staff and staff within your doing Mcr Proud!

We visited the museum as part of my sons birthday and really enjoyed it. There are lots of really interesting exhibits dating back to the very early days of the game. The interactive exhibits were a big hit with my son. He got to take a virtual penalty shot into the old Wembley goal, practice his passing accuracy and play fable football. We also got to take photos with various silverware too. A great afternoon out for all the family.

I had a great afternoon visiting this museum. If you are not from Manchester you’ll have to pay £11 online or £12 at the entrance. The museum has multiples floors and some interactive games. But its mostly about Manchester and a bit about the World Cup. Still a nice experience if you have a free afternoon I’d say its worth it!

I have visited the National Football Museum several times since it opened in Manchester. The first few visits were fantastic but the most recent was a big disappointment. When I heard they had introduced an admission fee after previously being free I expected that money would be used to improve the museum. Sadly that has not happened. A large number of items that were previously on display have been replaced by nothing, many of the interactive activities were not functioning and there seemed to be far fewer staff around to assist visitors than there were on previous visits. Most disappointing was the temporary exhibit space on the top floor. Previous exhibits in this area had been excellent but unfortunately the current one contains almost no actual items. Its just a big empty space with writing on the wall. Whilst the information is interesting its nothing that couldnt be read online.Of the main exhibits they have barely changed in the 10 years that the museum has been in Manchester, to the extent that much of the information being presented is now badly out of date. Nothing new of note seems to have been added since my first visit in 2012 but many of the most memorable items from my previous visits have been removed with nothing but empty space replacing them. Football is a sport which is constantly evolving but the history presented has not kept up. This is especially damming given that a lot of information is presented digitally and as such it would be incredibly quick easy to update the records and stats they display. To now be charging for a previously free museum that seems to have had no effort put into keeping it up to date just feels like a combination of laziness and greed.

If you love football this is worth a visit. Lots of history and artefacts on display as well as interactive games too.

It was great. Me and my son we had so much fun. Lots of games to play and things to see. I didnt put five stars because the toilet was very dirty.

Great museum for kids and the place to go if you want obscure football programmes from the mid 90s

Absolutely brilliant. Took 2 young teenage grandsons who are football mad. The interactive games were very popular and it was difficult to prise them away. Probably better for older children/teenagers

Good collection of football history. It will be cheaper if buy ticket online and it is valid to enter multiple times through out the year. You can experience multiple events happen as part of football match like live commentary.One goal shoot-out events organiser at the top floor of the building with additional charge but you have to spend lots of time in queue to get your turn.

Fantastic attraction and very close to the train stations. Great interactive activities for kids. We had issues retrieving our ticket with WiFi issues and the lad on Reception (Thurs 11th August around 1pmcouldnt have been more helpful.

A must for football fan when visiting Manchester. My boyfriend felt so passionate here with many games to play, fun place to see how your man becomes a child in his football dream ⚽️. I am a huge football fan too, and they also have one floor to tribute women football 🥰

Interesting place to visit. Many important football things from now and the past to see. Also nice interactive attractions. A football fan who is in town should go therr.

Great for football fans probably takes about 2 hours to get round lots of interest and also interactive features

Nice place lots of importantance giving on history of football as game.there are 4 levels in total.Level 3 is dedicated to ladies football well efforts done to showcases all legends.

Amazing museum to visit with the football mad children, alot of fun and alot of interesting artifacts and information about football past and present. Very reasonably priced and great all around. Will definitely be going back again.

Really good soccer museum. Focus is on “old" football. Especially 1950 to 1990. But also an ground only for womens soccer, which can be more. I totally love the activ games.

Really enjoyed the visit. A lot of football history- well worth a visit...

Cool museum, it’s fun to look at for any football fan, was mostly English football which was fun to learn about but would have loved to have seen more European stuff! It’s smaller than I expected. The last (topfloor was just about women. Felt like they didn’t need a whole floor for that. But it was good to pass an hour

Nice museum with a lot of interactive features. It is a great place to bring children. It will cost you £10 to get in if you have a valid student ID, otherwise it will be £12 per adult. Upon entry it doesnt really seem to live up to the price. The ground floor and entry are pretty empty and a bit boring. But the upper floors do make up for that. The first floor is dedicated to the origins of English football and how things go in current times. On the second floor there are lots of games to play. Most of them are free, only the penalty shootout will cost you an additional £2.They also have lots of information about womens football, but I dont know if thats set up for the visitors of the UEFA womens European championship (2022), or if its always there. Overall I liked it a lot, but maybe they could add some things on the ground floor. Nevertheless, I would recommend to visit this museum if youre a fan of football.

Nice place to visit if you love football ⚽️

Fantastic experience! We spent two hours exploring the exhibits and football games, but couldve easily spent longer. Suitable for all ages and genders.

One of the most fun museums I have ever been to! If you get your reduced tickets online you pay £1 less per ticket so make sure you do that.The museum has many interesting sections (maybe a bit weirdly connected/organised but thats on the layout of the building, which is a weird shapeand tons of interactive football activities that you get access to by scanning a QR code they give you at the entrance. From goalkeeping simulator to pass simulator, quizzes, pass accuracy challenge, etc...Theres other paid activities, like £2 for a penalty simulator or £1 for a game of foosball, which I think should be free since the entry to the museum is already a bit expensive. Maybe they arent free because people would create big queues for it but there could be a time slot reservation system in place to avoid this, maybe.But these are all minor issues, really, and you can definetely see why you would pay to see this museum, since it must take a lot of work to keep every screen and activity working properly, which is not always the case.Another thing I will mention about the price is that it is a yearly ticket you are purchasing, which means that you will get to go to the museum and play around with their displays as much as you want during those 12 months, so definetely worth it if you live nearby and want a fun getaway every now and again

An amazing insight to football from over the years, very informative and would love to spend more time in there

Wentcyo welcome and CONGRATULATE the boys in blue!!

Lots of interesting memorabilia, plenty to read and do. A good 2 hours or more to get around everything if you take your time. Probably biased but only giving 4* as theres a lack of things relating to Sheffield. Disappointed theres so little about Sheffield since that is the home of football, no mention of "Sheffield Rules" or anything like that. Still, plenty to see and some interactive games that were fun, although one of the goalkeeping challenges on the second floor wasnt working on the day I went.Not expensive at £12.00 a ticket, staff were friendly too although I didnt see many around.

Nice place, especially for kids with yearly unlimited ticket.

Brilliant for kids and not so little kids, we went as a family of 5 for around £30 which means you can revisit for the next year free. Only thing we paid for was a penalty shoot out which was also brilliant highly recommended

Honestly, best museum Ive visited in the whole world. we spent Matts 23rd birthday, three hours inside. there was so much information and news. There were so many interactive aspects. We were advised we would only need to spend an hour and a half but we spent so much time in it. We were greeted by such an amazing host, I dont remember his name but he was a local with so much knowledge about the city. We were so welcomed, we enjoyed the three floors of pure joy. The museam wasnt like separated in terms of mens and womens football or race and inclusion. the museam is all inclusive of all the aspects of football from the 1800s and even earlier history. I enjoyed learning more about women being banned from football for 50 years. We listened to old radio clippings of football matches. I recommend for any ages.

Nice museum especially if you have kids to do some activities. You can see some trophies, old shirts and other stuff. I do recommend buying the ticket online as they will ask some information to register before having the ticket. I was looking to see the FA cup but I did not find it!

An interactive and inclusive (albeit anglo-centric!look at the history of football. A lot of the tone built on self-deprecating English humour of winning in ‘66. I wonder what will happen if England actually win something…!

Football, the most popular sport and has most number of fans in the world. It has everything, dedication, passion, resilience, courage and creativity. According to the website, its the only national football museum in the UK. Museum displays exquisite football history from the beginning, however, there are also room for improvements. Staffs there are knowledgeable about the objects lay out there and some stories related to the sport are thiriling, specially that related to the Jules Rimet trophy. After one and only international trophy won by England long back in 1966, I feel they are really craving for another major international recognition. Maybe they will get it in this 21st century or maybe not.

I have visited this wonderful collection of football history a number of times going back to the days when it was at Preston but here, I want to focus on the Manchester incarnation.The museum was always free entry until a few years ago (2019when they started charging £11 to enter which badly affected the numbers of those who attended which is a shame because something like this should be free for everyone and not just those who reside in the local area.A family pass is about £28 for 2 adults and 2 kids.So, the museum entry aside, what’s on offer inside?The entrance is a great start as leading up to the entry doors, there are stepping plates to remember players and managers from years gone by. It’s a nice touch before you even get inside the door. Once inside the venue, there are a plethora of sights over a number of levels. Things are mixed up a little to avoid the repetition of seeing the same things over and again. Mind, many of the items on show are permanent pieces and rightly so.The museum hosts exhibitions throughout the year and you can finish up in the museum store and cafe before leaving to explore more of what’s on offer in Manchester. The last visit I made meant I was able to see a Pele exhibition which was absolutely fantastic.If you are a football of any degree, this place is worth a visit. Even if you aren’t or just hold a passing interest, it’s worth the trip. Despite my personal disagreements with entry prices, I’ll be going back again in a couple of months to see the new changes and seasonal exhibition, “When Football Was Football”.

If you are a Football fan, you cannot miss this Museum. As the only national football museum in the UK, it is heavily focused on the game within the boundaries of the island and information on world cups in general. The museum displays exquisite football history from its beginnings until what it is today. It has awesome interactive tools for engaging with the past, videos about former stars discussing historic events and a whole level for testing your skills (such as scoring penalties, dribbling, shooting aim and goalkeeping reflexes).

Brilliant, could have spent all day in here. A must for any football fan but even non-football fans would love it and learn so much about the beautiful game. I will definitely come back here for another look around, some of the stuff they had on display was incredible, worth every penny.

Great place to take children. Open on Sundays, learn the history of football and some of Englands finest players. Loads of memorabilia. Pricing is great, with up to 1 year to use purchased tickets. Great family day out.

Its an entertaining way to kill a couple of hours. We love football and found the exhibits interesting to explore. There are plenty of little games to bring out everyones competitive edge.

As a sports fan, this place was just beautiful! Manchester is my favorite city to visit with beautiful people, and such friendly staffs have welcomed me as soon as I stepped my foot in the door in this beautiful building. Such a beautiful layout with rich history that if you visit or live in Northern England, you must visit the National Football Museum!