The third and final day of Dynamo Birkerod´s trip of Scottish football grounds is, arguably, the big one. It will probably be the title-decider. And it will be our last chance ever to get a look at Archibald Leitch’s main…
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Looking for Archie part 3 – Tynecastle
Tagged with: Ann Budge, Archibald Leitch, Avengers, Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hearts, Hearts Foundation, Infinity War, McCrae's battalion, Memorial garden, Michael Lustig, Royal Ettrick, The Athletic Arms, The Diggers, Tynecastle, White Hart
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Looking for Archie part 2 – Ibrox
We are still on a high after Aberdeen’s 7 goals at Dens Park the previous night. And now our Dynamo Birkerod team is completed with the late arrival of Ib and his two sons last night. We are a full…
Tagged with: Archibald Leitch, Billy Struth, Celtic, Football and sectarianism, Glasgow Rangers, Hampden Park, Ibrox, John Greig, Motherwell, Old Firm, Queens Park, Scottish Football museum, Stadium disaster 1902, Stadium disaster 1971, Wee Rangers Club
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Delights and perils of groundhopping
End of February means that I am off to my annual meeting up with the Sports and Leisure History network at Manchester Metropolitan University in Crewe. And, as usual, I throw in a handful of football matches before and after.…
Tagged with: Bury F.C., Coventry F.C., Gigg Lane, Groundhopping, Manchester United Museum, National Football Museum, Rochdale F.C., Spotland, Zlatan
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The new Liverpool FC museum
When I visited the Liverpool FC museum back in February 2013, I really liked it. Perhaps too much text, perhaps a little worn-down, perhaps the layout a bit dated. But there was plenty of passion, and there were thick descriptions…
The National Scottish Football Museum
I remember my late father telling about Hampden Park. He had been to see Denmark lose 3-1 to Scotland in front of a mere 75.000 in 1952. But the imposing terraces of Hampden left a lasting impression on him. Perhaps…
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The Liverpool Museum
When I met the curator of Liverpool F.C. museum, Stephen Done, back in February, he told me that he hoped soon to be able to go over the exhibtions, which still looked very much the same as they did in…
The Arsenal Museum
“It is interactive” I am assured as I purchase my ticket for the Arsenal Museum. The museum is located in the basement of a building next to the Emirates, and the entrance is not very impressive. The staircase downstairs is…
Tagged with: Arsenal, Emirates Stadium, Highbury
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The Chelsea Museum
I had heard a lot of negative things about the Chelsea museum, before I visited it, so my expectations were not that high. On a symposium on football museums, the designer Chris Mather claimed that the brief had said…
The Wolverhampton Museum
To me and probably many other Danish football fans my age, Wolverhampton Wanderers will always bring back memories of winter Saturdays spent in front of the television, watching Derek Dougan or Kenny Hibbitt in action on a muddy field with…
Tagged with: Derek Dougan, Kenny Hibbitt, Molineux Stadium, Stan Cullis, Steve Bull
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