National Football Museum moving to Manchester

Manchester City Council has confirmed that talks are in progress to move the National Football Museum to Manchester.

The attraction, currently based at Preston North End’s Deepdale Stadium, will move to Urbis in Manchester city centre next year.

The Preston museum opened in 2001 and has struggled to attract large numbers of visitors, despite boasting the world’s largest collection of football memorabilia and the official FIFA collection.

The plan is great news for North West England. Many feared that the museum could be relocated to the new Wembley stadium in London.

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