Calling all football fans! This month, UEFA and World Museum Liverpool launch ‘Only a Game?’ – a fantastic new exhibition exploring Europe’s love affair with the beautiful game at the World Museum Liverpool. The exhibition, which runs from 11 October 2008 – 1 March 2009 features rare objects from legendary matches, top European trophies and memorabilia from star players.
Only a Game is part of the Liverpool 08 celebrations, and highlights the parallels, positive and negative, between European culture and football. Issues of solidarity, success, participation, celebration, racism and integration will all be examined in this thought-provoking exhibition.
At the exhibition, you’ll see player memorabilia from the National Football Museum, including shirts, medals and trophies of great European players such as Phil Neal, George Best, Ferenc Puskas, Franz Beckenbauer, Bobby Moore, Stanley Matthews and Petr Cech.
Other highlights of the exhibition include the entrance, which is made up of a set of giant football figures telling the evocative personal stories of players including Kevin Keegan, Bernd Trautmann and Johann Cruyff; and a Memory Zone, where you can mix your own football highlights into a video clip and set it to a soundtrack.
There will also be a display of UEFA trophies, including the Champions League trophy and UEFA Cup; key items from the Everton Collection and Liverpool FC Museum; an interactive multimedia football quiz; and a portrait gallery of grassroots footballers from Liverpool and across Europe.
For more information on Only a Game, visit World Museum Liverpool (www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/).