Thursday, June 12, 2014

World Cup: Wakefield's football heritage!

In case you haven't noticed...the World Cup starts today!

 Despite the fact that Wakefield is the biggest city in England that does not have a football league team, the Wakefield District boasts some historic football heroes. 

 Here are a few footballing objects from our collections ...

 A 1930s postcard of  goalkeeper Harold Gough from Castleford.  Harold played for England in 1921.
Action shot postcard of Harold Gough from the 1930s

 Essential footballing kit dating from 1930s - 1960s.
A pair of brown leather football boots from the 1930s. They have high tops covering the ankles, and four chunky studs per boot.
A brown leather football from the 1930s

Castleford Football Club photographed in 1884.  The team colours have been hand-painted on. 
Photo of Castleford Football Club in 1884. The team are all young, white men, many with moustaches. Their manager stands to the left, in a suit and bowler hat. The club's colours of blue and magenta vertical stripes have been hand painted on.
Prefer to stay at home and play? Spectrum computer game, 1985, and some Subbuteo game pieces, 1967 - 1970.
Spectrum video game cassette

Subbuteo game pieces, some in their box and some outside, in a range of colours and kit styles

 Photograph of the Kings Own Light Yorkshire Infantry football team, 1914 - 1918
Photo of the Kings Own Light Yorkshire Infantry football team, some men in uniform and others in their football kits

 Who'd have thought liquorice and football had links?

 A Dunhill's sweet tin, 1920 - 1935.
A small rectangular Dunhill's sweet tin featuring images of men playing football

 Haribo football sweets, made in Pontefract, 2002
Haribo Football Mix sweet packet, featuring the Haribo mascot kicking a football

 Sheet of cigarette type cards printed with names of football teams, made to be distributed with liquorice, 1932.
Pink sheet of cigarette type cards with the names of players

 Photograph of a football game outside Fryston Colliery, by Ferry Fryston miner and photographer, Jack Hulme, 1960 - 1970.
Black and white photograph of a football game with Fryston Colliery in the background
Enjoy the World Cup!!
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