Memorabilia will include, clockwise from left, John Charles’s debut shirt for Wales v Ireland, 1950; a ticket for the Cardiff City FA Cup victory match, 1927; Billy Meredith’s cap from the 1910 Scotland v Wales match, and a telegram from the Italian FA giving Charles permission to play for Wales in the 1958 World Cup.Photograph: Wrexham Museum
The town of Wrexham has received more than £2.7m in national lottery funding to help create Wales’s first national football museum.
The museum will celebrate the story of grassroots and professional Welsh football by showcasing memorabilia dating back centuries, while situating this in the broader cultural heritage of Wrexham and north Wales.
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