David France Collection, Football memorabilia collection in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
The David France Collection is a football memorabilia gathering in Liverpool containing more than 10,000 objects including programs, tickets, medals, photographs, and contracts dating back to the 1880s. The items are held at Liverpool Record Office and document how Everton Football Club and its surroundings evolved.
The collection includes official club records with notes from over 5,000 board meetings between 1886 and 1964, showing how key decisions were made. These documents also show when the organization shifted locations and how football became a professional sport.
The collection shows how football shaped daily life in Liverpool across different eras, from how players were hired to how supporters followed their team. Visitors can trace the changing relationship between the club and its community through the objects on display.
The collection is housed at Liverpool Record Office where rotating displays show selected pieces. Visitors can arrange guided tours on request to learn more about the objects on view.
29 volumes of handwritten meeting minutes offer glimpses into internal discussions that were never meant to be public. These private records reveal personal disagreements and conflicts that happened behind the scenes in early professional football.
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