Artwork : ArchiveNo00120

Leather Football 1948

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Portsmouth Football Club
Contributor Image	richard_owen_web.jpg
Profession
Location	Fratton
Collection Date	03.04.08 3.55pm
Artefact Name	Leather Football
Artefact Description	Football is stood on wooden plinth. Text on plinth reads ‘Presented by PFC league division champions 1948-9, 1949-50’ . Small metal (silver) shields (44) around the plinth with individual names engraved. Football has faded signatures on it. Good condition – football needs blowing up! Shields are tarnished.
Artefact Date	1948
Artefact Stored	Trophy cabinet
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	00120_-_football.jpg
Sample Taken	Thread from lace
Sample Image
History of Artefact	It’s an original ball from 1948-9 season with the signatures of the first team (1948-9). Football stood on plinth. They won the league in two consecutive seasons. The shields display individual names. Two examples: ‘1950, 7th grade, J Mainwaring’; ‘J Hays 1962’; ‘M Fox 1966’. 'None of the names appear related to the club….they are not familiar names of players or supporters.'
Historian	Richard Owen
Previous Owners	None
Special Memories	'When you talk to the players from that era – they will tell you that a leather ball was very hard to head and when it was wet it was even heavier! It could even cut open your forehead.'
Artwork Image	00120_wb.jpg

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