Free talks & plays with MCFC interest - derby week 22-30/03

[gary james]

I thought I'd post this because I know a few Blues will be interested. There are a lot of great sporting talks, plays & filmshows taking place next week - Manchester Derby Week - in Manchester. Most of them are part of the Manchester Histories Festival which I have been involved with for a few years.

Here's a summary. Many are free (but not all) & I'm involved with a few of them (the ones in bold!):

Manchester Derby Week Football Events

Monday 24th at 6.30pm – Manchester Heroes discussion at National Football Museum. Tickets £4/£3: http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/e ... dvarid=175

Tuesday 25th at 7.45pm – Manchester Derby at Old Trafford

Wednesday 26th at 1pm – The Road To Rio: A History of Brazilian football at the National Football Museum. Free talk by Andre Megale. Details: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/events/e ... -rio.aspx#

Wednesday 26th at 2pm – Manchester Football Memories (Martin Buchan & Ian Mellor) at National Football Museum. Details and tickets: http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival. ... llmemories

Thursday 27th at 6.20pm – Boys In Blue at Cornerhouse. MCFC film show hosted by me. Details & Tickets: http://www.cornerhouse.org/film/film-ev ... -on-film-3

Friday 28th at 1pm – Birth of Manchester Football at National Football Museum. A free talk by me on how football developed before 1884 in Manchester, based on my recent paper: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10. ... 013.873075 Tickets must be booked in advance but are free: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mancheste ... 9?aff=eorg

Saturday 29th at 11.00 – Sport and Lesiure in Manchester at Manchester Town Hall. Sports & Leisure History group at MMU talking about Manchester’s historical sporting landscape, including a brief overview of football’s birth by me. Free tickets & details: http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival. ... ortleisure

Saturday 30th at 12.30pm – Maine Road Blues at Manchester Town Hall. An excellent one-man play by Bill Cronshaw on life as a MCFC fan. Free
tickets: http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival. ... eroadblues

Saturday 30th at 2pm – Manchester Football Memories (David Meek & Colin Shindler) at National Football Museum. Details and tickets: http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival. ... llmemories

I'd encourage City fans to go to Bill Cronshaw's Maine Road play - he did the play about Bert Trautmann and is a great Blue who deserves some support for his efforts here. His play is bound to bring back memories of Maine Road and it follows a session I'm speaking at on Sport and Lesiure in Manchester and is on in the same room. So come early for the 11.00 talk and stay on for Bill's play - you'll need to get tickets for them both of course.

All events are ticketed but many are free.

Hope there are some Blues interested. Cheers.