Who are we?

Telling The Story of Scottish Football

The Hampden Collection is a group of volunteers, who tell the story of football through poetry, art, literature and research.

We were originally set up in 2017 to preserve and promote Scotland’s pioneering footballing history through the magnificent story of the three Hampden Parks and all who played on them. This football heritage role is now part of Football’s Square Mile (our partner organisation – http://www.footballssquaremile.com)

Over the years, the Hampden Collection has evolved to focus on Football Culture, Arts, Research and Events. As we say, we CARE about football!

Our team is made up of talented volunteers (including Poets, Artists, Historians and Football Fans) who are committed to bringing football and it’s history to life through all kinds of art.

We are the world home of football poetry! We have over 200 poems on our website, submitted directly to us and collated by our poets.

We are led by Julie McNeil, who is a brilliant poet and this is one of her poems…’ We are Scottish Football’…

NB: The focus for the work on football heritage (including the 3 Hampdens) and also supporting a bid for a UNESCO world heritage football site is undertaken by our colleagues at Football’s Square Mile (www.FootballsSquareMile.com)

We work closely with FSM and are an alliance member of the FSM group. Some of our volunteers provide support to The Hampden Collection and FSM.