Photographer: Paul Grendon
2010
Fields of Play: Football Memories and Forced Removals in Cape Town, Basel
An abridged version of the Fields of Play Exhibition which opened at the Museum’s Homecoming Centre in 2008,
Fields of Play depicted the far-reaching impact of forced removals on football associations and clubs in Cape Town. It portrayed the history of football from the first moment the game was played on Green Point Common in 1862 and traced this history through oral history accounts, archival documentation and a rich visual archive donated by players and administrators. The making of the exhibition reunited a number of football administrators, players, referees as well as spectators of the game. Their memories and stories vividly brought to life the vibrant history of struggle, competition, discipline
The focus of the original exhibition message was supplemented by research on contemporary football rituals and professional teams in Cape Town, as well as an in-depth look at the city’s first professional team, the Cape Ramblers. An exhibition
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