Dick Pym the Fisherman Footballer

Dick Pym the Fisherman Footballer
Topsham Museum

When: 29 March 2023 to 31 October 2023
Where: Topsham Museum
Time: 1400 - 1700
Cost: None
Suitable for: Any age

Main Exhibition 2023

Dick Pym was the premier English goalkeeper of the 1920s, gaining winner’s medals in three FA Cup finals without conceding a single goal.

Our 1923 exhibition tells his rags to pitches story, including his part in a pre-WW1 soccer tour of South America, and centring on the 1923 FA Cup Final.

Played 100 years ago this year, the ‘White Horse’ Final was the first to be played at Wembley and the match did not turn out as the promotors expected.  If you’re keen on football, and even if you’re not, you’ll enjoy this amazing, heart-warming story.

Exhibitions & Projects

  • Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape

    Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    19 October 2024 to 23 February 2025

    View details

  • Other Worlds: New Works from the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

    Other Worlds: New Works from the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

    The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum

    11 January 2025 to 01 March 2025

    View details

  • Documentary Photography Open 2025

    Documentary Photography Open 2025

    The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon

    25 January 2025 to 01 March 2025

    View details

  • Osman Yousefzada   When will we be good enough

    Osman Yousefzada When will we be good enough

    The Box, Plymouth

    02 November 2024 to 09 March 2025

    View details

  • Creating Communities: 25 Years of North Devon Homes and the History of Barnstaple Housing

    Creating Communities: 25 Years of North Devon Homes and the History of Barnstaple Housing

    The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon

    08 February 2025 to 22 March 2025

    View details

  • Pressing Images: prints from Exeter's fine art collection

    Pressing Images: prints from Exeter's fine art collection

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    24 October 2024 to 30 March 2025

    View details

  • Ceramics Residency Exhibition: Platter by Florence Dwyer

    Ceramics Residency Exhibition: Platter by Florence Dwyer

    The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum

    25 January 2025 to 13 April 2025

    View details

  • Planet Ocean

    Planet Ocean

    The Box, Plymouth

    16 March 2024 to 27 April 2025

    View details

  • Windrush in the Far South West

    Windrush in the Far South West

    The Box, Plymouth

    18 January 2025 to 05 May 2025

    View details

  • John Lyons: Carnivalesque

    John Lyons: Carnivalesque

    The Box, Plymouth

    08 February 2025 to 05 May 2025

    View details

  • FOOD: beyond the plate

    FOOD: beyond the plate

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    22 March 2025 to 29 June 2025

    View details