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This is why an entire town plays a brutal 16-hour football game on Shrove Tuesday
Up’ards and Down’ards trying to grab the ball (Picture: REUTERS) A historic football game played since the 1100s has returned to the north of England this Shrove Tuesday. The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been since at least the 1660s. Shrovetide ball games have been played in England since Henry II was on the throne between 1154-89. It’s not known exactly when the Ashbourne match started due to a fire in the committee office in the 1890s which destroyed early records – but that hasn’t stopped locals turning out every year to maintain the legacy. In fact the match has only been cancelled three times since 1891: in 1968 and 2001 due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, and in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each game is played for 16 hours in total, from 2-10pm on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The match is still being played 400 years on (Picture: Cameron Smith/Getty Images) Play starts at a plinth in the town centre, and the ball is moved towards either goal three miles apart via a series of ‘hugs’, not too different from a rugby scrum. Kicking, carrying and throwing the ball is also allowed, but the match is mainly made up of hugs. If a goal is scored (or the ball is goaled) before 6pm, a new ball is released in the town centre and the person who scored is carried on their teammate’s shoulders into the courtyard of the nearby Green Man Royal Hotel. For those on a time crunch, if the first goal is scored after 6pm, the game is wrapped up for the day. There’s no limit to how many people can play the game, drawing big crowds (Picture: EPA) But how are
Up’ards and Down’ards trying to grab the ball (Picture: REUTERS) A historic football game played since the 1100s has returned to the north of England this Shrove Tuesday. The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been since at least the 1660s. Shrovetide ball games have been played in England since Henry II was on the throne between 1154-89. It’s not known exactly when the Ashbourne match started due to a fire in the committee office in the 1890s which destroyed early records – but that hasn’t stopped locals turning out every year to maintain the legacy. In fact the match has only been cancelled three times since 1891: in 1968 and 2001 due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, and in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each game is played for 16 hours in total, from 2-10pm on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The match is still being played 400 years on (Picture: Cameron Smith/Getty Images) Play starts at a plinth in the town centre, and the ball is moved towards either goal three miles apart via a series of ‘hugs’, not too different from a rugby scrum. Kicking, carrying and throwing the ball is also allowed, but the match is mainly made up of hugs. If a goal is scored (or the ball is goaled) before 6pm, a new ball is released in the town centre and the person who scored is carried on their teammate’s shoulders into the courtyard of the nearby Green Man Royal Hotel. For those on a time crunch, if the first goal is scored after 6pm, the game is wrapped up for the day. There’s no limit to how many people can play the game, drawing big crowds (Picture: EPA) But how are