An eccentric, ancient football game is played in Ashbourne, Derbyshire every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday (8-9 March in 2011).Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football is played over two eight-hour periods, the goals are 5km (3 miles) apart and there are very few rules. The teams are the Up’ards – Ashbourne town locals born on the north […]
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