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 ...

One of the earliest rules was 'no murder' - and one of the most recent is 'the ball must not be carried in a motorised vehicle!' ...

Down'Ard Martyn Taylor was clapped and cheered as he was carried to the Greenman pub after scoring on Tuesday ... Royal Shrovetide Football has taken place in Ashbourne every Shrove Tuesday ...

The Royal Shrovetide Football has taken place in Ashbourne every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday since at least 1667. The game will see thousands of players - in teams called the Up'Ards and Down ...

“He loved it!” Harrison says. Played over Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday each year, the event is a source of immense pride for the people of Ashbourne in Derbyshire's Peak District ...

Although Ashbourne Shrovetide Football may share certain aspects with rugby, it operates with very few rules. The game commences at 2pm on both Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday when the ball is ...

The game starts at 14:00 GMT each Shrove Tuesday ... days, Ashbourne shutters its shops, hangs its bunting, and draws its allegiances between two teams for the annual Royal Shrovetide Football ...