An ancient football game in Derbyshire has finished with a victory to the Down'Ards. Thousands of players turned out again for Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, which is held on Shrove Tuesday ...

It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each other.

An ancient football game in Derbyshire has finished with a victory to the Down'Ards. Thousands of players turned out again for Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, which is held on Shrove ...

ASHBOURNE, UK — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a ...

Players try to grab the ball from the Henmore Brook during the annual Shrovetide medieval match in Ashbourne (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ...

Every year, Ashbourne in England hosts Royal Shrovetide Football, a chaotic yet historic event dating back to 1667. The town splits into Up'ards and Down'ards, who compete to move a ball across ...

Rules are limited but “no murder” was an early stipulation for the game that dates back to at least the 1600s. Good players ...

Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a two-day game of mass street football ... over Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday each year, the event is a ...

This might seem like this man is leading *** group into battle, but the battle is over *** ball in the heart of the UK in Ashbourne. The Royal Shrovetide football match takes place between two ...