The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been ...

At 2pm on Shrove Tuesday in a Derbyshire town, everyone's focus turns to the annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football - a game with goals three miles apart and very few rules. It is said to be ...

Thousands of players turned out again for Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, which is held on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. The game has taken place nearly every year since 1667 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SHOPS in the town of Ashbourne were boarded up last night ... emerged in Europe in the Middle Ages and is still played on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the Derbyshire town.

At 2pm on Shrove Tuesday in a Derbyshire town, everyone's focus turns to the annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football - a game with goals three miles apart and very few rules. It is said to be the ...