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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...