A historic football game played since the 1100s has returned to the north of England this Shrove Tuesday. The Royal ...

The Derbyshire version has the blessing of the Royals to use the title of Royal Shrovetide Football. Ashbourne was granted ...

The game has taken place nearly every year since 1667 and features rival players in teams called the Up'Ards and Down'Ards ...

In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

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

A traditional ball game that dates back to the 12th Century is set to take over a town centre in Derbyshire once again. The ...

Shrovetide football is an ancient, rough and chaotic ball game played on Shrove Tuesday, involving two rival teams of local ...

Shrovetide Football match, known locally as Scoring the Hales, took place in the fields surrounding Alnwick Castle between ...

Hundreds turned out for a mad Shrovetide football game in Northumberland, which ended with players jumping into the River Aln ...

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

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'Ards ...