The Up'Ards have gone ahead on the first day of an ancient football game played in a town in Derbyshire. Royal Shrovetide ...

Everything you need to know about the annual Royal Shrovetide Football game in Ashbourne, Derbyshire: When is it? What are ...

Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday usually pass without incident for most of the UK, but in Ashbourne where Royal Shrovetide ...

Every Shrove Tuesday, the market town of Atherstone in Warwickshire becomes the stage for one of England’s oldest and most physical sporting traditions. The Atherstone Ball Game will return on Tuesday ...

The second day of Royal Shrovetide Football has begun in Ashbourne with the Up'Ards leading 1-0.

Mud-covered football fans braved the boggy fields of Alnwick as the annual Shrovetide match returned for 2026.

St Paul's beat St Michael's 2-0, but American exchange student Hunter McFadden won the ball after jumping in the River Aln ...

Players are facing three miles of rivers, fields, and town infrastructure in the way.

Explore the Atherstone Ball Game, a centuries-old tradition in Warwickshire, known as England's most brutal form of football.