# Shrovetide Football Matches

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Posted by Mudmoose on February 28, 2020 at 04:41:40

In Reply to: Re: Ashbourne and Alnwick shrove tuesday football posted by LeviLovR on February 27, 2020 at 21:46:57:

The Shrovetide football matches are an old English tradition which has gone on for over a century. I used to regularly attend them. They are held on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne, the ball being thrown at 2.00pm from a special stand in the town car park. A VIP usually throws the ball, Prince Charles did it once when I was there.
There are two local teams, the 'Uppers' and 'Downards' and the idea is to get the ball into a their goal about 1 mile each side of the town. Anyone and everyone joins in especially when the ball enters the river, which it often does for long periods. Everyone is fully clothed and many people get muddy as well as soaked. It's a great event, but can be quite cold at this time of year. People come from all over the world to participate in this very British eccentricity. I used to go to the Blackwater 100 events in Davies, Tucker County, West Virginia regularly, until they were stopped. I used to meet my US friends there and we were always wet and muddy. Great days.

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