# Ashbourne and Alnwick shrove tuesday football

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Posted by wetchas on February 27, 2020 at 10:58:29

Tuesday saw the annual 'football' matches take place at Ashbourne and Alnwick.
The Ashbourne event takes place in the streets of the town, and is basically a free for all between two teams, the upards and the downards. The most exciting part is when the melee crosses the muddy meadow, or the river. Plenty of pictures on Google, and vids on you tube. It all gets a bit rough though, with kicks and punches being exchanged at regular intervals. Cold too this year, one pic on Google is of the ball in the river, with crowds watching from the snow lined banks.
Alnwick's match takes place in the field below the castle, and is an altogether more sedate affair. This year the field was virtually waterlogged, leading to some great sliding tackles and soakings. At the end of the match the ball has to be taken across the river, and presented to someone important. This year only a few very hardy souls took to the water. Rather them than me.
Cheers.
Wetchas

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