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	Football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These archaic forms of football would be played between neighbouring towns and villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams, who would clash in a heaving mass of people struggling to drag an inflated pig's bladder by any means possible to markers at each end of a town.
		In Scotland, football was banned by James I in 1424 and by James II in 1457.
		Sheffield Football Club also has a claim to be the world's oldest football club, in the sense of a club not attached to a school or university.
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	Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Shrovetide games are still played in a number of English towns such as Ashbourne in Derbyshire and Sedgefield in County Durham.
		Sheffield Football Club also has a claim to be the world's oldest surviving "football club", in the sense of a club not attached to a school or university.
		Whilst it often refers to Gaelic football, the word "football" is also used when referring to Association football, particularly at the international level (as in the Football Association of Ireland the official national body) and also with a large number of Association Football clubs using the initials "FC" (Football Club) in their name.
	football.infohub.dnip.net (6138 words)

	Royal Shrovetide Football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Shrovetide Football Match occurs annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England.
		The game is played with a special ball, larger than a standard football, which is filled with Portuguese cork to help the ball float when it inevitably ends up in the river.
		It is hand-painted by local craftsmen specially for the occasion, and the design is usually related to the digintary who will be turning-up the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football (609 words)

	Football - Gurupedia
		Football refers to a number of different team sports, all of which involve scoring points with a round or ellipsoid ball into or onto a goal area defended by the opposing team.
		Football and other recreations distracted the populace from practising archery, and after the great loss of life that had occurred during the Black Death, England needed as many archers as possible.
		In 1867 the Sheffield Football Association was formed by a number of clubs in the local area and the Sheffield clubs continued to play by their own rules until they decided to fall in line with the FA in
	www.gurupedia.com /f/fo/football.htm (4624 words)

	Mob Football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mob Football is the name given to the forerunner of the different codes of football such as rugby union and association football.
		Mob football usually involved groups from two connecting villages (or two groups from either end of a singular village) fighting to move a ball from one side to the other.
		The games were so unruly that royal bans were often placed on the playing of such sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mob_Football (191 words)

	football betting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Football is the name given to a number of different team sports.
		The first reference to football in Ireland occurs in the Statute of Galway of 1527, which allowed the playing of football and archery but banned ''"'hokie' - the hurling of a little ball with sticks or staves"'' as well as other sports.
		Rugby football is referred to as "rugby", or less often "rugger", while Australian Rules Football (which is much less common) is known as "Aussie rules football".
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	WILD IN THE STREETS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These yobs are not toasting Midlands pharmaceuticals but rather Royal Shrovetide Football, an ancient game that annually pits Ashbournians from north of the River Henmore against their counterparts down under.
		In the 16th century Philip Stubbs described Shrovetide football as "bloody murdering practice, rather than a fellowly sport or pastime." Indeed, the Ashbourne event was briefly banned in 1878 after a man drowned, and 18 landowners signed a notice forbidding the game to take place on their property.
		Prince Charles was enlisted as royal turn-up for this year's Ash Wednesday game but begged off to attend the funeral of his aunt Princess Margaret.
	www.wesclark.com /rrr/wild_in_the_streets.html (1115 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football (In development hell)
		As in a normal football game there are two teams each wanting to score at either end of a marked pitch.
		The title of "Royal" was added to the game when in 1926 the then Prince of Wales turned up the ball, this tradition shall hopefully be repeated in 2003 when Prince Charles the Prince of Wales wil follow in his predessecors footsteps.
		Before the turning up there is a Shrovetide lunch held at the Green Man and Blacks Head Royal Hotel attended by the Shrovetide Comittee and other prominent members of the town.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A734519 (645 words)

	Royal shrovetide football - TashCamUK FotoPage - An ongoing diary of stuff, allsorts, and things wot happen ...... - ...
		Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years.
		The origins of the annual Ashbourne Shrovetide football game have long been lost in the midsts of time after a fire at the Royal Shrovetide Committee office in the 1890s.
		Many local traders have become wise to the 'hazards' of Shrovetide Football over the years and these days Ashbourne town centre is boarded up for the occasion.
	tashcamuk.fotopages.com /?entry=347178 (1177 words)

	Royal Shrovetide Football with DoctorDanger.com
		Medieval Football - Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK No, its not some sort of a street riot, its Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
		Shrovetide Football is primarily an event for the Ashbourne local community.
		Shrovetide Football is dangerous and can easily result in serious injury or possibly death.
	www.doctordanger.com /other/OtherEventMidFootball1.htm (295 words)

	Royal shrovetide football - an old annual custom held in Ashbourne Derbyshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Royal shrovetide football is an ancient annual event that takes place in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on Shrove Tuesday and Wednesday.
		Murder and manslaughter are barred as is the transportation of the ball by vehicle.
		It is called `Royal` because in 1928 the ball was `turned up` by the then, Prince of Wales, later to become Edward the Eighth.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /dcustom4.html (287 words)

	Football at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Modern American football and Canadian football are direct descendants of rugby, as it was played at Canadian universities in the early 1870s.
		Meanwhile, in Britain, by the 1890s, a long-standing Rugby Football Union ban on professional players was causing regional tensions within rugby football, as many players in northern England and Scotland were working class and could not afford to take time off to train, travel, play and recover from injuries.
		Gaelic football was not formally codified until after the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1884.
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	Royal Shrovetide Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football is a game played in the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.
		Unlike a conventional football match this game is played over two eight hour periods, the goals are 3miles apart and there are very few rules.
		As you may have already realised the game is infact nothing like a normal football match.
	www.shrovetide.sphosting.com (267 words)

	Useful tips: Royal Shrovetide Football
		Royal Shrovetide Football - Tips which might be useful
		Royal Shrovetide Football is primarily an event for the local Ashbourne community.
		Royal Shrovetide Football is physically knackering, dangerous and damn good fun.
	www.doctordanger.com /other/OtherEventMidFootballTip.htm (1029 words)

	The Prince of Wales - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Prince had been due to attend in 2001 but the match was cancelled as a result of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
		The hand-stitched ceremonial ball featured portraits of The Prince, surrounded by a laurel leaf and a Union flag, portraits of the late Queen Mother and the Queen, and The Prince of Wales's coronet.
		The party then moved to the Shrovetide plinth, a permanent, brick-built raised structure, where The Prince addressed thousands of spectators who had gathered for the start of the game - that dates back to the 12th Century.
	www.princeofwales.gov.uk /news/2003/03.mar/ashbourne050303.php (342 words)

	Shrovetide Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Shrovetide football match (not to be confused with
		The town splits in half: those born north of Henmore Brook are the Up'ards, and those born south, the Down'ards.
		Kick-off normally takes place at 2pm, after and Shrovetide banquet, and there are somewhere in the region of 2,000 players.
	englishculture.allinfoabout.com /features/shrove3.html (337 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Prince starts 'maddest' game
		The Prince of Wales was hoisted into the air by players at an annual mass football match as he arrived to ceremonially "turn up" the ball.
		He was led down a street decked with Union Jack bunting as he carried the match ball, before being lifted by three of the players.
		The Shrovetide match is described as the world's oldest, largest, longest and maddest football game.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2821879.stm (333 words)

	Telegraph \| Health \| Rules? There are no rules
		For this is Ashbourne in Derbyshire, where the annual Royal Shrovetide Football game takes place.
		The origins of the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football game are thought to be in the 15th century, although it has been played in its current guise since 1892.
		The ball can be hidden in a ditch or under a tree stump to confuse the opposition, but if it goes missing for more than an hour, it is declared void and the game starts again.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/02/10/hactive05.xml&sSheet=/health/2005/02/10/ixhright.html (766 words)

	Shrovetide football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The traditional Shrovetide Football games sounds like rather wild events.
		In Ashbourne, Shrovetide football has been played for such a long time that the people of this Derbyshire market town - who talk of Bonnie Prince Charlie marching into their cobbled marketplace - have forgotten when the game first started.
		The Shrovetide football match (not to be confused with soccer) is a traditional sport dating back to the 12th century.
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	Photos of Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne
		Here are some photos taken by our editor Todd O'Neill when he took part in the 2002 Royal Shrovetide Football event in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK.
		Since this was my first Shrovetide Football match they gave me a good few tips on how to survive.
		In the 1920's this privilege was given to the 'Prince of Wales' hence the 'Royal Shrovetide' name.
	www.doctordanger.com /other/oe_ashbourne_ed.htm (771 words)

	2005 Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football - Photographs
		The Game is played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, and consists of two teams, one from anyone born to the North of the River Henmore, and one from people born South of the river, these are known as Up'ards and Down'ards.
		The game starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when a specially prepared ball - larger than a football and filled with cork which weighs around 4lbs is thrown in by a visiting guest of honor.
		The balls used for the Shrovetide games are made by Ashbourne man John Harrison.
	www.derbyphotos.co.uk /events/2005/february/ashbournefootball (621 words)

	Local derby
		There, since as early as the 12th century, two teams from opposite ends of the town play a rough and tumble football/rugby type of game called the Royal Shrovetide Football Match.
		Unfortunately there's nothing apart from local folklore, which is always present when locals lay claim to a phrase, to link the phrase to the town or the Shrovetide match.
		Early uses of the phrase referred to football (soccer) matches and the first printed citation appears to be the Daily Express, Oct. 1914 - "A local Derby between Liverpool and Everton.".
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/235375.html (337 words)

	Football Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		football game This match was also the first where the duration of the game was prearranged for one...
		Shrovetide football game, football game as it was called, belonged in the "mob football" category...
		This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLoud.
	footballyearcc.blogspot.com /2005/08/football-game-cards-climbing-cycling.html (505 words)

	Royal Shrovetide Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Royal Shrovetide Football Match occurs annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne, Derbyshire in Derbyshire, England.
		The game has been known as Royal since the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom) turned-up in 1928.
		The game is played with a special ball, larger than a standard Football (soccer), which is filled with Portugal cork to help the ball float when it inevitably ends up in the river.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Traditional-football/Royal-Shrovetide-Football.html (563 words)

	Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For links to articles on each of the different football codes please see the list in the Football today section of this article.
		The first description of football in England is given by William FitzStephen (c1174-1183) [1] (http://www.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/introduction/ intro01.html#p25).
		Flag football — non-tackle American football, like touch football but a token must be taken to indicate a tackle.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/football (5242 words)

	Royal Shrovetide Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Royal Shrovetide balls are unlike the conventional footballs, they are some what larger and heavier.
		They have a cork inner to enable them to float when in the river and are protected by a leather outer layer which is hand sewn onto the ball.
		HRH The Prince Of Wales was given a special ball by the Shrovetide committee as a present for starting the game in 2003
	www.shrovetide.sphosting.com /balls.htm (118 words)

	Ashbourne, Derbyshire - Shrovetide Football
		The kick-off or "turning up" of the specially made and painted ball takes place from a brick built plinth in the town centre at the Shawcroft carpark, by a local or national figure.
		The ball is larger than a conventional football and, unlike its modern counterpart, is rarely kicked.
		The song was written for a concert in 1891 which was held in aid of funds to pay fines for playing the game in the street.
	www.ashbourne-town.com /events/football.html (1037 words)

	Staffordshire Newspapers - Ashbourne News Telegraph - Editorial Features - Shrovetide Football
		We're trying to gather together as many memories of the Shrovetide game as possible.
		ASHBOURNE is one of very few places which perpetuates the custom of mass street football, reference to which was made some 320 years ago.
		It is played on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday and each day's play is independent of the other.
	www.ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk /features_editorial/Shrovetide (118 words)

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