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Tim Baker: 35 years behind the paint at Shrovetide
by Damion Arnold
Shrovetide football in Ashbourne is just days away and every year the balls used for the game have to go through the...
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Recap from Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide 2024 as Up’ards win 2-0 against Down’ards
Yes, it was that time of year again - the annual Royal Shrovetide football match once again took place in Ashbourne.
Thousands of people descended...
Shrovetide 2022
Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide 2022 full recap as Up’ards win 3-1
The Up'ards have won this year's annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football match with a 3-1 victory over the Down'ards after two days of play.
Every...
Shrovetide 2020
Will Shrovetide Football ever be banned?
Former Shrovetide footballer James Horrobin has defended the game after calls for it to be banned.
After this year's event in which there were a...
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Everything you need to know about Ashbourne’s historic Shrovetide game
It’s one of the biggest games of football on the planet, quite literally. Ashbourne’s annual Royal Shrovetide Football event, which takes place between Shrove Tuesday...
Shrovetide 2020
Blog: How to survive Shrovetide and enjoy it
If you are not from Ashbourne and you are saying that you know what Shrovetide is, you must surely be lying (unless you have...
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Blog: How Shrovetide 2020 changed my view of the game and myself
Once a year, tales of broken limbs and bloodied faces filtered down into the quiet town where I grew up.
They spoke of nearby Ashbourne...
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Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide 2020: RECAP all the action and reaction from the event
Yes, it was that time of year again - the annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide football match has once more come and gone.
Every year, the...
