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Shrovetide

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The story behind the last-minute Down’ards goal at Shrovetide 2020

There was a dramatic conclusion to this year’s annual Shrovetide event – as the Down’ards snatched a last-minute equaliser to deny the Up’ards a...

Why FIFA were inspired by Ashbourne’s Shrovetide football game

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on the face of it has very little to do with Ashbourne, the Derbyshire market town more...

Here’s what happened on day one of Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide

By Shannon Mcloughlan & Ollie King Hundreds of players, extremely muddy and waterlogged surfaces and an six-hour half - the first day of Ashbourne's annual...