The historic Royal Shrovetide Football game in the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne returns
A historic two-day football game involving thousands of players competing to move a ball to opposite ends of a Derbyshire town has begun.
The Royal Shrovetide Football match in Ashbourne - traditionally played on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday - has been held nearly every year since at least 1667.The first day of play began earlier.Paul Cook - who had successfully lobbied for the cancellation of the event in 2001 - wasMr Cook - a National Farmers' Union agent - intervened due to a national outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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