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If someone flips pancakes the whole day does that make them a complete tosser?
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cheers rob, now i know how to spell shrove.......RobT wrote:Shrove tuesday Bootneck, not Pancake day!
I also think its this tuesday, that Ashbourne comes to a virtual stands still, as the shrove tide football game is played, the Goal posts being at either end of the town, and the balls are made of cork and painted in various designs, (a new line for artist) and the ball being, "Turned up" by a celebrity or sometimes, Prince Charles
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The Teams
The only thing that distinguishes players in the two Shrovetide teams is their place of birth.
Up'ards and Down'ards
If you come from the north of Henmore River you are a Up'Ard and if you were born south of the river you are forever a Down'ard.
Tradition holds strong and many old Ashbourne families still form a key nucleus of each side.
Names like Sowter, Allen, Bott, Grant and Handley have all made their mark.
One Sowter, though, holds a unique place in the history of the game. Douglas Sowter, a Down'ard by birth, once goaled a ball for the Up'ards.
Rumour has it that members of his family didn't speak to him after that.
According to John Hanson, the Shrovetide Committee Secretary, some players switch sides and help the ball to whichever end looks like getting the ball goaled first!
As many as several thousand players compete for two days with a hand-painted, cork-filled ball.
Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years.
It is a moving brawl which continues through the roads of the town, across fields and even along the bed of the local river.
There have been intermittent attempts to ban the game but it has been played here for hundreds of years and, fortunately, still continues.
There are two goal posts, one at Sturston Mill, the other at Clifton Mill, a distance of three miles apart.
The ball is hardly ever kicked, but mostly hugged by a scrum which tries to move forward.
A few points
Goals are not scored... the ball is 'goaled'
The game is not 'kicked off'..... the ball is 'turned up' or 'thrown up'
The ball is not goaled by putting it 'through the posts'..... it is by banging the ball three times on a single post
And contrary to popular opinion, it is not possible for just anyone to goal the ball.
When the ball gets within striking distance of the post, leading players, usually drawn from a handful of well-known local families, draw lots as to who goals it.
A ball is goaled by tapping it three times against a marker board attached to the stone goal plinth.
If the ball is goaled before 5pm, a new ball is turned up at Shaw Croft, as the scorer is allowed to keep the ball.
There are two games, one on Shrove Tuesday and one on Ash Wednesday.
The only thing that distinguishes players in the two Shrovetide teams is their place of birth.
Up'ards and Down'ards
If you come from the north of Henmore River you are a Up'Ard and if you were born south of the river you are forever a Down'ard.
Tradition holds strong and many old Ashbourne families still form a key nucleus of each side.
Names like Sowter, Allen, Bott, Grant and Handley have all made their mark.
One Sowter, though, holds a unique place in the history of the game. Douglas Sowter, a Down'ard by birth, once goaled a ball for the Up'ards.
Rumour has it that members of his family didn't speak to him after that.
According to John Hanson, the Shrovetide Committee Secretary, some players switch sides and help the ball to whichever end looks like getting the ball goaled first!
As many as several thousand players compete for two days with a hand-painted, cork-filled ball.
Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years.
It is a moving brawl which continues through the roads of the town, across fields and even along the bed of the local river.
There have been intermittent attempts to ban the game but it has been played here for hundreds of years and, fortunately, still continues.
There are two goal posts, one at Sturston Mill, the other at Clifton Mill, a distance of three miles apart.
The ball is hardly ever kicked, but mostly hugged by a scrum which tries to move forward.
A few points
Goals are not scored... the ball is 'goaled'
The game is not 'kicked off'..... the ball is 'turned up' or 'thrown up'
The ball is not goaled by putting it 'through the posts'..... it is by banging the ball three times on a single post
And contrary to popular opinion, it is not possible for just anyone to goal the ball.
When the ball gets within striking distance of the post, leading players, usually drawn from a handful of well-known local families, draw lots as to who goals it.
A ball is goaled by tapping it three times against a marker board attached to the stone goal plinth.
If the ball is goaled before 5pm, a new ball is turned up at Shaw Croft, as the scorer is allowed to keep the ball.
There are two games, one on Shrove Tuesday and one on Ash Wednesday.
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Maria, its worth the trip to Ashbourne, (the Gateway to Dovedale, some good walking routes) you can imagine a football field 3 miles long, with things like houses and shops and pubs in the way, nice to pop into the pub on your way to the other side of town, to tap the post three times. I only live 15 miles away, but to get two days off to attend is like trying to get blood out of a Vampire. You get people coming from all over the world just to take part. Charlie has been down on several occaisions.Maria wrote:I have never come across the Ashbourne shrove football game before.
I like the two handed method 
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Bookneck, I went to go and see it once after a mate who lives in Ashbourne said I should do ... what an incredible sight - just don't get in the way of the players, you'll get crushed if you're not careful!bootneck wrote: Maria, its worth the trip to Ashbourne, (the Gateway to Dovedale, some good walking routes) you can imagine a football field 3 miles long, with things like houses and shops and pubs in the way, nice to pop into the pub on your way to the other side of town, to tap the post three times. I only live 15 miles away, but to get two days off to attend is like trying to get blood out of a Vampire. You get people coming from all over the world just to take part. Charlie has been down on several occaisions.
I wonder if the locals have to get special insurance for their cars etc!? (serious question) ... I'll ask my mate! 
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Ashbourne Shrovetide Football
The Anthem
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.
It is now sung each day at the pre-game luncheon in the Green Man Royal Hotel.
Words to the song
There's a town still plays this glorious game
Tho' tis but a little spot.
And year by year the contest's fought
From the field that's called Shaw Croft.
Then friend meets friend in friendly strife
The leather for to gain,
'And they play the game right manfully,
In snow, sunshine or rain.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
For loyal the Game shall ever be
No matter when or where,
And treat that Game as ought but the free,
Is more than the boldest dare.
Though the up's and down's of its chequered life
May the ball still ever roll,
Until by fair and gallant strife
We've reached the treasur'd goal.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
click the link for a look at some past balls
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/features/att ... alls.shtml
The Anthem
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.
It is now sung each day at the pre-game luncheon in the Green Man Royal Hotel.
Words to the song
There's a town still plays this glorious game
Tho' tis but a little spot.
And year by year the contest's fought
From the field that's called Shaw Croft.
Then friend meets friend in friendly strife
The leather for to gain,
'And they play the game right manfully,
In snow, sunshine or rain.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
For loyal the Game shall ever be
No matter when or where,
And treat that Game as ought but the free,
Is more than the boldest dare.
Though the up's and down's of its chequered life
May the ball still ever roll,
Until by fair and gallant strife
We've reached the treasur'd goal.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
click the link for a look at some past balls
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/features/att ... alls.shtml
