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| Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: 2016 game due to start | Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: 2016 game due to start |
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| The ball is due to be "turned up" later as one of the UK's oldest sporting traditions gets underway in Derbyshire. | The ball is due to be "turned up" later as one of the UK's oldest sporting traditions gets underway in Derbyshire. |
| Royal Shrovetide Football has been played almost every year in Ashbourne, since at least the 17th Century. | Royal Shrovetide Football has been played almost every year in Ashbourne, since at least the 17th Century. |
| The two-day event regularly sees thousands of people compete with the aim of "goaling" the ball at either end of the town. | The two-day event regularly sees thousands of people compete with the aim of "goaling" the ball at either end of the town. |
| The honour of turning up the ball has this year been given to a 99-year-old D-Day veteran. | The honour of turning up the ball has this year been given to a 99-year-old D-Day veteran. |
| More on this and other stories in Derbyshire | |
| What is Royal Shrovetide Football? | What is Royal Shrovetide Football? |
| Shrovetide Football through the ages | Shrovetide Football through the ages |
| Bill Milward, from Ashbourne, is due to start the second day's event on Ash Wednesday - his 100th birthday. | Bill Milward, from Ashbourne, is due to start the second day's event on Ash Wednesday - his 100th birthday. |
| He took part in the sporting tradition right up until the outbreak of the World War Two, when he drove an amphibious vehicle during the Normandy landings, carrying supplies to troops. | He took part in the sporting tradition right up until the outbreak of the World War Two, when he drove an amphibious vehicle during the Normandy landings, carrying supplies to troops. |
| Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball: | Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball: |