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Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: 2016 game 'turned up' Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: Up'Ards take honours on first day
(about 7 hours later)
The ball has been "turned up" at the start of one of the UK's oldest sporting traditions. The first day of one of the UK's oldest sporting traditions ended in a goal for the Up'Ards.
Royal Shrovetide Football has been played almost every year in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, since at least the 17th Century.Royal Shrovetide Football has been played almost every year in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, since at least the 17th Century.
The two-day event sees thousands of people compete to "goal" the ball at either end of the town. The two-day event pits the Up'Ards - those born north of Henmore Brook - against the Down'Ards with the Up'Ards taking the first day's honours.
A second game will resume at 14:00 on Wednesday.
Buildings in Ashbourne were boarded up early on Tuesday to protect windows from the sometimes violent game.Buildings in Ashbourne were boarded up early on Tuesday to protect windows from the sometimes violent game.
More on this and other stories in Derbyshire The game was "turned up" by former Queen Elizabeth Grammar School teacher Barry Greenwood with the Up'Ards "goaling" the ball by banging it three times on a post at Sturston after three hours of ceaseless action.
The second game, generally a quieter affair played on Ash Wednesday, will be started by D-Day veteran Bill Milward on 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.
The honour of turning up the ball went to former Queen Elizabeth Grammar School teacher Barry Greenwood with a 99-year-old D-Day Veteran due to start the second day on Wednesday.The honour of turning up the ball went to former Queen Elizabeth Grammar School teacher Barry Greenwood with a 99-year-old D-Day Veteran due to start the second day on Wednesday.
What is Royal Shrovetide Football?What is Royal Shrovetide Football?
Shrovetide Football through the agesShrovetide Football through the ages
Bill Milward, from Ashbourne, will start Wednesday's game on 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.
Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball:Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball: