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| Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: Up'Ards take honours on first day | Ashbourne Shrovetide Football: Up'Ards take honours on first day |
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| The first day of one of the UK's oldest sporting traditions ended in a goal for the Up'Ards. | 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 pits the Up'Ards - those born north of Henmore Brook - against the Down'Ards with the Up'Ards taking the first day's honours. | 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. | A second game will resume at 14:00 on Wednesday. |
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| 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. |
| 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 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. | 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. | 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 ages | Shrovetide Football through the ages |
| Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball: | Famous people who have 'turned-up' the ball: |