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Ashbourne's Royal Shrovetide Football's second day of play | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
Day two of the eccentric Royal Shrovetide Football game is under way in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. | |
Thousands of people turned out for the opening on Tuesday, with the Up'ards eventual winners of day one after goaling the ball at 19:53 GMT. | |
The tradition is thought to be centuries old but records only date back to 1890. | |
The team competitors play for, Up'ards or Down'ards, is dictated by the side of the river Henmore they were born on. | |
The game is started when the ball - made of cork bound in leather - is Turned Up or Thrown Up at 14:00 on Shrove Tuesday and again on Ash Wednesday. | The game is started when the ball - made of cork bound in leather - is Turned Up or Thrown Up at 14:00 on Shrove Tuesday and again on Ash Wednesday. |