The Royal Shrovetide Football Game Is A Very Dumb, Very English, And Very Good Sport

For centuries, the citizens of Ashbourne, England have annually contested the Royal Shrovetide Football match, a sprawling, chaotic wrestling match masquerading as a soccer game. The thicket of ruddy blokes you see up top there are members of two teams: the Down'ards and the Up'ards, thus named for which side of"

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