Shrovetide Football

[wotsup9oo]

Whats the goal of the game? Someone tell me! How long is the game?

[Bioniclefan45]

@wotsup9oo It lasts from 2 pm to 10 pm on two consecutive days. The teams are pretty much every single man, woman and child in the town divided in between Up'ards and Down'ards (people born north and south of the river respectively). The "pitch" is the entire town and the goals are the sites of old mills that are three miles apart. A goal is scored by banging the ball against a post three times.

[roetemeteor]

Before I die, I will play this game.

[Ramoa111]

zombie football

[dgmoorejr]

I am with macho? How do you know who's who. No one is wearing the same colors, shirts that say up'ards and down'ards. I guess it's just an american thing. I mean the only comparison here would be like in the racially divided days of old when whites lived on one side of the "tracks" and blacks on the other. But in this case, I don't see how you could tell. Is there that big of a difference in up'ards and down'ards?

[UnShavenM0nkey]

@dgmoorejr We are English, small town of 7k people the vast majority of people live and breathe shrovetide, thus u know the players since you are tiny. simple really

[cowsruleme]

Wow this sounds fun, I'd like to play it

[machoTit]

how are you supposed to know which people are on your team?

[drafay]

@machoTit their is literly no rules ... meaning everyone could be on the same team lol........

[inoki1992]

@drafay The two teams are the Up'ards and the Down'ards, depending which side of the town river you're born on. I'm a Down'ard.

[ggguzman]

lmao this is insane

[joeyvalentine]

great video

[trimmytrab]

My best mate's dad goaled the ball in the 1970s - fuckin hero in Ashbourne since (the dad, not the mate btw) - any fucker who gets the winner is as famous as in the town for the rest of his life

[Martinntoxx]

This must be the best sport ever,but I think it would be epic if there was a game of that in a city with lots of people.

But I think that would cause massive numbers of deaths.

[spoofsofstiff]

this sucks rugby all the way

[IsCumaFut2]

its the original football

[waynegts]

didnt count

[igitt]

I don´t know why, but i like the crazy guys from the island!

[wmaclowe]

I mean did the upards goal count???

[wmaclowe]

Did the hoards goal count??? My freind got stampled on an had to go to hospital!!! I fell off a bridge into a pile of mud up to my ribs!!!!

[Wyrdtimes]

A fine English tradition. But come on lads - lose the Union flag and raise the St George.

[TwoCows23]

God. American football sucks compared to this.

Then again, it sucks compared to a lot of things.

[Xenope]

c'est anglais ...

[dfdgfdgf0000]

Ah bon... C'est bien aussi...

[Theckho]

É uma prática mais antiga do que derivantes codificadas, pelo que sei. Mas dou razão pros tártaros, no caso de ser verdade o que li sobre chutarem cabeças decepadas, loiras de preferência, como geralmente foram as dos covardes.

[LenaSGS]

could somebody write down the text :D

i need it :D

and I don't understand everything =D

sometimes he talks a little bit quiet I think :D

[liljaygeescarface]

cant wait

[thinlizzy7889]

i live just out side ashbourne derbyshire and we ploay shrovetide every year! it actully started when they chopped of a murders head and they kicked it around the streets of ashbourne. untill they ran out of heads then they used a ball!!! :-)

[Rachelguesswho93]

@thinlizzy7889 actually for example if someone from the up'ards was executed the down'ards would steal the head and kick it around... and the up'ards would attempt to get it back. and vise versa.

Then eventually when the no murer/manslaughter rule was brought up they used balls instead of heads.

I live 6 miles from ashbourne, and attend every year.

[thinlizzy7889]

So do i, went tuesday and wednesday this year. Did the Upards score after 10 or before this year?

[Rachelguesswho93]

@thinlizzy7889 You just said you went both days then your asking me the result! I don't get it!

[thinlizzy7889]

I know, but when the hug broke and the upards got the ball at like 9:45pm, i couldnt be bothered to chase it after pushing so never heard the last result or weather or not the upards made it to sturson or not before 10PM

[Rachelguesswho93]

@thinlizzy7889 yeah the up'ards made a last minute goal... pftt!

[thinlizzy7889]

oh come on, seriously....damn, us downards were like 100 yards from the goal....ahhh i cant believe that!

[bbcderby]

Hi. Great video! BBC Derby has a complete guide to shrovetide - and this year, for the first time, there'll be live updates available on your PC or mobile browser. Just google BBC Shrovetide for more details!

[tooth8888]

ho ho ho 7 and a bit weeks to go.. COME ON DOWNARDS DOWN DOWN DOWN ALL THE WAY

[1980sDarkness1990s]

comment me back

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[TeeM1991]

is it fuck bear grills

[YouFupidStucker]

UP'ARDS!!!!!

[doz999]

you'd think it were a free-for-all, thats wat you'd think lmao :) bang the ball on the plinth 3 times, thats all they can do lol, this man is a legend

[Starbug360]

Well, I know where I'm going on my next holiday: a town where they have annually have a legal, 8-hour riot, and call it sport!

[TheHollister]

This looks wicked. I wish they had that here.

[endlesssky138]

This looks so intense. Imagine an entire town turned upside down, like a rampaging video game, all vying to score a goal with the posts 3 miles apart.

[yorchito0808]

Holy shit at 1:26 thats Bear Gryllis

[japanaiir]

nope

[Masterecords]

this is quite possibly the best game in the world!

[TimVS4000]

down with it

[alicethepurple]

come on you down'uds

[narg]

this is a badass game

[debscott67]

what i brill game love it, come on you downards!!!

[thydes66]

Long Live Strovetide!!! It Rocks!!!

[bphutchins]

this is awesome, its like a mosh pit and a game.... lucky bastards

[Darkcomet72]

This is better than your favorite sport

[chav1k]

im from uttoxeter which is ten mins away! shrove tide rocks! we all go up on bus and get nailed lol!

[Satan119]

i want to play this so badly

[bradbury7245]

do quieten down you silly people

[atebillion]

Awsome Vid - Only 4 days to go!!!

[jaydogarmy]

omg its like sooo close now rock on Ashbourne!!

[jaydogarmy]

brilliant video dude, youve made Ashbourne proud... see you on the 20th of feb !!!!

[kingpin3000]

Excellent video.  Shows a glimpse of different English way of life!