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  • ...ards, over two eight-hour periods, subject to only a few rules. Shrovetide football has been played for centuries and possibly for over 1,000 years. It is a mo *[http://www.ashbourne-shrovetide-football.com/ Ashbourne Shrovetide Football]
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  • *Football: Atherstone Town FC, known as 'The Adders'. Their ground is located on Shee *Rugby union: Atherstone Rugby Football Club. Their ground is at Ratcliffe Road.
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  • ...book |last=Hornby |first=Hugh |title=Uppies and Downies: The extraordinary football games of Britain |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-9056246-4-5 |publisher=[[English He ...his wife, the Princess of Wales (Mary of Teck). The visit was to open the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show. The Prince gave 2 silver cups: one for the best
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  • ...combats, such as Ashbourne's Royal Shrovetide Football, the Shrove Tuesday Football Games in Sedgefield, Durham and Alnwick, Northumberland and the [[Hallaton]
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  • ...notable buildings such as 'The Crescent' (1780–1784), modelled on Bath's Royal Crescent, by John Carr, 'The Devonshire' (1780–1789), 'The Natural Baths' ...clude Castleton's annual Garland Festival and Ashbourne's Royal Shrovetide Football, played annually since the 12th century. Buxton hosts two opera festivals,
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  • Many locals take part in the famous Royal Shrovetide Football match played in [[Ashbourne, Derbyshire|Ashbourne]] on two afternoons durin
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  • ...hich acts as the Down'ards goal in the annual traditional Royal Shrovetide Football match. There are two adjacent stone markers, the old and the new.
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