https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11036255/fascinating-photos-brits-pancake-day-through-ages/
Shrove Tuesday today and its not just pancakes. A live report on TalkSport, this afternoon from the Shrovetide Football match at Ashbourne, gave a vivid description of their local MOB game taking place this afternoon, involving thousands of locals trying to shift a ball of some sort from one part of the countryside to another. Carnage!
Of course Association Football, as we know it now began in this manner, far from the sophisticated sport that we know today. You know the game where gentlemen are gentlemen, the referee has the final word and there is no controversy; until VAR came along!
Below are Blogs from last year's Easter football celebrations and other Shrovetides.....
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/easter-kegs.html
This is a historical view of the originas of the modern game.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/mobs-toffs-and-laws.html
The Shrewsbury original laws insert didn't come out in the above but this below might:
https://footballbh.net/2019/02/15/shrewsbury-school-birth-of-football-laws-of-football/ this link contains a fuller history of Shrewsbury Football
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/local-derby.html
Squeeze your lemons.
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