You must have a look at this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-49314716/kingsbridge-tractor-football-in-a-league-of-its-own
Yes I know this should be about Ipswich Town FC, but if you happen to have a few hundred pounds to buy this big ball, which is made from high quality plastic (very bouncy), and also have a tractor or two, then you can do what the farmers of the Devon Tractor Football Club of South Hams can do!
BTW, The ball can be loaned out to neighbouring football tractor "clubs", so don't worry about the outlay, you could earn it back in hire fees.
Today, a report from Talksport revealed an initiative shown by a group of lads from Devon, who have played a Tractor Football match, raising money for local charities.
So, get your farming mates together, make sure you have different coloured tractors, well a couple of red ones and a few blues (greys??) so you can have a game tearing up and down a field somewhere, hoping not to ruin good farming land!
A bit like polo, the goals are wide, at the end of a long field. Heaven knows if there is a possibility of a sliding tackle....
It's not new because the game is popular in Canada and Poland, so the game looks to be spreading in Britain.and here is a film of a match in Offaly, Ireland at the National Ploughing Championships. All Ireland Hurling referee, Brian Gavin is on the microphone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34uLSJGc4s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-49314716/kingsbridge-tractor-football-in-a-league-of-its-own
Yes, TalkSport banter encouraged a few classics, like "at No. 10 is Messi Ferguson; the game will be played at Plough Lane; of course the Tractor Boys will be the opposition! It could get worse.....
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