UK town battens down the hatches for crazy 'royal' football game

UK town battens down the hatches for crazy 'royal' football game

Hundreds of people descended on the town of Ashbourne in central England on Tuesday to play a traditional football game in which the rules are hazy and the goals three miles apart. The Royal Shrovetide Football Match involves teams called the Up'ards and the Down'ards, who battle to try and tap the ball three times on stone plinths that act as goals.

(With inputs from agencies.)