Yesterday marks 826 years they’ve been playing it
https://thelibertyline.com/2026/02/18/atherstone-ball-game-two-winners/

1962 edition:

 

Yesterday:

 

I hope your dental insurance is paid up.  I loved playing high school American football and men's ice hockey, but I would have to say no thanks to this.  Got to hand it to you, the Brits are a tough lot, especially after they imbibe a few😉

If there’s one ball and hundreds of players in a tight space, and the goal is to be the person who possesses the ball 2 hours later, the strategy seems to be to beat the living c-r-a-p out of as many other players as you can during that time so you can be the last person standing, and thus possessing, the ball, amIright?

 

Edited February 19Feb 19 by Mike A
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