ASHBOURNE's first league win of the season last Saturday tightened up the league table considerably and also put the team in great spirits for that evening's 40th Anniversary Gala Ball. The south ...

This year's ball is said to be the largest one ever used An ancient football game dating back to the 12th Century is set to begin later with the largest ball ever used, according to the man who ...

That is question which bounces through the tranquil Derbyshire town of Ashbourne, as the build up their big ball game day gets underway from early February. Friends, families, colleagues and ...

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One of the proudest men in Derbyshire - and probably the world - on Tuesday afternoon at 2pm will be John Tomlinson, 61, who has the honour of turning-up the ball on the first day of annual Ashbourne ...

Pancake day descended into chaos once again as men from Atherstone and Ashbourne became violent over a special ball. One day a year, wannabe fighters allow themselves to go completely berserk over a ...

An ancient football game dating back to the 12th Century is set to begin later with the largest ball ever used, according to the man who painted it. The Royal Shrovetide Football game in Ashbourne, ...

We are just weeks away from the return of one of Derbyshire's prized traditions, one that sees a town divided for two days of fierce competition in the most extraordinary way. Ashbourne Royal ...