Ashbourne Shrovetide football match attracts crowds

Thousands of people have lined the streets of a Derbyshire town for the annual Shrovetide football match.

The Ashbourne Shrovetide football game is thought to date back more than 1,000 years, although records are only available from 1890.

Despite being described as football, the game is like a huge rugby scrum.

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