Annual river football match takes place

An annual river football match has taken place in Gloucestershire.

Hundreds of spectators turned out on Bank Holiday Monday to watch the players of Bourton Rovers Football Club play against the club's coaching staff.

The event is played in the River Windrush, which is ankle-deep as it flows through the village of Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

The tradition sees goalposts placed into the shallow waters of the river and the two sides playing a 30-minute game.

The event is said to have started about 120 years ago when drinkers in a riverside pub got bored one day and decided to stage an impromptu match in the water.

It also raises money for the club's activities.

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