The first day of the annual Royal Shrovetide Football match

The annual Royal Shrovetide football game is said to be the world's oldest, largest, longest, and perhaps angriest street football game.

The game is played between the Up'ards, those born north of the River Henmore, the river that divides the town, and the Down'ards, those born south of the river.

It is played with a hand-painted, cork-filled ball.

The pitch is a no man’s land between two watermills, Sturston Mill and Clifton Mill, which serve as the goals at either end of the town about three miles apart.

Any number of players may take part in this very thinly refereed game, providing they can claim to be Up'ards or Down'ards.

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