Atherstone Ball Game

The Atherstone ball game dates back to 1199 and is billed as a 'ball game' but is more like unrestrained violence.

Organisers had issued a warning ahead of the event to discourage people to drink alcohol beforehand. After that it was back to all-out war, with the game concluding near the William Hill bookies at 5pm. Men can be seen climbing across the top of the crowd in an attempt to get the ball. A video of the event shows men clambering on top of each other as they are pushed towards the outside of a William Hill betting shop - which was damaged during the competition despite being extensively boarded up like many other shops in the town in preparation for the event. The two-hour long contest is a Shrove Tuesday tradition which dates back to 1199, when the counties of Leicestershire and Warwickshire competed to claim possession of a bag of gold. Thousands of people turned up to take part in the tradition which reportedly dates back to early medieval times.

There were brutal scenes with thousands of players battered and bruised during the feisty Atherstone Ball Game on Shrove Tuesday.

The ball secured by one side in the doorway of the betting shop and defended to the last man. @MartynH18: Now in it’s 823rd year, The Atherstone Ball Game is a traditional gentile British event held on Shrove Tuesday each year. @WhiteNoise1879: The 823rd Atherstone Ball Game. No wonder people are so keen to protect our unique culture. The 823rd winner of the ball game is local man Kieran Marshall! The Ball Game preparations have led to the boarding up of shops in the small town, with is the ball dropped to the crowd at 3:00pm, starting off calmly and is then carnage by the end at 5pm.

The annual Atherstone Ball Game took place on February 21 with scores of participants hoping to be the last person standing with the ball after two hours of ...

Scott Wright, Lewis Cooper and Kieran Marshall told the Birmingham Mail: "It's a group of us, all mates from Atherstone and we all want to win it. After that it was back to all out war, with the game concluding near the William Hill bookies at 5pm. It was very much no holds barred from the male-heavy crowd who swarmed to get a touch of the ball. After the ball, which was dedicated to [medieval football clash ](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/football-fans)lasting two hours saw thousands of people take to the streets for the annual Atherstone Ball Game. The 823rd edition was held in the Warwickshire market town on February 21.

The Atherstone Ball Game crowned its 823rd winner following the organised melee in in Long Street. Nearby businesses boarded up their windows in preparation for the two-hour scrum in the Warwickshire town. Atherstone and Coleshill Police deemed the day ...

No arrests have been made in connection with the event at this time." Warwickshire Police said: "We are aware the annual Atherstone Ball Game event took place in the town yesterday. The Atherstone Ball Game crowned its 823rd winner following the organised melee in in Long Street.

Atherstone Ball Game, a violent medieval football game, ends with William Hill signage destroyed after two-hour melee.

They were friends who had been desperately clinging to the ball when the claxon sounded. Thousands turned out for the 823rd edition of the no-holds-barred contest, according to The Daily Star, a British national newspaper. Despite the precautionary, measures the outlet did not survive the game unscathed. The single exception was 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the annual Atherstone Ball Game, a two-hour long riot through the main street of the small market town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England, loosely disguised as sport. It can only be the return of a brutal medieval football game that plays out like volleyball crossed with an unchoreographed Royal Rumble.

Hundreds of people grappled in Long Street, Atherstone, for possession of a heavy leather ball.

No arrests have been made in connection with the event at this time." In response to reports of violence at the event, Warwickshire Police said: "We are aware the annual Atherstone Ball Game event took place in the town yesterday. Police in the county said no arrests had been made in response to reports of violence during the event.

Kieran Marshall, Lewis Cooper and Scott Wright were declared the victors in this year's 823rd Atherstone Ball Game after an intense two-hour battle with ...

[](https://nnn.ng/hausa/#=nija hausa) [](https://nnn.ng/i/#=twitter link shortner) To celebrate their win, Kieran held up the now-deflated ball and paraded it proudly through the town, with a final celebration taking place at Atherstone Conservative Club. [Foreign](https://nnn.ng/foreign/)

Brutal footage of Atherstone Ball Game 2023 has gone viral. It shows a scrum of competitors around the doorway to the William Hill betting shop as the ...

Crowd-surfing people hurl themselves towards a group of men protecting the ball, which is being held in the doorway of the shop front. At one point, part of the 'William Hill' signage is ripped off. [Atherstone Ball Game winner describes historic event as hardest game in the world](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-ball-game-winner-describes-26298998) Brutal footage of Atherstone Ball Game 2023 has gone viral. But this brazen attempt, and those of others, are thwarted, as the ball remains in the mouth of the shop door. [Atherstone Ball Game](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-ball-game-live-historic-26291410) reached its closing minutes.

Video footage has emerged of a historic game which took place on the Leicestershire border descending into unpleasant violence. The gang of man were filmed ...

This includes the throwing of sweets for children who can also take part by kicking the ball before the more physical entrants compete. The force involved from those in the ball game even saw part of the William Hill shop’s signage being ripped off. It has divided many online, with one person saying that the scenes were “pathetic” while others said they were “ridiculous”. However, this year’s event - the 823rd of its kind - upped the ante with people seen swinging down from the shop’s roof. The game is the modern-day equivalent of medieval mob football and even saw punches thrown, [hundreds of years of tradition](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-nostalgia).

The Atherstone Ball Game, which began in 1199 and is described as a "ball game," is more akin to uncontrolled violence.

The tradition continued, and this year, the ball, which was signed by the residents of Atherstone, pays homage to King Charles." After the planned melee on Long Street, the Atherstone Ball Game proclaimed its 823rd winner. The video of the brawl was posted on the social media platform Reddit with the caption, "Brutal End to the Atherstone Ball Game 2023.The last half hour of the Pancake Day tradition saw punches thrown and a betting shop damaged as teams battled to gain control of an oversized ball."

The annual Atherstone Ball Game descended into chaos as violence broke out among players. Played every Shrove Tuesday, the “football” game - which dates ...