The amazing history of Derby Shrovetide Football

About the Event

Shrovetide Football was played in Derby for well over a hundred years

By 1846 it had become the biggest and most notorious football event in the UK. Come and discover the turbulent history of a true people’s game and a rivalry 'that ran in the veins of every Derbeian’. Using eyewitness accounts, Ian Collis author of The Derby Game reveals the stories, heroes and villains behind a contest that lent its name to local football rivalries across the world.

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