"The Shrovetiders"
Links We Likethat tell you a bit more about us
- Royal Shrovetide
Football - a GuideList Item 1The Royal Shrovetide Football Match occurs annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne.
ourashbourne.co.uk provides a super guide.
- West Germany Train
in Ashbourne 1966List Item 3The BBC says that Ashbourne is more famous for Shrovetide football - its own chaotic and brutal form of the beautiful game - than international soccer.
But the town can claim its own footnote in the story of the 1966 World Cup, having played host to "Die Nationalmannschaft" for 18 days from 8 July.
- Ashbourne Community & Sports
PartnershipAFC is a partner in ACSP which aims to enhance the quality of sporting provision within Ashbourne and surrounding area
Visit ACSP website for more.
List of services
- Rocester
Football ClubList Item 1Our good friends at Rocester, with whom we share a ground.
- Ashbourne Aztecs
Junior Football ClubList Item 3AFC and Aztecs work closely together across the football spectrum in Ashbourne and surrounding areas.
- Laws of the Game
(IFAB)Football is the greatest sport on earth. It is played in every country and at many different levels. The Laws of the Game are the same for all football throughout the world from the FIFA World Cup™ Final through to a game between young children in a remote village.