Reel Knewz captured footage of the infamous "Atherstone Ball Game", an annual town-wide football game that started in the year 1199.
It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each other.
Most recently, this pursuit led him to Chiddingstone in Kent – one of a few towns around England that still hosts an annual game of ‘medieval football’. Played on Good Friday each year, the game ...
The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is played every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire – and has been since at least the 1660s. Shrovetide ball games have been played in England ...
Where better to enjoy a medieval festival than in the grounds of a 15th century castle? Herstmonceux Castle, near Hastings in the south of England, is the setting for the annual England's Medieval ...