Royal Shrovetide Football

Photo by : BBC

The Royal Shrovetide balls are unlike the conventional footballs, they are some what larger and heavier. They have a cork inner to enable them to float when in the river and are protected by a leather outer layer which is hand sewn onto the ball.

The ball is hand painted before the game, however it often comes out of the game looking somewhat different! Therefore the goaler who gets to keep the ball can pay to have it re-painted. If a ball is not goaled, the person who turned it up gets to keep it.

History of Game starters / Goalers

Year and Day

1975 Tuesday

1975 Wednesday

1976 Tuesday

1976 Wednesday

1977 Tuesday

1977 Wednesday

1978 Tuesday

1978 Wednesday

1979 Tuesday

1979 Wednesday

1980 Tuesday

1980 Wednesday

1981 Tuesday

1981 Wednesday

1982 Tuesday

1982 Wednesday

1983 Tuesday

1983 Wednesday

1984 Tuesday

1984 Wednesday

1985 Tuesday

1985 Wednesday

1986 Tuesday

1986 Wednesday

1987 Tuesday

1987 Wednesday

1988 Tuesday

1988 Wednesday

1989 Tuesday

1989 Wednesday

1990 Tuesday

1990 Wednesday

1991 Tuesday

1991 Wednesday

1992 Tuesday

1992 Wedneday

1993 Tuesday

1993 Wednesday

1994 Tuesday

1994 Wednesday

1995 Tuesday

1995 Wednesday

1996 Tuesday

1996 Wednesday

1997 Tuesday

1997 Wednesday

1998 Tuesday

1998 Wednesday

1999 Tuesday

1999 Wednesday

2000 Tuesday

2000 Wednesday

2001 Cancelled

2002 Tuesday

2002 Wednesday

2003 Tuesday

2003 Wednesday

2004 Tuesday

2004 Wedensday

2005 Tuesday

2005 Wednesday

2006 Tuesday

2006 Wednesday

2007 Tuesday

2007 Wedneday

Thrown Up By

Brian Clough

J. Shemit

Lord Hives

N. Moore

A. Bamford

F. Hyde

Capt P Walker Okeover

K Ward

D Johnson

J Kenny

Sir J. Fitzherbert

C. Etches

R. Taylor

R. Stevenson

R. MacFarland

W. Hellaby

H. Plumbly

The Marquis of Hartington

A. Wright

M. Parris MP

K. Zouhar

A. Robinson

P. Drabble

A. Chadwick

A. Attenborough

J. Robertson

B. Birch

D. Thornley

Viscount Tamworth

S. Taylor

Mr Justice Woods

J. Grant

Marquis of Lothian

P. Binder

R. Ford

F. Elliott

I. Bates

H. Sherratt

R. Chambers

K. Hunt

J. Allsopp

J.P. Gadsby

S. Bury

Duke of Rutland

Dr R. Bennett

G. Shepherd

D. Shields

J. Chadwick

J. Heslop

G. Ward

B. Ewart

P. Gadsby

R. Spencer

B. Kent

P. Rowbotham

J. Newing

C. Trafford

J. Bather

B.Bates

J. Hanson

P. Tomlinson

Game Cancelled

Simon Plumby

Tony Millward

Bill Hellaby

HRH Prince Of Wales

Ken Renshaw

Sir Richard Fitzherbert

Fred Harrison

Anthony Kent

Ken Pegg

Luis Rose

George Handley

Robert Shields

Bob Hudson

Scorer and Goal

G Handley at Sturston

No Goal Scored

J. Grant at Clifton

S. Challinor at Clifton

No Goal Scored

P. Armstrong at Sturston

No Goal Scored

A. Lemon at Sturston

G. Harrison at Clifton

No Goal Scored

G. Cresswell at Sturston

No Goal Scored

G. Weston at Clifton

No Goal Scored

D. Hollingworth at Clifton

No Goal Scored

S. Bott at Sturston

No Goal Scored

M. Moore at Clifton

H. Fowler at Clifton

P. Kerr at Clifton

M. Harrison at Clifotn

No Goal Scored

M. Betteridge at Clifton

J. Dodd at Sturston

A. Bates at Clifton

No Goal Scored

W. Ratcliffe at Sturston

S. Hudson at Clifton

M. Wright at Sturston

P. Clarke at Clifton

J. Lemon at Clifton

R. Godfrey at Sturston

D. Calladine at Sturston

R. Bates at Clifton

M. Holland at Clifton

T. Fearn at Clifton

M. Hellaby at Sturston

No Goal Scored

C. Fearn at Sturston

S. Lyon at Sturston

P. Robson at Clifton

No Goal Scored

J. Tomlinson at Clifton

D. Waring at Clifton

S. Wright at Sturston

S. Hellaby at Sturston

T. Brown at Sturston

No Goal Scored

A. Etherington at Sturston

G. Ditchfield at Sturston

N. Fearn at Sturston

No Goal Scored

M. Spencer at Sturston

P. Harrison at Clifton

Due to Foot And Mouth

Kirk Maskell at Sturston

No Goal Scored

Alan Brown

Mark Hallam at Sturston

Pete Millward at Clifton

No Goal Scored

Andy Hill at Sturston

Brendan Harwood at Clifton

Wayne Lemon at Sturston

Richard Slater at Sturston

No Goal scored