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 Atherstone Ball Game 
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Good God, that looks a rough game: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/gallery/look-23-brutal-atherstone-ball-15928418


Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:01 pm
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Not for me, thanks!

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Me neither.


Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:38 pm
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wHEN i WAS VERY YOUNG i WENT TO LIVE THERE FOR 3 YEARS.Schools had the afternoon off and most of the 'players' were miners.The Bluebell inn had a celebrity of some kind-possibly the owner of the chip shop whose husband was on the council or something.- to throw out shovels of hot pennies before it started for the kids. I never got one but heard they burnt your fingers.All the shops were boarded up. It was brutal then too-all fists and pit boots. They rang a bell for the kids to move before it started.

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Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:49 am
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It's good to see you back Cathi!


Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:42 pm
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The Ball Game's back: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/atherstone-ball-game-road-closures-23238222


Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:47 pm
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Apparently there was a lot of voilence last year, and the police are threatening to step in if there's trouble this year: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-ball-games-future-risk-28409692

Someone always has to ruin the fun.


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This year's game seems to have been a success: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/went-atherstone-ball-game-found-28634413


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It's the 825th game this year: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/police-issue-statement-atherstone-ball-30847307


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