The parishes of St Paul and St Michael went head to head in the shadows of Alnwick Castle for the town’s peculiar take on football which has happened here on Pancake Day since the late 1800s.

The much-loved annual Shorvetide Football match in Alnwick has taken place between ... events which still take place in the country on Shrove Tuesday. The match has been played in the pastures ...

Keeping the tradition is the volunteer-ran Alnwick Shrovetide Football Committee. Archie Jenkins, the committee’s secretary, ...

From the Duke throwing the ball down from the castle barbican to the players swimming after it in the Aln afterwards, the ...

Shrove Tuesday football matches have been attested around ... and Carlisle during the 16th and 17th Centuries, while Alnwick's match moved from the town's streets to the grounds of its castle ...

Up to 100 players take part in Alnwick's Shrove Tuesday football match The organiser of one of five remaining Shrovetide football games to take place around the country say he hopes a decent ...

Hundreds turned out for a mad Shrovetide football ... 207th time on Shrove Tuesday, March 4. It starts when the Duke of Northumberland throws the ball from the turrets of Alnwick Castle ahead ...

Alnwick Shrove Tuesday Football match. Picture by Jane Coltman When is pancake day and why is it always a Tuesday? Shrove Tuesday is always the day before the start of Lent, which is Ash Wednesday ...

The game in front of Alnwick Castle (Owen Humphreys/PA) But the organisers have said it cannot take place this year and urged people to stay away. And the Shrove Tuesday football match in Alnwick ...

Shrove Tuesday football matches have been attested around ... and Carlisle during the 16th and 17th Centuries, while Alnwick's match moved from the town's streets to the grounds of its castle ...