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Books | For centuries, life has had its uppies and downies (w/ podcast)

By John Turnbull ⋅ March 12, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Jedburgh, Scotland, Mar 12 | Hugh Hornby, author of a comprehensive account of Britain’s 15 surviving festival football games—Uppies and Downies: The Extraordinary Football Games of Britain (English Heritage, 2008)—was busy signing books during the Jedburgh Ba’ Game on Feb 14, but says that the Uppies “may have prevailed by an odd hail.”

That he terms the annual rituals “mass-participation games” indicates that the emphasis is on taking part, not the result. With 27-minute podcast.

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I was in the school team. I wasn't that good as a kid, at football, to be honest, mainly down to—I think it's because me Dad wasn't into football, and I think that's the way it works, innit? (Karl Pilkington, "The Ricky Gervais Show," Xfm London, 16 Feb 02)