Celtic & British Teams

Celtic Teams	British Teams
Islands	North Britain
North Mannin (Manx)	Workington Uppies (Cumbria)
South Mannin (Manx)	Workington Downies (Cumbria)
North Kirkwall (Orkney Is.)	Alnwick St. Michael’s (Northumberland)
South Kirkwall (Orkney Is.)	Alnwick St. Paul’s (Northumberland)q
Cornwall	South Britain
St. Columb’s Town	Britannia
St. Columb’s Country	Roman Empire
St. Ives Town	Ashbourne Uppies
St. Ives Country	Ashbourne Downies

Reference:

Websites:

[1] North American Manx Association (2015) “Rain doesn’t stop play on St. Stephen’s Day” [Internat] Available from: http://namanx.org/rain-doesnt-stop-play-on-st-stephens-day-2 [Accessed 5 March 2017]

[2] isleofman.com (2017) “Work off your Christmas Turkey with a game of Cammag!” [Internet] Available from: https://www.isleofman.com/lifestyle/health-sports/cammag/ [Accessed 13 October 2017]

[3] BBC Cornwall (2003) Hurling at St. columb in the 21st Century [Internet] Available from; http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/villages/stories/stcolumb_hurling.shtml [Accessed 7 March 2018]

[4] The Beehive | Internet Archive (2006) Hurling Winners 1950-2005 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060218093026/http://beehive.thisiscornwall.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=661&PageID=73544 [Accessed 13 June 2019]

[5] St. Ives Web Community TV (2013) The St. Ives Feast and the Silver Ball [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130819100810/http://stivestv.co.uk/whatson/feast_day_2013.htm [Accessed 13 June 2019]

Bibliography

[6] Professional Football Researchers Association (2011) “A Freendly Kinde of Fight: The Origins of Football to 1633 The Early History of Professional Football. pg. 6-7. PFRA Publications. Connecticut.

Websites

[7] BBC (2020) The Strange Game of Shrovetide Football [Internet] Availble from: http://www.bbc.com.news/uk-england-derbyshire-35506927/the=strange-game-of-shrovetide-football [Accessed 9 September 2020]

Websites

[8] Orkneyjar / Sigurd Towrie (2018) The Kirkwall Ba’ [Internet] Available from: http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Images

[9] Orkneyjar (2018) ba1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame/ba1.jpg [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Media

[10] You Tube (2019) Kirkwall Boys Ba Christmas Day 2017 (part 3 of 3) . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjx9mt-OTGE [Accessed 8 September 2020]

Websites

[11] BBC (2017) Uppies and Downies [Internet] Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-296000-525000/page/7 [Accessed 13 October 2017]

Media

[12] You Tube (2016) Uppies & Downies Good Friday 2016 . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZXv0t18yE [Accessed 8 September 2020]

[13] You Tube (2016) Uppies and Downies 2016 Tuesday . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTUQxE4ni6M [Accessed 8 September 2020]

[14] You Tube (2017) Uppies & Downies Easter Tuesday 2017 . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq2AS0D-oio [Accessed 8 September 2020]

[15] You Tube (2018) Cumbrian Uppies & Downies 2018 [Result at 38:10] . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYUnKBwld7Y [Accessed 8 September 2020]

[16] You Tube (2019) The chaos of Uppies and Downies 2019 . Uploaded by tomf001 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-PAz2r2NU0 [Accessed 8 September 2020]

Websites

[17] Chronicle (2015) Alnwick hosted the annual Shrove Tuesday ‘football match’ where North and South battled [Internet] Availble from: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/alnwick-hosted-annual-shrove-tuesday-8666520 [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[18] BBC (2015) Hundreds gather for Alnwick Shrovetide game [Internet] Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-31510154 [Accessed 25 October 2015]

[19] BBC (2016) Bruising encounter at historic Alnwick ball game [Internet] Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-tyne-35535189/bruising-encounter-at-historic-alnwick-ball-game [Accessed 25 October 2015]

Images

[20] BBC (2015) There are few rulesto the gameand teams do not wear matching strips [Internet] Available from: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/media/images/81066000/jpg/_81066643_81066642.jpg [Accessed 25 October 2015]

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Richard Mulcahy & Derek Walsh.

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Last Updated: 9 September 2020

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