Atherstone 2020 Ball Game in pictures: Hands up if you're ready for the off

By James Smith 16th Feb 2021

Local News

Local News by James Smith 16th Feb 2021

In the front line: The players are ready

Restless crowd: Waiting for the action

Tight community: The numbers rise

Window watchers: On Long Street

And baby makes three: Time drags before the off

Celebrity countdown: Waiting for the order to put the ball in are ex-Sky Blues stars Dave Bennett and Kirk Stephens

Have I got time?: Secretary and salon owner Janneen Bernard has one last check on the hair

Lining up: The qguests on top of the world

Megaphone at the ready: Chairman Rob Bernard waiting to launch his first ball game

With the 2021 Atherstone Ball Game regrettably but understandably cancelled, we have had a look back at some of the images from last year's event.

This is one of four galleries we will be sharing from the 821st year.

Here are the words written back in 2020 by Nick Hudson:

It's hard work waiting for the off – as hundreds below the ball game balcony will testify.

The Shrovetide crowds were happy to bide their time for the 3pm start.

Numbers built up in the last hour until the crowd below the Atherstone Conservative Club first floor was a seething mass.

The frontline was eventually filled with the players who had lived for the moment from 12 months before.

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