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• Shrovetide Football: Everything but Murder is Fair in Crazy Town-Wide Game
  The rules for Shrovetide, or 'mob' football, are simple: 1. Each team tries to tap a ball against a goal three times, 2. The goals are set three miles apart, 3. As many people as would like can play at any time, 4. You are not allowed to use a car, or murder anyone. Everything else is fair play.
  March 5, 2014 - Sports Illustrated
• The first rule of mob football is you can't commit murder
  Shrovetide footballis the most bizarre sport you've never heard of. The great country of England has given us many wonderful things; fish and chips, Downton Abbey, that thing where you hold your pinkie out while drinking tea. Shrovetide or "mob" football is none of these things and could just be the craziest sport we've ever heard of... ever. Core rules are simple: Tap a ball against a goal ...
  March 4, 2014 - SB Nation