#OnThisDay in London sporting history: there’s a riot in Kingston-on-Thames, as magistrates try to repress the traditional Shrove Tuesday mass football match, 1799
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Today in London sporting history: riot in Kingston as magistrates try to repress trad feb Shrove Tuesday football match, 1799
Until the 19th century, football in Britain was played by huge numbers of people on vast ‘pitches’ with very few rules. Villages were divided into two sides, often based on where they l…
