Roman Rennaisance Game that inspired modern Football and Hockey

[C-Mag]

The game was started by Soldiers during the Renaissance as a way to stay in shape, it is considered one of the most violent sports in the world. It is called Calcio Storico




http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photo ... rt-photos/

[Montegriffo]

Football or ''mob ball'' was played in England long before the renaissance. It was played by village teams numbering in the hundreds over a ''pitch'' of several miles. The object was to kick the ball into the balcony of the opponents' church.
The game was played as early as the 12th century and both Edward II and Edward III passed decrees banning the game as it interfered with archery practise.
There are unsubstantiated stories that a version of football was played in Roman and Anglo-Saxon times.

One theory is that the game is Anglo-Saxon in origin. In both Kingston-on-Thames and Chester, local legend has it the game was played there for the first time with the severed head of a vanquished Danish prince. In Derby, it is said to have originated in the third century during the victory celebrations that followed a battle against the Romans. Yet there is scant evidence of the sport having been played at this time, either in Saxon areas or on the continent. Indeed prior to the Norman conquest, the only trace found of any such ball game comes from a Celtic source.

[C-Mag]

Football or ''mob ball'' was played in England long before the renaissance. It was played by village teams numbering in the hundreds over a ''pitch'' of several miles. The object was to kick the ball into the balcony of the opponents' church.
The game was played as early as the 12th century and both Edward II and Edward III passed decrees banning the game as it interfered with archery practise.
There are unsubstantiated stories that a version of football was played in Roman and Anglo-Saxon times.

One theory is that the game is Anglo-Saxon in origin. In both Kingston-on-Thames and Chester, local legend has it the game was played there for the first time with the severed head of a vanquished Danish prince. In Derby, it is said to have originated in the third century during the victory celebrations that followed a battle against the Romans. Yet there is scant evidence of the sport having been played at this time, either in Saxon areas or on the continent. Indeed prior to the Norman conquest, the only trace found of any such ball game comes from a Celtic source.

Anyone playing it today?

[Montegriffo]

Yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football
Played every year in Derbyshire.

The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is a "Medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. Shrovetide ball games have been played in England since at least the 12th century from the reign of Henry II (1154–89). The Ashbourne game also known as "hugball" has been played from at least c.1667 although the exact origins of the game are unknown due to a fire at the Royal Shrovetide Committee office in the 1890s which destroyed the earliest records.

There are very few rules in existence. The main ones are:

Committing murder or manslaughter is prohibited. Unnecessary violence is frowned upon.
The ball may not be carried in a motorised vehicle.
The ball may not be hidden in a bag, coat or rucksack, etc.
Cemeteries, churchyards and the town memorial gardens are strictly out of bounds.
Playing after 10 pm is forbidden.
To score a goal the ball must be tapped 3 times in the area of the goal.

[SuburbanFarmer]

It's real... wow... I would SO watch that!