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No sissy sports here!! Enough for ice-skating, curling and ski-jumping (yes, I say it, ski jumping is sissy)

Just finished watching Australian football on Eurosport2 , HAW won GEEL 119/87. It's great fun.

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That?s what I?m talking about, Australian football is manly and it?s seriously kick ass.

What is your favourite manly sport?

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Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race in Jamaica -

Well it?s a 3,100 mile race around a track in Queens, Jamaica of course. What were you expecting from that title?

Regardless, it?s manly because runners must complete 5,649 laps of a .5488 of a mile course in a mere 51 days. That equates to about 61 miles a day, every day, for almost two months. You?ll need tremendous courage, physical stamina, concentration and the capacity to endure fatigue and boredom. You might also need to rest your feet for a while before going back to your 9-to-5

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Medieval Football - Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK

No, its not some sort of a street riot, its Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. This is an ancient annual sporting event where local Ashbourians divide themselves into 2 teams - 'The Downards' (those living on the south side of Henmore Brook) Vs 'The Uppard's' (those living on the north side). The game is played on the streets of the town and the goals are positioned 3 miles apart. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. when a ball is thrown into the centre of the town and then the mayhem begins. The rules are pretty straightforward, you are not permitted to kill anyone or make use of a motorvehicle to carry the ball. :shock:

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American football NFL and college

Ufc Ultimate Fight Championship

Hockey

Xgames and competions

Motorcross

WWE? <---- when it was wwf maybe lol

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somethings i cant stand to watch or listen to......GOLF, Olypics, worst of all NASCAR and car racing "THAT" has a circle track or a fuckin one lane track, like basketball but HATE watching it and mtv and bet but thats way off topic.

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American football NFL and college

Ufc Ultimate Fight Championship

Hockey

Xgames and competions

Motorcross

WWE? <---- when it was wwf maybe lol

RobotWars

somethings i cant stand to watch or listen to......GOLF, Olypics, worst of all NASCAR and car racing "THAT" has a circle track or a f*ckin one lane track, like basketball but HATE watching it and mtv and bet but thats way off topic.

i noticed you left boxing off your list...just curious to know why...

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American football NFL and college

Ufc Ultimate Fight Championship

Hockey

Xgames and competions

Motorcross

WWE? <---- when it was wwf maybe lol

RobotWars

somethings i cant stand to watch or listen to......GOLF, Olypics, worst of all NASCAR and car racing "THAT" has a circle track or a f*ckin one lane track, like basketball but HATE watching it and mtv and bet but thats way off topic.

i noticed you left boxing off your list...just curious to know why...

yea

ive lived here to long

i been currupted into watchin soccer

now i like it

and UFC is like all fighting styles including boxing only mixed with thai redbull

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Medieval Football - Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK

excerpt from:

http://www.amazon.de/Uppies-Downies-Extraordinary-Football-Britain/dp/1905624646

"No, its not some sort of a street riot, its Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. This is an ancient annual sporting event where local Ashbourians divide themselves into 2 teams - 'The Downards' (those living on the south side of Henmore Brook) Vs 'The Uppard's' (those living on the north side). The game is played on the streets of the town and the goals are positioned 3 miles apart. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. when a ball is thrown into the centre of the town and then the mayhem begins. The rules are pretty straightforward, you are not permitted to kill anyone or make use of a motorvehicle to carry the ball. :shock:

I know that there is something similar at Scapa Flow - there is even a book on this:

This book covers shrove Tuesday shenanigans and other wild games - how to play, where to watch, and what these hardy rituals tell us about modern football and its festive roots. Never mind the millionaire mercenaries of the Premiership. Forget the hype, the hysteria and the hullabaloo of the so-called 'beautiful game'. All over Britain, from Cornwall to Kirkwall, from Dorset to the Borders, in cobbled streets, muddy fields, icy brooks and moonlit harbours, the centuries-old traditions of mass football are today alive and kicking. As is well known, Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. Its rules were drawn up in England during the mid 19th century, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby divided from the Association in the 1870s.But while all this was happening, Britain's festival games played on - a close cousin of the modern codes, yet different in so many ways. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival groups of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days. In 1800, it is estimated, there were over 70 such games played in British towns and villages on Shrove Tuesday alone.Today, spread across various dates in the calendar - Shrove Tuesday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday - just fifteen such games survive, plus some weird and wonderful versions in English public schools, such as Eton, Harrow and Winchester (also covered in the book). Combining in-depth history, explanations of the rituals, superb action and archive photography and detailed maps, "Uppies and Downies" is the first book to provide a guide to Britain's mass football tradition, so that readers may know where and when to see them, and, best of all, how to work out what on earth is going on!

Synopsis

This book covers shrove Tuesday shenanigans and other wild games - how to play, where to watch, and what these hardy rituals tell us about modern football and its festive roots. Never mind the millionaire mercenaries of the Premiership. Forget the hype, the hysteria and the hullabaloo of the so-called 'beautiful game'. All over Britain, from Cornwall to Kirkwall, from Dorset to the Borders, in cobbled streets, muddy fields, icy brooks and moonlit harbours, the centuries-old traditions of mass football are today alive and kicking. As is well known, Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. Its rules were drawn up in England during the mid 19th century, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby divided from the Association in the 1870s.But while all this was happening, Britain's festival games played on - a close cousin of the modern codes, yet different in so many ways. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival groups of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days.

In 1800, it is estimated, there were over 70 such games played in British towns and villages on Shrove Tuesday alone.Today, spread across various dates in the calendar - Shrove Tuesday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday - just fifteen such games survive, plus some weird and wonderful versions in English public schools, such as Eton, Harrow and Winchester (also covered in the book). Combining in-depth history, explanations of the rituals, superb action and archive photography and detailed maps, "Uppies and Downies" is the first book to provide a guide to Britain's mass football tradition, so that readers may know where and when to see them, and, best of all, how to work out what on earth is going on! "

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Medieval Football - Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK

excerpt from:

http://www.amazon.de/Uppies-Downies-Extraordinary-Football-Britain/dp/1905624646

"No, its not some sort of a street riot, its Royal Shrovetide Football in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. This is an ancient annual sporting event where local Ashbourians divide themselves into 2 teams - 'The Downards' (those living on the south side of Henmore Brook) Vs 'The Uppard's' (those living on the north side). The game is played on the streets of the town and the goals are positioned 3 miles apart. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. when a ball is thrown into the centre of the town and then the mayhem begins. The rules are pretty straightforward, you are not permitted to kill anyone or make use of a motorvehicle to carry the ball. :shock:

I know that there is something similar at Scapa Flow - there is even a book on this:

This book covers shrove Tuesday shenanigans and other wild games - how to play, where to watch, and what these hardy rituals tell us about modern football and its festive roots. Never mind the millionaire mercenaries of the Premiership. Forget the hype, the hysteria and the hullabaloo of the so-called 'beautiful game'. All over Britain, from Cornwall to Kirkwall, from Dorset to the Borders, in cobbled streets, muddy fields, icy brooks and moonlit harbours, the centuries-old traditions of mass football are today alive and kicking. As is well known, Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. Its rules were drawn up in England during the mid 19th century, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby divided from the Association in the 1870s.But while all this was happening, Britain's festival games played on - a close cousin of the modern codes, yet different in so many ways. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival groups of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days. In 1800, it is estimated, there were over 70 such games played in British towns and villages on Shrove Tuesday alone.Today, spread across various dates in the calendar - Shrove Tuesday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday - just fifteen such games survive, plus some weird and wonderful versions in English public schools, such as Eton, Harrow and Winchester (also covered in the book). Combining in-depth history, explanations of the rituals, superb action and archive photography and detailed maps, "Uppies and Downies" is the first book to provide a guide to Britain's mass football tradition, so that readers may know where and when to see them, and, best of all, how to work out what on earth is going on!

Synopsis

This book covers shrove Tuesday shenanigans and other wild games - how to play, where to watch, and what these hardy rituals tell us about modern football and its festive roots. Never mind the millionaire mercenaries of the Premiership. Forget the hype, the hysteria and the hullabaloo of the so-called 'beautiful game'. All over Britain, from Cornwall to Kirkwall, from Dorset to the Borders, in cobbled streets, muddy fields, icy brooks and moonlit harbours, the centuries-old traditions of mass football are today alive and kicking. As is well known, Association football, aka 'soccer', is the world's most popular sport. Its rules were drawn up in England during the mid 19th century, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby divided from the Association in the 1870s.But while all this was happening, Britain's festival games played on - a close cousin of the modern codes, yet different in so many ways. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival groups of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days.

In 1800, it is estimated, there were over 70 such games played in British towns and villages on Shrove Tuesday alone.Today, spread across various dates in the calendar - Shrove Tuesday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Good Friday - just fifteen such games survive, plus some weird and wonderful versions in English public schools, such as Eton, Harrow and Winchester (also covered in the book). Combining in-depth history, explanations of the rituals, superb action and archive photography and detailed maps, "Uppies and Downies" is the first book to provide a guide to Britain's mass football tradition, so that readers may know where and when to see them, and, best of all, how to work out what on earth is going on! "

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No sissy sports here!! Enough for ice-skating, curling and ski-jumping (yes, I say it, ski jumping is sissy)

Just finished watching Australian football on Eurosport2 , HAW won GEEL 119/87. It's great fun.

That?s what I?m talking about, Australian football is manly and it?s seriously kick a*s.

What is your favourite manly sport?

As I had some money on the result, you had me worried.

The result was actually Geelong 111 defeating Hawthorn 103.

Good to see though, that you enjoy watching AFL.

The team to watch this year is Carlton !!! Look out for them if you get the chance.

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American football NFL and college

Ufc Ultimate Fight Championship

Hockey

Xgames and competions

Motorcross

WWE? <---- when it was wwf maybe lol

RobotWars

somethings i cant stand to watch or listen to......GOLF, Olypics, worst of all NASCAR and car racing "THAT" has a circle track or a f*ckin one lane track, like basketball but HATE watching it and mtv and bet but thats way off topic.

I think the UFC fights are so brutle, #1 in my book, just plain all out kick ass fighting...

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