Comments on: Harrow Footballers Are Dirty http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/10/03/harrow-footballers-are-dirty/ It's always football season somewhere. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: www.soccersecrets.info » Harrow Footballers Are Dirty http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/10/03/harrow-footballers-are-dirty/#comment-28870 www.soccersecrets.info » Harrow Footballers Are Dirty Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:13:29 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/10/03/harrow-footballers-are-dirty/#comment-28870 [...] Dave wrote a fantastic post today on “Harrow Footballers Are Dirty”Here’s ONLY a quick extractUse a leather ball that’s bigger than a soccer ball by a couple inches in diameter, “approximately spherical” in shape, and capable of soaking up as much mud as possible to get really, really heavy. Replace the goal with two goal posts … [...] [...] Dave wrote a fantastic post today on “Harrow Footballers Are Dirty”Here’s ONLY a quick extractUse a leather ball that’s bigger than a soccer ball by a couple inches in diameter, “approximately spherical” in shape, and capable of soaking up as much mud as possible to get really, really heavy. Replace the goal with two goal posts … [...]

]]> By: a different Dave http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/10/03/harrow-footballers-are-dirty/#comment-27717 a different Dave Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:45:53 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/10/03/harrow-footballers-are-dirty/#comment-27717 I think there are several other English public schools that still play their own versions of football. And there are, or used to be, some overseas English-style "public" (ie private) schools that also play or played these games, in imitation of the mother country. Check out "winkies" or Winchester football, for instance. I think there's a wiki on the subject. Here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_College_football Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Field_Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Wall_Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_Football http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_public_school_football_games I think there are several other English public schools that still play their own versions of football. And there are, or used to be, some overseas English-style “public” (ie private) schools that also play or played these games, in imitation of the mother country.

Check out “winkies” or Winchester football, for instance. I think there’s a wiki on the subject. Here we go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_College_football

Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Field_Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Wall_Game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_Football

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_public_school_football_games

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