Ba game

Ba game is a version of medieval football played in Scotland, primarily in Orkney and the Scottish Borders, around Christmas and New Year.

Ba is basically mob football, or village football. Two parts of a town have to get a ball to their respective sides. For instance the two sides are called the uppies or the downies depending on which part of town they were born, or otherwise owe allegiance to. The ball must be manhandled, and is very often a moving scrum. The game moves through the town, and can go up alleyways, into yards and up streets. Shops and houses board up their windows to prevent damage. Unlike traditional mob football, generally people are not hurt.[1]

Ba games are played in

Example of a ball used in the Kirkwall Ba' game on display in the National Football Museum, Manchester.

-Workington

References

  1. Kirkwall Ba game website - History

External links

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