在历史上,英国每年在四旬斋开始的前一天即忏悔日这一天,许多城镇都进行一种奇特的足球比赛。现在绝大多数城镇已不再举行这种比赛活动了,唯有一座叫阿什伯尼的小城每年还在举行。据称,达足一种此界上最没有规则、最古老、场地最宽阔、规模最大、参加人数最多、也是最激烈的足球赛。每年这一天清早,城中所有商店都不开门,人们也停止工作。全城5600多个居民把街道打扫干净,然后聚集到城中心——有一条小河流经城中央把 Historically, Britain has been carrying out a peculiar football game in many towns each year on the day of penitence, the day before Lenten began. Now most cities and towns no longer hold this kind of competition, and only one town named Ashbourne is still held every year. Allegedly, up to a foot in this sector the most rules, the oldest, the most extensive venue, the largest and most attended, is also the most intense football match. Early this morning every day, all the shops in the city are closed and people stop working. More than 5,600 inhabitants of the city cleaned the streets and gathered in the center of the city - a small river flowing through the city center