Talk:Medieval football

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Does anybody have a picture that shows an example of a medieval football field? It'd be greatly appreciated!

Medieval football, to my knowledge, doesn't have specific fields, but the Workington game starts off here: http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/images/articles/fixed/150/0/20064611369816.jpeg Also, edited this page to put Workington in the surviving ball games section, which is where it should be. ~Falky

[edit] Merge with Mob Football Taken Down

I've removed the merger suggestion at the Mob Football article. The debate has been very little over the last few months. I won't do it to this article, because I haven't had a hand in editing it. So, I'm suggesting that you take it down here as well. Rowlan 13:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to leave it in the hope that the reverse happens and we get mob football merged into this article. Can you tell me what is so important and distinctive about mob football that it requires a separate article? Grant65 | Talk 03:14, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

While 'mob football' is an authentic name for an ancient sport, 'mediaeval football' is a modern umbrella term for a range of mediaeval games. I should have thought 'mob football' justifies an article in its own right. If so, it clearly would not make sense to merge the general into the specific, and I say keep both articles. 194.72.162.199 19:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

"Authentic"? Do you think that the players referred to themselves as a mob? I doubt it. They would have just called it "football". Both are modern terms. Grant65 | Talk 02:13, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] definition of medieval

I think that the medieval period tecnically finished in 1500 or 1550. Some of these references come after this and this needs to be acknowledged or a new page be added.

I know where you are coming form, but there is no agreement on when the medieval period ended. Also, the games we are talking about were devised during that period and are quite different from modern codes of football. Grant65 | Talk 16:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)