How many minutes or hours go by in the “English game” of football before someone scores on average?
Now there is a low-scoring English football game, Shrovetide Football. Hundreds on each side. a lasting pretty much all day with the goals miles apart. Killing opponents is against the current rules.
You should check out this Italian game. The players are allowed to punch and kick each other. Its a real trip. Watched some video on youtube and it can get brutal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_storico_fiorentino#:~:text=Calcio%20storico%20fiorentino%20(also%20known,Piazza%20Santa%20Croce%20in%20Florence.
Shots from a small cannon or colubrine announces the beginning of the event. The game starts when the pallaio[clarification needed] throws and kicks the ball toward the center line, then at the first whistle as the ball first rests on field, 15 forwards or corridori, begin fighting in a wild mixed martial arts match- punching, kicking, tripping, hacking, tackling, and wrestling with each other in an effort designed to tire opponents’ defenses, but which often descends into an all-out brawl. They try to pin and force into submission as many players possible. Once there are enough incapacitated players, the other teammates come and swoop up the ball and head to the goal.
From this moment on, the players try by any means necessary to get the ball into the opponents’ goal, also called “caccia”. The teams change sides with every caccia or goal scored. It is important to shoot with precision, because every time a player throws or kicks the ball above the net, the opposing team is awarded with a half caccia. The game ends after 50 minutes and the team which scored the most cacce wins.
Then there is Peru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takanakuy
The procession to the fighting site starts with a high-pitched falsetto, a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range, through the streets. The procession is family oriented as a preparation for the young children who will see the violent fights later on in the day. Children also dress up for the occasion, usually resembling their father’s character.
The purpose of the fighting is to settle conflicts with an individual, friend, family member or to settle territorial conflicts that have come up throughout the year. The style of fighting used during the celebration is relatively similar to martial arts, which involves kicking, punching, and quickness of their movements.
Those fighting call out their opponents by their first and last name. They then proceed to the center of the circle and start the fight. The men fighting must wrap their hands with cloth before the fight. Biting, hitting those on the ground, or pulling hair is not allowed during the fight. The winner is selected based upon a knockout or intervention by the official. There are amateur officials who carry whips in order to keep the crowd under control. At the start and at the end of the fight, the opponents must shake hands or give each other a hug.
If the loser of the fight disagrees with the outcome, he or she can appeal for another fight. This type of fighting also exemplifies one’s level of manhood in the community of Santo Tomás.
Then Bolivia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinku
During the brawl itself, men will often carry rocks in their hands to have greater force in their punches, or they will just throw them at opponents. Sometimes, especially in the town of Macha in Potosí, where the brawl gets the most violent, men will wrap strips of cloth with shards of glass stuck to them around their fists to cause greater damage. Slingshots and whips are also used, though not as much as hand-to-hand combat.[4] The last day of the fight is considered the most violent and police almost always have to separate the mass of bloody men and women.
My personal favorite is Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hill_Cheese-Rolling_and_Wake
Due to the steepness and uneven surface of Cooper’s Hill, there are usually several injuries each year. St John Ambulance have previously provided first aid cover at the event, however this stopped in 2012 when the event was no longer being officially managed.
Canadian competitor Delaney Irving won the ladies race in 2023, despite finishing unconscious, and only learning of her victory in the medical enclosure. A total of 6 competetors were transported to hospital by Ambulance treatment following the event.
Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling has been summarised by a previous participant as “twenty young men chasing a cheese off a cliff and tumbling 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital”.
There is no official medical provision on site, leading to concerns from the Local resilience forum about the safety of the event.