Sunday, June 17, 2007

Better forget the beautiful game: this is bog standard

More than 1,500 football fans swamped a Scottish town to enjoy the beautiful game in the mud.



An international field of players descended upon Dunoon, Argyll, to take part in Scotland's second-ever Swamp Soccer tournament. This page contains an embedded video that starts playing automatically, if you think you're suddenly hearing voices.



The craze has already swept Sweden, Iceland, Holland, Russia and Brazil.

Forty-eight teams of mud-loving men and women - double the number of last year - are taking part in the six-a-side competition this weekend.



Swamp Soccer UK is open to anyone over the age of 17. Players compete on a wet bog and games are played in two 13-minute halves.

The muddy game, which originated in Finland in 1998, has now grown to be a world championship event.

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