Uppies & Downies

Follow all of the action as it happens from the first game of this year's Uppies & Downies series

3rd & 7 37yd

Welcome to the 2015 Uppies & Downies Good Friday game. Liam and Sarah are on the field and we'll be here all night to bring you the action as it happens!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:01:32 PM
Biggest game of the weekend 6.30,tonight #uppies&downies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBpqgNoW8AAW_bs.jpg

by jamie beaumont via twitter 4/3/2015 5:02:03 PM
There's around 50 people gathered on the field tonight and two police vans have already arrived to watch the throw off. Liam says the weather's okay.

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:05:00 PM
We're expecting it to get a bit busier here in the next half hour. #uppies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBrr9uhW0AA2xi-.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:05:15 PM
Veteran Uppie Joe Clark says there's a lot of new faces at the Cloffocks and he hopes that means his rallying cry has worked. He says he's expecting an Uppie victory "because there has to be one" and has told his team mates that if the ball goes in the river, they shouldn't give up

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:10:07 PM
Uppie Elvin Jarvis is back for his second game after an accident at work - he's also predicting an Uppie win - and says he is ready to get right back into the fray!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:12:28 PM
Crowds are starting to gather. #uppies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBrtGjXW4AEnG6L.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:12:35 PM
by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:14:38 PM
Five-year-old Darcie Langcake will today become the ninth member of her family to throw off the ball to start the annual Uppies and Downies series.

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:15:47 PM
Is she the youngest person to ever throw off the ball?

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:16:14 PM
Uppies appear determined - but will it be enough?

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:17:29 PM
Lining up along the edge of the beck ready for the throw off. 15mins to go. #uppies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBru9F_WIAI1oBH.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:17:36 PM
Down down down ....

by xx 4/3/2015 5:21:24 PM
Come on the uppies!!!!

by Creamy box lover 4/3/2015 5:21:26 PM
William Tunstall, 74, of Grey Street, Workington, is among the crowd, watching. He used to play - although he wouldn't reveal to Liam whether he was an uppie or a downie!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:21:50 PM
Uppie Ryan Kelly , 26, of Westfield, said he's hoping for an Uppie win - he said "We're doing it for Shane Ball, the ball maker, and we met in the Bounty before to talk tactics. We have a cunning plan."

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:23:26 PM
Hundreds of people there now - it's shaping up to be a good game!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:24:09 PM
Dean Askew hand of God 👋👋👋👋👋

by xx 4/3/2015 5:24:41 PM
#uppies nearly time http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBrwdxxWEAAEp_x.jpg

by Mark Regan via twitter 4/3/2015 5:25:05 PM
Plenty of players and growing tension here now as we close in on throw-off time #uppies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBrwnoQW0AAuNJv.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:25:12 PM
come on UPPIES!! sort it out tonight!

by yeahman 4/3/2015 5:25:44 PM
Come on Uppies! Have a safe match everyone!!

by John Grainger Mills 4/3/2015 5:25:46 PM
Come on downies 👍

by Siobhan 4/3/2015 5:27:39 PM
Two minutes to go.........

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:28:31 PM
the ball has arrived!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:29:53 PM
Come on Downies, lets show them Uppies how its done

by The Northside One 4/3/2015 5:30:38 PM
And we're off........ the ball has been thrown off!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:31:06 PM
ball went towards the river the scrum is on the beck by Borough Park

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:31:36 PM
Game on!!

by The Northside One 4/3/2015 5:31:38 PM
stuck on the bank now as the players scramble for the advantage

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:32:25 PM
Com on u downies

by lesley 4/3/2015 5:32:27 PM
Here we go, Darcie Langcake throws off the ball to get us underway #uppies http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBryUeiWYAEsMsO.jpg

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:32:35 PM
much faster pace than last Good Friday game, right in the water now too

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:33:17 PM
I wonder how far Darcie got with the throw?

by The Northside One 4/3/2015 5:33:48 PM
I think Darcie's dad did most of the throwing - it would be quite heavy for a five-year-old I would think!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:34:59 PM
2 more sights of the ball - and they're now on Black Path.

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:35:54 PM
Yeah that's what I was thinking Nicole, whats her dads name?

by The Northside One 4/3/2015 5:35:59 PM
I actually have no idea, Northside One. I'll find out though!

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:36:26 PM
the scrum is around the tree - chanting and a line-up of players alongside the beck,

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:37:26 PM
pushing towards the beck

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:37:53 PM
Lot more action this year already than last year's game.......

by nicole.regan 4/3/2015 5:38:14 PM
Ball stuck on the bank just after the throw off, cries of "get it in the beck" #uppies

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:38:26 PM
#uppies now on the black path moved a little up but stationary again

by Mark Regan via twitter 4/3/2015 5:38:32 PM
Uppies making slow but steady progress next to the beck #uppies

by timesandstar via twitter 4/3/2015 5:38:38 PM
is it true that the Police are protecting the new leisure centre build?

by The Northside One 4/3/2015 5:39:06 PM