Yes another 66~babe, we called it soccer or footie (not to be confused with a 'socca' ~ when you accidently got your sock wet after falling in a deep puddle / ditch...)
Born in the 70s/child of the 80s. We used soccer, football, footy and kick about. These were interchangeable, but specific in certain cases, like indoor-soccer. Football games we played: Cupies, Wembley, 1 (and you’re through), World Cup: all essentially the same game 3 (and you’re in) One Touch Heads and Volleys (counting down from agreed number, usually 10), plus optional dog’s life Slam (but with a football) Taps (never ever called it keep yuppies)
It's easy to say that now, but it WAS used in the not-too-distant past, by people who'd never been anywhere near a public school...
please log in to view this image http://www.footballstickipedia.com/other-football-sticker-collections.html Quite a few sticker books called Soccer ..... please log in to view this image
if the genesis of the game itself was as a posh public schoolboy's pastime, as seems probable, does that make it offensive to you too?
several years ago i acquired a reprint of a football book written over 100 years ago. i won't go into the reasons, but i did wonder whether it would mention soccer or perhaps socker. it didn't. not only that, it always referred to the game as 'association football', and never just 'football'.
Apart from North America, the term football generally refers to association football. But you still see/hear the relics of the past you refer, for instance, rugby being complimented as 'a good game of football' or even simply in the name of Hull FC.
please log in to view this image it was Soccer in the sixties and seventies - started becoming a tad yankee in the eighties and that was the end of that
[QUOTE="charon-the-ferryman, post: 11573273, member: 1023235"it was Soccer in the sixties and seventies - started becoming a tad yankee in the eighties and that was the end of that[/QUOTE] Makes sense, well summarised.
My belief is that some toffs at Eton used the head of one of those toffs from Rugby who'd invented Rugby football, and called it "Rugger". Poorer than the upper-crust at Rugby(who had rounder heads, not egg-heads like the Eton lot), the paupers at Eton had no boots so played on concrete wearing only their heavy-duty socks - hence Soccer. (They couldn't spell either). If my memory serves me well...
Never called it soccer, not that the word insults me. It doesn’t cause any particular offence when I hear the word ‘ soccer’, it means nothing to me. That’s because I called it ’togger’ as a yoot. Most of Hull called it ‘togger’ and the fact non of you have mentioned this fact causes me much perplexment. I’m on the ****ing edge here, cabin fever has set in and I think I need help.
Soccer is/was a word used in rugby areas. Still coined around my patch from time to time, which is a rugby union stronghold.
