Lived in Yanky land for years and point blank refused to ever call it the 'S' word. The ball is moved around the field primarily with the foot! Got me into some interesting conversation!
I know when when someone uses the s word, it means that they know nothing about football. You just have to see the OP to know that.
So far, out of the 4 people that have voted Soccer, 3 are Irish and one is Welsh. Where are the bloody Jocks when you need 'em?!!!
Have to leap to swords defence; this thread represents one of his finest hours on here. Keep them coming brother!
Problem over here is that when the locals refer to football they usually mean GAA Gaelic Football - think Aussie Rules you'll get the geist....hence the often mentioned "soccer".......Anyone back me up on this?
Nail on head. Hence the reasons why our particular code of football should be referred to as Soccer so as to distinguish it from all other codes. ............................................................................FOOTBALL....................................................................................................... Rugby Union...................Rugby League..................Gaelic...............Ozzie Rules...................American.....................Association (Soccer)
Swords i think it depends on where you are in the world, in UK football means football, here football means GAA, in Oz football means Aussie Rules...and so on......on this forum stick to football and we all know what everyone is talking about......even if it is talking bollox!!!!!!!
The game we love was codified in the UK and is called Association Football, or football for short. Later on, some idiot at Rugby School picked the ball up during a football match and that's where both Rugby codes started (eventually). I've no idea about Gaelic, American or Australian Rules, but our game is definitely NOT called soccer by those in the know. Annoyingly, I went to a rugby-playing school that had the Football XV ( rugby union) and the Soccer XI. Made my blood boil....
