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  1. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    What's wrong with calling the round ball game soccer?

    Isn't it just a corruption of Association Football?
     
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    Cyclonic, Dec 21, 2011
  2. sycorez

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    If you're a yank, I guess there is nothing wrong. If you are a Brit, then the word we use is Football.
     
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  3. Cyclonic

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    I'm Australian sy. It's just one of those odd things about the game. Don't get me weong, I'm not taking the piss, it's just that the term football is a generic one. It covers everything.
     
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  4. SUPERNORWICH 23

    SUPERNORWICH 23 SUPERNORWICH

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    Not in England
     
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  5. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    I don't think that there is any authority anywhere which would say that Rugby Union isn't football, even in England.
     
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  6. SUPERNORWICH 23

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    Just eat your rice and shut up
     
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  7. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    Love a good rice curry, especially when watching Rugby Union football.
     
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  8. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    In the UK, we take the view that football involves kicking the ball with the feet.
     
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  9. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    That's true, but where is it written that Union, League, Grid Iron etc, are not football. All I'm pointing out is that "soccer" is at least a name.
     
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  10. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    cyclonic, with the exception of grid-iron, us Brits invented all of those. We're no longer world beaters at any of em, but it's our ball and we get to decide what to call it.
     
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  11. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    <laugh> Onya mate.
     
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  12. Cyclonic

    Cyclonic Well Hung Member

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    I have to admit Arch, whenever the English play an international, I usually support them.
     
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    THFC6061 Well-Known Member

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    Nothing at all.

    The term "soccer" was coined by an Englishman...

    Legendary Football Players: Charles Wreford-Brown
     
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  14. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Me too mate. Always end up wishing I hadn't bothered though.
     
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  15. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    Our football (your 'soccer'), is the original. So why should we have to change the name because other versions have been invented since? It's like the FA and the Football League, we didn't rename them the English FA and the English FL when other countries created their own national bodies.
     
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  16. Glesgabhoy67

    Glesgabhoy67 Well-Known Member

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    Maybe you should rename them the English FA and English FL ... to avoid confusion?
     
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    We were going to change the PL to the EPL until Swansea came along, they get all ****ty if you call it that now...
     
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  18. sycorez

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    No need, the others are called what they are called. Example 'Scotish FA' while 'The FA' refers to the original.
     
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  19. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator
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    No! <grr>
     
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    Jip Jaap Stam, Dec 21, 2011
  20. Glesgabhoy67

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    Go on. :grin:
     
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