Soccer?

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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)
 
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Ernie Shackleton said:
Soccer is an abomination if it's said in an American drawl - sore-ka.

Otherwise it's a diminutive of Association and given it's genesis as posh public schoolboy's patois to distinguish it from Rugby football then that's much more offensive.

Bottom line; it's a **** word that has no place in modern usage.
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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...
 
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Ernie Shackleton said:
Otherwise it's a diminutive of Association and given it's genesis as posh public schoolboy's patois to distinguish it from Rugby football then that's much more offensive.
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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?
 
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x said:
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?
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Would have thought people were playing with a round ball before they crafted an egg.
 
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'.
 
x said:
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'.
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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.
 
[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.
 
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Polly13 said:
I was born in 1965, and I remember playing football as a kid during the 1970s, and referring to it as 'soccer'. As far as I can recall, it wasn't until the sport started becoming popular in the US in the 80s that Brits started taking a dislike to the word, as it was considered 'too American'.

Can anyone else confirm this? Did anyone else remember using the S-word? I'm trying to settle an argument with some mates, most of whom are a few years younger than me.
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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...

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Ernie Shackleton said:
Soccer is an abomination if it's said in an American drawl - sore-ka.

Otherwise it's a diminutive of Association and given it's genesis as posh public schoolboy's patois to distinguish it from Rugby football then that's much more offensive.

Bottom line; it's a **** word that has no place in modern usage.
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Great minds Ern - my conclusion too, see post 35 above.
 
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.
 
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