Richey Edwards Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 3 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Around the same time they made up a b*****dized version of rugby and called it American football, then decided to started playing actual football and call it soccer. And we let them away with it and started calling it soccer too, its been a downward spiral into americanisms since. The term "soccer" originated in Britain during the 19th Century. The earliest usage of the term "football" was in the early 1990s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 7 minutes ago, LiviLion said: It also contains the phrase "won a flick-on to give the visitors field position" Haven't done a search but just assumed straight away whoever wrote it usually does American football or some other shite I didn't read that bit... I can actually understand what "final play of the game" is getting at, but "field position"? Edited March 14 by Jacksgranda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: We've being calling it soccer for years... They've been playing proper football for years too. I've personally never called football soccer, and it makes my hackles stand up every time i hear it called as such on the telly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: The term "soccer" originated in Britain during the 19th Century. The earliest usage of the term "football" was in the early 1990s. Nah mate i was born a few decades before that and it was called football. Never in my life said lets have a game of soccer when we played football as kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Just now, LIVIFOREVER said: Nah mate i was born a few decades before that and it was called football. Never in my life said lets have a game of soccer when we played football as kids. 1 up to Richey... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 12 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: 1 up to Richey... Bugger. He got me because the first part i've read before, though still never seen it described as soccer anywhere when football was started up officially. Thought the 2nd part was some fallacy being put around that people started believing, like Rangers never died. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 4 minutes ago, LIVIFOREVER said: Bugger. He got me because the first part i've read before, though still never seen it described as soccer anywhere when football was started up officially. Thought the 2nd part was some fallacy being put around that people started believing, like Rangers never died. Some things are just too preposterous to believe... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 53 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: We've being calling it soccer for years... Is soccer not an abbreviation of Association that they used way back in the 19th century to show it was different from rugby? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Nowhereman said: Is soccer not an abbreviation of Association that they used way back in the 19th century to show it was different from rugby? The posh folk at Oxford Uni, called Rugger (rugby) Soccer (Assoccer - football). As they added er to many names for the banter. Posh folk still call it soccer and I remember politicians calling soccer right up to the 1990's. Famously Thatcher with Soccer Thugs, for the Hillborough disaster and BBC news giving you the soccer results at the end of the program. Think this mainly is an English thing. However we have CSC & ASC Edited March 14 by SlipperyP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, Nowhereman said: Is soccer not an abbreviation of Association that they used way back in the 19th century to show it was different from rugby? Yeah, think rugby was known as rugby football, and so what we know as football was a later invention and called 'association football' and later soccer to differentiate it. I don't know if it was just posh people who called it soccer. As a term it seemed pretty fashionable in the 1960s and 1970s at a time when the game was expanding to new audiences, particularly in the US, which had its own weird interpretation of football. Hence World Soccer magazine etc. Edited March 14 by Mr Heliums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 It's fitba !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I don't really like the term "soccer", but at least it's better than "footy", which can get in the bin. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewanandmoreagain Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 20 hours ago, LiviLion said: It also contains the phrase "won a flick-on to give the visitors field position" Haven't done a search but just assumed straight away whoever wrote it usually does American football or some other shite " field position " John McEnroe ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 A lot of Irish people I know call it soccer as well. I don't really mind it. As noted above, miles better than "footy". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, A Diamond For Me said: I don't really like the term "soccer", but at least it's better than "footy", which can get in the bin. "footy" is mainly the sole preserve of those who happily use terms like "pen" and "lino". They also invariably think that any ex footballer with a nickname (ie just adding a y" to the surname) is hilarious with their "bantz" which is largely derived from tales of dressing room japes and training ground bust-ups. The use of "mate" is a core part of their lexicon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 13 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said: A lot of Irish people I know call it soccer as well. I don't really mind it. As noted above, miles better than "footy". It makes more sense for Americans and Irish people to call it soccer (and, in Irish, sacar as distinct from peil, which is (Gaelic) football) because they have other, very popular sports that can also be called football. While rugby is technically "Rugby football", nobody calls it that, so an alternative name for (association) football isn't needed here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Caledonian1 said: It's futba !! FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 20 hours ago, Mr Heliums said: Yeah, think rugby was known as rugby football, and so what we know as football was a later invention and called 'association football' and later soccer to differentiate it. I don't know if it was just posh people who called it soccer. As a term it seemed pretty fashionable in the 1960s and 1970s at a time when the game was expanding to new audiences, particularly in the US, which had its own weird interpretation of football. Hence World Soccer magazine etc. No it wasn't, they were playing football when William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and invented rugby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 ^^^Eye witness account. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 8 hours ago, A Diamond For Me said: which can get in the bin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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