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#2171 (permalink) |
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So. Only 4 more years to go, huh? Let's get talking.
![]() (Maybe by then Batty will actually know enough about footy* to be able to make some proper comments/trolls) *Only Americans use the word soccer
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I refuse to call it what you losers call it.
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It was southern English toffs who coined the phrase 'soccer' in the late 19th century to distinguish it from rugby football (or rugger as it is/was known). Soccer (association football) and rugger were the two codes of football. Use of the word soccer annoys some people, but it's hard to get wound up by it knowing it's origins. It is a bit cringe however. Another fact: we (Aston Villa) are the first team pictured on the Wikipedia page for soccer ![]() Last edited by Cuthbert; 08-01-2018 at 09:44 AM. |
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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We call it checkered ball leg netting where I live.
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Rugby football. Check and mate.
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It's not though because it's called rugby as shorthand. It developed from football when someone picked up the ball and ran with it hence rugby football. It we called it football then you would have a point. But we don't, so you don't.
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Probably the last World Cup related news update. The new FIFA World Rankings are out.
https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-rank...men/index.html England #6 Wales #19 Northern Ireland #27 Republic of Ireland #29 Scotland #40 Germany drop 14 places to 15th. Argentina slip outside of the top 10 and Mexico have actually gone down a place despite their good performance this summer. Had we not had such a bad Euros we could be top three, but I think it's safe to say that after years of underachieving and Wayne Rooney ruining our tournaments, we finally have our England back ![]() Last edited by Cuthbert; 08-19-2018 at 03:39 PM. |
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