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Not soccer, FOOTBALL!!!
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| sykadelik |
I have a bone to pick I am afraid. Take a look at this website banner:
FIFA = The 'Football' worlds governing body. Notice FIFA = Federation Internationale de FOOTBALL Association. If it was FISA then yes it would be ok to call the most loved game in the world 'soccer':whip:. But as is it is highly recognised as Football across the world please refrain from using the word 'Soccer' as I find it highly offensive/sarcriligous/blasphemous:mad:. Thanks for your time, Rant over! :) |
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| fastmp3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by sykadelik
I have a bone to pick I am afraid. Take a look at this website banner:
FIFA = The 'Football' worlds governing body. Notice FIFA = Federation Internationale de FOOTBALL Association. If it was FISA then yes it would be ok to call the most loved game in the world 'soccer':whip:. But as is it is highly recognised as Football across the world please refrain from using the word 'Soccer' as I find it highly offensive/sarcriligous/blasphemous:mad:. Thanks for your time, Rant over! :) |
amen on that ! |
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| Matty V |
wayhey!!! tis irritating when people say soccer
I can forgive people from places like America and Australia when they say soccer, but when british people start calling it soccer it gets irritating.
lol tis funny that it irritates so many millions of people when people call it soccer and not football :D |
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| AvaNti |
Agreed.
Why is that only here in North America we call this great sport "SOCCER". It is Football and that's the end of it...it makes perfect sense...but foot and ball, but soccer, where did that come from? |
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| MrSquirrel |
You wanted to know where soccer came from here you go (3 second search to find it):
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Main Entry: soc·cer
Pronunciation: 'sä-k&r
Function: noun
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from association football
Date: 1889
: a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms -- called also association football |
So both sides of this argument (which I could really care less about) are butchering the proper name of the sport. There are many different games called football of some sort:
Association Football
Rugby Football
Gaelic Football
Australian Rules Football
American Football
Getting all worked up over this seems pointless to me. :thepirate
MrS |
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| bass drive |
| funny thing is; most of American football is played using the hands |
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| fastmp3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj-HordasH
yankee wanks |
muwahahahahaha |
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| Vigilante |
I am from Australia and i have always called it soccer just like evryone else, but it pisses me off too so i have started to call it Fottball too.
Btw i love the English Premier League. I watch it every week, saturday and sunday night from about 12am onwards (Sydney time).
GO LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My pick for the champions:
Premier League - Chelsea
Champions League - Juventus |
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| sykadelik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vigilante
GO LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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YKTS!! Rivaldo for xmas ;) |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Agreed. Does my nut in when some clueless trollop calls it Soccer. |
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| Nadi |
| While you guys are right non american football should be called football, and our football should be called something else, American football is way better than soccer/football! |
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