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Another Association Football Post
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Topic: | Another Association Football Post This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Sunday November 7, 2004 at 02:49 |
djy RC Moderator |
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Over on AV Forums a thread has been running bemoaning the state of the game. This just about sums it up. N.B. Though heavily edited I advise those easily offended not to click the link.
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Post 2 made on Tuesday November 9, 2004 at 21:36 |
MikeTech Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2004 313 |
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Oh, now I get it... You mean SOCCER!!!!
Mike
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Post 3 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 10:45 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2001 28,875 |
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yup, that is the full and official name of soccer. When it was new it was competing with other footballs (rugby football in the UK, what became American or Canadian football on this side of the ocean) and had several short hand nomenclatures in the UK (soccer and football were two of them). On this side since we had our own footballs when it came here we prefered soccer, in the UK one became most commenly known as rugby and the one we call soccer tends to be known as football
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Post 4 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 11:05 |
MikeTech Long Time Member |
Joined: Posts: | March 2004 313 |
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I know, just bloody ball bustin!
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OP | Post 5 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 16:19 |
djy RC Moderator |
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Er hem! To confuse the situation even further, something that Anthony failed to mention, is that there are two versions of rubgy. Union (15 a side) and League (13 a side).
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Post 6 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 18:35 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
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never been to the UK,so don't know everything there. I enjoy playing soccer (you haven't played soccer until you played it in the snow) and used to work with a soccer nut, that is why I know a bit about it, as for rugby I know nothing about it. The only thing that I know is in the beginning there were many different games called football and in the UK each location had it's own rules. A bunch (or association :-) ) of schools decided to create "standard" rules to facilitate inter school competition and soccer was born. while rugby and what we call football on our side all evolved differently
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OP | Post 7 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 19:15 |
djy RC Moderator |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 34,761 |
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On 11/10/04 18:35 ET, Anthony said...
(you haven't played soccer until you played it in the snow) Tried playing it in the moonlight?
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Post 8 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 19:30 |
Anthony Ultimate Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2001 28,875 |
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no, we play(ed) during our lunch hour.
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Post 9 made on Wednesday November 10, 2004 at 20:32 |
Ken Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | July 2001 1,933 |
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Ahh.....but have you played it in the moonlight, naked?
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OP | Post 10 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 03:20 |
djy RC Moderator |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 34,761 |
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All your secrets laid bare? It's an interesting thought, but as footie is a "winter" sport it's probably not advisable.
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