Soccer

kal it was us that originally called it soccer back in the day. It comes from Association Football as opposed to Rugby Football so you got Soccer and Rugby to tell them apart.

But somewhere along the way we claimed Football back from rugby and soccer was dropped.

Someone must have forgotten to tell the Septics

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Im getting sick of all these unsavoury Fatima Whitbread jokes. Thats someones son for god sake

Wiretrapper,

Ah i see, so we're the d!cks??

When did we stop referring it to soccer?

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Ghod

wiz just aboot tae ask whit jokes

Not sure Kal but those old Pathe news reels about the FA cup finals of yesteryear refer to Association Football or Soccer so I am guessing sometime in the late 40s early 50s

kal el

night out?

Wiretapper's right, it was originally called soccer by the upper-class twits who also played rugby etc in order to differentiate it from other foot and ball games.

But I think, once it became popular among the working class, it was football all the way, mibbe as early as the late 19thc.

I did not know that!!! I heard a few commentators refer to it as "soccer" in really old games but i thought it was an unofficial name and football was always the official one.

Learn something new everyday

Tomorrow im gonna learn how to actually satisfy ma burd!!

Dunno about the night out keny, i only get a few nights oot and i dunno if she would think i was up to something dodgy if i said i was goin out with the internet forum