90 Minutes of Play, 2 minutes of Excitement

[AndrewP6]

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Only in half of Australia really, Vis, SA, WA and Tas. NSW, QLD, Canberra call it Aussie Rules.


I would suggest that the vast majority of the sport playing world would refer to 'Soccer' as Football.

I don't agree.

[boydogs]

Re: 90 Minutes of Play, 2 minutes of Excitement

Footballroos doesn't have quite the same ring to it. I don't mind soccer but the diving and low scoring can be frustrating. Sometimes I see the riots after a game and think if there were more goals to cheer for the fans would not be so pent up

[Topdog]

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I don't agree.

haha how can you not agree. What do you think they call AFL in NSW?

[LostDoggy]

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Now you need to re-read my posts...I said "we called it soccer" in reference to my own personal experiences.

Why do you refer to yourself as we?
Your idiotic post this one 'No one calls it football'.

The rest of your post is irrelevent now you its shown you talk crap.

[comrade]

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Who would’ve guessed that this thread would degenerate into personal insults?

[Mantis]

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Who would’ve guessed that this thread would degenerate into personal insults?

Especially with ES involved.

[Missing-Dog]

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It's called "Fitba" north of Hadrian's Wall

[Bornadog]

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In Sydney they call Rugby League - Football. I guess its what you are brought up on. Personally, when I was growing up, in an area made up 75% of migrants, we still knew the world game as soccer and aussie rules as football, and I still call it soccer. At the end of the day, does it really matter. You either enjoy a sport, or you don't.

[mighty_west]

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Soccer is an American term. The world calls it a football. Even here it should be refer to as a football. Not sure where you are going with this.

You know where i'm going with this, over the past 3-5 years, there has seemed to be a push to call Soccer Football here in Australia, but i don't know about you, but all my life growing up in Australia, it has ALWAYS been called Soccer!..and the round ball always known here in Australia as a Soccer ball, sure, it may be an American term, but as far as i remember [apart from the past few years], Soccer has been an Australian term as well.

[mighty_west]

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They kick around a football. Your arguements are flawed and you are making yourself look silly with this line.

As for the comparison with the NFL, the NFL plays a game in England every year and are considering adding a 2nd. They get 80,000 people to those games which are played at Wembley stadium. Once the AFL starts doing even a quarter of that we can compare the 2.

I may well be making myself look silly, thats fine, but growing up here in Australia, it's always [apart from the past 3-5 years] has always been known as Soccer, kicking around Footy's & Soccer balls at school etc etc.

I reckon you show the average person here a Round Ball football & an Aussie Rules fotball, not to Soccer fans, and the majority will call them a footy & soccer ball.

[AndrewP6]

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Why do you refer to yourself as we?
Your idiotic post this one 'No one calls it football'.

The rest of your post is irrelevent now you its shown you talk crap.

My words were "When and where I grew up, we called it soccer". In this case, the "we" refers to myself, my family, and most of my friends. Except those of European descent, who might have occcasionally called it football.

"The rest of your post is irrelevent now you its shown you talk crap"- sorry, but I'm not sure of your meaning. Why is it "irrelevent" to answer questions asked, and to provide information requested? Is it "irrelevent" or simply correct? You asked me to check the facts, so I did. If you didn't want to read the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

If you're going to quote me, please get my words right. I never said "No one calls it football". I said "No one I know calls it football" and that's fact.

[AndrewP6]

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I may well be making myself look silly, thats fine, but growing up here in Australia, it's always [apart from the past 3-5 years] has always been known as Soccer, kicking around Footy's & Soccer balls at school etc etc.

I reckon you show the average person here a Round Ball football & an Aussie Rules fotball, not to Soccer fans, and the majority will call them a footy & soccer ball.

Well said..

[AndrewP6]

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You know where i'm going with this, over the past 3-5 years, there has seemed to be a push to call Soccer Football here in Australia, but i don't know about you, but all my life growing up in Australia, it has ALWAYS been called Soccer!..and the round ball always known here in Australia as a Soccer ball, sure, it may be an American term, but as far as i remember [apart from the past few years], Soccer has been an Australian term as well.

It's actually a term that originated in England...

[AndrewP6]

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Who would’ve guessed that this thread would degenerate into personal insults?

It's a good thing I'm thickskinned...the terms "idiotic" and "ignorant" could upset some people. And being accused of talking "crap"! Especially after listening to some Norf supporter throwing the word "retard" around at our players yesterday.

[AndrewP6]

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haha how can you not agree. What do you think they call AFL in NSW?

Sorry, I meant the bit about the sport playing world calling it football... aside from recent years, I've heard the term soccer used most often. Then again I don't know the whole sport playing world