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Great article! Thanks for sharing. This is potentially a great introduction to football for people who doesn't care about football (like USians)
by kome 5y ago
Great article! Thanks for sharing. This is potentially a great introduction to football for people who doesn't care about football (like USians)
- User23 5y agoThe funny thing is that the name soccer is of English origin[1] and is the more precise term, since it's short for Association Football. However, when one just says football it could be any number of ball games that involve using the feet at least some of the time[2]. [1] https://www.lexico.com/explore/whats-the-origin-of-the-word-soccer https://www.lexico.com/explore/whats-the-origin-of-the-word-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_football
- mellosouls 5y agoThe first point is true; the second less so. If you use the term "football" most of the world will make the assumption you mean football, as opposed to any national derivatives of it or other games.
- phamilton 5y agoWhat's more fun is the theory that "football" is not about how one contacts the ball but more about how one plays on foot rather than on a horse. The term "football" was derisive towards the games peasants play vs nobility playing games like polo.
- jonwinstanley 5y agoI like this theory but in England, the standardised game was played mostly by the wealthy nobility around the years 1850-1880. Working class people, such as in the teams from mill towns like Preston, Darwin and Blackburn joined the FA cup later on.
- phamilton 5y agoI too have seen The English Game :) Competitive play may have started with the wealthy, but football had been played in various forms as early as the 15th century. Wikipedia has a lot of good citations on the topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word) As with most organically adopted words, nothing is clear cut, but there's quite a lot of evidence that the foot in football is about being on foot rather than on a horse.
- jonwinstanley 5y agoHahaha you’re so right, I’d never have mentioned Darwen before I saw that show!
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