John Cleese: Soccer vs. Football

[Shuffler]

Football vs Soccer


Fixed!

[SEraider]

Classic from John Cleese.

It makes sense for the name of football (American) to be changed to Gridiron.

[AAJagerX]

IIRC, the name for American "football" was due to the length of the ball. 

[Babalonian]

IIRC, the name for American "football" was due to the length of the ball. 

11" =/= 12"

[AAJagerX]

11" =/= 12"

It's not measured by direct height.  Take a flexible tape and measure again tip to tip. 

[SEraider]

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/its-football-to-you-soccer-to-me--fbintl_ro-soccervsfootball070110.html

Bloody English don't even know their own history of "Soccer."

[Flipperk]

Actually American Football is more closely related to it's more violent counterpart, Rugby.


In real terms American Football should be called, Wussified Rugby!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0dH5-2Yqmw

[phatzo]

Actually American Football is more closely related to it's more violent counterpart, Rugby.


In real terms American Football should be called, Wussified Rugby!

I thought the USA would get right into a game like Rugby League, I'm really surprised it hasn't caught on.

[CAP1]

John Cleese rant: Soccer vs. Football   

http://wimp.com/soccerfootball/

he's got a point ya know

[AKH]

Bloody English don't even know their own history of "Soccer."

An excellent piece of research from the Yahoo sports hack. 

Look up the Latin word 'soccus'.


Note the 'Castle soceries'?

The term does indeed precede 'football'. In the spirit of fairness, we'd be happy to oblige you and refer to football as soccer if you reciprocate and refer to your football as 'American rules rugby' and to baseball as rounders.  We are also prepared to refer to netball as 'women's basketball'.

I trust that this is satisfactory. 

[mechanic]

Where does the term toe-rag come from?


  

Two versions I have heard and both refer to being a rascal and/or a vagrant. The first is that 'toe-rag' refers to the rags of cloth worn around a vagrants feet and was originaly coined as an insult or derogatory name. The second refers to the grubby children that would shine your shoes in the street with their 'toe-rag' whilst probably also robbing you. More affectionate name than insult in this context but essentially the same meaning. The modern use of the term has moved onto to being a friendly way of calling someone a bit of a dirty rascal.

Actually American Football is more closely related to it's more violent counterpart, Rugby.
In real terms American Football should be called, Wussified Rugby!

   

I thought the USA would get right into a game like Rugby League, I'm really surprised it hasn't caught on.

League sucks, Union all the way!  

[SEraider]

An excellent piece of research from the Yahoo sports hack. 

Look up the Latin word 'soccus'.

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Note the 'Castle soceries'?

The term does indeed precede 'football'. In the spirit of fairness, we'd be happy to oblige you and refer to football as soccer if you reciprocate and refer to your football as 'American rules rugby' and to baseball as rounders.  We are also prepared to refer to netball as 'women's basketball'.

I trust that this is satisfactory. 

Hey, I never advocated a change to football from soccer.  I am just saying that according to the yahoo story, it is ironic that America is being lectured of why the name soccer should not be. 

[phatzo]

League sucks, Union all the way!  

Can you imagine trying to explain the rules to them. 

[mechanic]

i dont even know them all 

[RTHolmes]

the word football predates soccer by about 500 years years, even shakespeare uses it.