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Facto, I call it soccer because when you say football here it means Gaelic Football. Australians call it soccer, because there football means Aussie

Posted by Loyola Jul 13 '10, 13:50

Rules football. That the English get antsy when they hear it being called soccer is just a bonus.

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The John Cleese rant is still great, though :-) -- nm - facto Jul 13, 14:25
you can all you'r baby what you want -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 13, 13:53
Ironically, the English coined the term "soccer." -- nm - mara Jul 13, 13:53 3
- association football -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 13, 13:54 2
  - "Near the end of 1863, Charles Wreford-Brown, who later became a notable official of the Football Association, was asked by some friends at Oxford whe - mara Jul 13, 13:59 1
    - I've had plans to check the wikipedia article for weeks, but kept forgetting. Now I don't have to, it seems. -- nm - facto Jul 13, 14:24

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