Football Or Soccer?

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Football Or Soccer

Football
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42%
soccer
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Postby duncs7 » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:38 pm

Last thing id ever want to do is disrespect the SANFL, apologies to Stan, Wedge and anyone else i offended. Im gonna stay away from the soccer threads from now on!
till the world cup that is!
"footy" is actually a very good term 4 it, U never hear soccer referred to as Footy. good call Brent
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Postby duncs7 » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:39 pm

I meant Ian not Stan, sorry
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Postby therisingblues » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:22 am

The "t" in footy is usually pronounced as a "d". The word "foody" looks as though it is something a fat 6 year old wants to eat.
Couldn't we spell it "fudy"?
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Postby am Bays » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:39 pm

As a boy I played soccer than I hit puberty and discovered intellgence, matured and rediscoverd the marvellous game of Australian Football.

So to me the debate is simple in Australia we play footy/football/foody etc

the rest of the world plays soccer

When the rest of the world grows up and discovers a brain the great game of Australian Football will rule the world
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Postby brent » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:15 pm

1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:As a boy I played soccer than I hit puberty and discovered intellgence, matured and rediscoverd the marvellous game of Australian Football.

So to me the debate is simple in Australia we play footy/football/foody etc

the rest of the world plays soccer

When the rest of the world grows up and discovers a brain the great game of Australian Football will rule the world


that is the most hilarious post i've ever seen on this site.
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Postby Dog_ger » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:30 pm

As you get older you accept that there is room for all to be called Football. Just like there are many beers available to us..? Beer, I have never had a bad one. I remember warm beer and cold pie, when you leave a 6 pack in your boot and the pubs were all closed on Sundays. Wine was crap 10-15 years ago or was it my immature palate which has grown accustomed to red wine now...? As my temperment has relaxed to another code claiming the Football tag.... Who really cares, not me...! Pass me another beer...!
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Postby Ecky » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:47 pm

Australian Rules Football, American Football, Gaelic Football, Association Football etc... are all different types of football, right? I think everyone agrees on that.

So in countries/regions where one of these codes is clearly the most popular type of football, then describing it as simply "football" is appropriate - people will automatically assume which code you are referring to.

However, in countries where a particular code is not the overwhelmingly most popular code, then it needs to be referred to by a different name. That is why in countries such as Australia, the name "Soccer" is widely used, and with good reason!

So people who insist on calling Association Football "Soccer" in South Australia are just making life difficult for themselves.

Because if someone asks you "What sport do you play?"

If you answer "Football", then their will either assume you play "Australian Rules" OR a further question will be asked "What type of football do you play?".

If you had simply answered "I play soccer", in the first place then it would be clear to them what you play and no further questioning is required!
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Postby JF_Bay22_SCG » Tue May 23, 2006 2:36 pm

David Votoupal wrote:I know, but the AFL's ambiguity on this has made people forget it's Aussie Rules or Australian Football. Never mind their pathetic attempts to consign SANFL, WAFL and so forth history to irrelevence. Thankfully when I was a kid I new much wiser than that even as a Sydneysider.


It is weird that the name of 'footy' has changed in emphasius from being known as "Aussie Rules" to AFL. Even though this would no doubt piss you guys and people like Egan in WA :wink:, it appears that AFL by centrally branding the league as such has brought about people in its development areas (NSW & QLD) to start refering the sport by the name of its top level league. Even thought I am watching the Sydney SFL competition, I'm still watch the sport of "AFL". I doesn't really make any sort of rational sense, but I guess not having been brought up on the code from birth I'm more maliable in my attitude. :oops: Because calling Aussie Rules "footy" in Sydney would only lead to people getting either confused or untimately pissed off & alienated from the Swans, the league & untimately the whole code. :(

Once again it is the AFL politburo wanting to erase the traditions & history of the game in other traditional footy states. "AFL-SA", I think NOT! :oops: :x :roll:

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Postby JF_Bay22_SCG » Tue May 23, 2006 2:40 pm

1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:As a boy I played soccer than I hit puberty and discovered intellgence, matured and rediscoverd the marvellous game of Australian Football.

So to me the debate is simple in Australia we play footy/football/foody etc

the rest of the world plays soccer

When the rest of the world grows up and discovers a brain the great game of Australian Football will rule the world


You don't get past Gepps Cross very much do you? :oops:

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Postby Il Duce » Wed May 24, 2006 3:33 am

Association Football is football, soccer is some bullshit term the seppos came up. however all the other sports that call it football are right. aussie rules is that or footy, but "soccer" isnt called that shit its football.
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