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6. An interesting story I heard about the origin of the word "soccer"

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:54 AM

Jun 2014

In the 19th century, there were two games in Great Britain that had "football" in their name. One was "rugby football", the other was "association football". "Association" began to be abbreviated as "assoc." and its players were called "assoc'ers". Because of the inclusion of the "a" at the beginning of "assoc'er", the term had a rather vulgar implication, so eventually it was left off and the name became simply "soccer". However, it was decided that rugby football would just be called "rugby" and "assoc. football" would be called "football" in Great Britain. On the other hand, in the US the Americanized version of rugby became known as "football", while "assoc'er" became "soccer".

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I LOVE soccer. [View all] Fred Sanders Jun 2014 OP

Copycat minivan2 Jun 2014 #1

Really kaiserhog Jun 2014 #2

Soccer was not invented in the British Isles. Try China when Brits were still living in trees. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #3

Absolute bullshit Bosonic Jun 2014 #7

You're correct. Orrex Jun 2014 #11

um, okaaaaay Bosonic Jun 2014 #13

Not true - the first paintings of football were found in China malaise Jun 2014 #17

The rules and setup were codified in the U.K. Bosonic Jun 2014 #20

No doubt about who codified the rules although malaise Jun 2014 #21

I think, like Qatar, it's more a sign of FIFA corruption Bosonic Jun 2014 #23

Don't get me started malaise Jun 2014 #25

An interesting story I heard about the origin of the word "soccer" Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #6

Rugby was actually the name of a school malaise Jun 2014 #18

Okay. Scootaloo Jun 2014 #4

Then you might like this, Fred.. Cha Jun 2014 #5

I like the scoring play, but I do not like the goal, as I am a Ghana fan. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #26

And you admit that in public??!! KamaAina Jun 2014 #29

One mans hell is another man's heaven in sports. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #33

Anyone have a link to the t.v. schedule for the games? Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #8

Games are at 12 3 and 6 basically through the group stage tkmorris Jun 2014 #9

Very cool link. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #10

LOUNGE! Nt Logical Jun 2014 #12

no belongs here--currently bout the biggest thing going on on this planet dembotoz Jun 2014 #14

LOL, Great priorities you have there! wow, scary! nt Logical Jun 2014 #16

I would imagine that the most-watched sporting event in the world is in and of itself, news LanternWaste Jun 2014 #30

It's HUGH! LOL snooper2 Jun 2014 #24

Funny - I don't remember seeing a similar post from you in the other many lounge threads in GD. nt redqueen Jun 2014 #31

Then you are not paying attention! nt Logical Jun 2014 #32

A lot of racist BS moparlunatic Jun 2014 #15

A lot is racist BS all over, theme of these games is No to Racism, some people have not recieved the Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #22

Kick It Out! KamaAina Jun 2014 #28

Me too!!! Beacool Jun 2014 #19

Canada? Violence-loving? KamaAina Jun 2014 #27

I referred to love of sports, clearly. And Jamaica loves its soccer over tackle football. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #34