@scpmills Ah yes, the typical American arrogance...like telling people what name to call their sports. But you've pretty much shown what the issue with 'soccer' is...a British inferiority complex that causes you to whinge that you aren't getting your way. At least the smart ones will pick on our style of play, not what we call the game.
@Caelmas Tommy was hardly under American influence, although he did meet legendary baseball player Babe Ruth once and talked player wages with him; there was very little soccer in the U.S.A. at the time. Those who vehemently protest the use of "soccer" have thus allowed an absurd fear of the influence of the U.S.A. to co-opt a venerable English nickname for England's most loved sport.
@Caelmas Youngsters may be excused their ignorance of the term's pedigree, but today's English football writers know better yet present a blinkered view, perhaps from fear of losing readers if they use the dreaded "s" word. One only has to look at older football book titles to see the truth--Tommy Lawton's My Twenty Years in Soccer (1955), for example.
@Caelmas : Look to England Football Online for some English insight on the issue- "Soccer" was actually coined by students at Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the 1880's, and it was common usage, alongside "rugger," the nickname for rugby football, throughout England until at least the 1970's. (continued...)
@scpmills Why would the same Brit be bothered when football is called soccer then? Do they take offense that we play on a field and not a pitch? That we have standings and they have a table? What about a team versus a side?
None of that really bothers them for some reason. But let me give you a little lesson from England Football Online...you seem a bit misled.
@scpmills Ever heard of a French Fry? How about a chip? A backyard? A garden? A camper? A caravan? Different words for the same thing and all in English...
The soccer/football whine is done by those trying to sound elite, not realizing they actually sound silly.
WOW!
What a terrible HORRIBLE song to represent Soccer/Football.
dirtybunny987 4 months ago
@bigbirdgrappler60
also known as deuce haha
tennisace00 1 year ago
@suppernatalie1996 dont tread by clint dempsey
bigbirdgrappler60 1 year ago
whats this song called?
suppernatalie1996 1 year ago
@scpmills Ah yes, the typical American arrogance...like telling people what name to call their sports. But you've pretty much shown what the issue with 'soccer' is...a British inferiority complex that causes you to whinge that you aren't getting your way. At least the smart ones will pick on our style of play, not what we call the game.
Caelmas 1 year ago
@Caelmas Tommy was hardly under American influence, although he did meet legendary baseball player Babe Ruth once and talked player wages with him; there was very little soccer in the U.S.A. at the time. Those who vehemently protest the use of "soccer" have thus allowed an absurd fear of the influence of the U.S.A. to co-opt a venerable English nickname for England's most loved sport.
Caelmas 1 year ago
@Caelmas Youngsters may be excused their ignorance of the term's pedigree, but today's English football writers know better yet present a blinkered view, perhaps from fear of losing readers if they use the dreaded "s" word. One only has to look at older football book titles to see the truth--Tommy Lawton's My Twenty Years in Soccer (1955), for example.
Caelmas 1 year ago
@Caelmas : Look to England Football Online for some English insight on the issue- "Soccer" was actually coined by students at Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the 1880's, and it was common usage, alongside "rugger," the nickname for rugby football, throughout England until at least the 1970's. (continued...)
Caelmas 1 year ago
@scpmills Why would the same Brit be bothered when football is called soccer then? Do they take offense that we play on a field and not a pitch? That we have standings and they have a table? What about a team versus a side?
None of that really bothers them for some reason. But let me give you a little lesson from England Football Online...you seem a bit misled.
Caelmas 1 year ago
@scpmills Ever heard of a French Fry? How about a chip? A backyard? A garden? A camper? A caravan? Different words for the same thing and all in English...
The soccer/football whine is done by those trying to sound elite, not realizing they actually sound silly.
Caelmas 1 year ago