Conquer Club

sam_levi_11 wrote:jamie...if you confess you dont limw the sport- WHY ARE U F*CKING TAKING THE TIME TO TELL US.

also by claiming that americans are right by calling it soccer is like saying im right, even when everyone else in the world shows im qrong and shows proof, yet i just wont admit it.

Jamie wrote:

sam_levi_11 wrote:jamie...if you confess you dont limw the sport- WHY ARE U F*CKING TAKING THE TIME TO TELL US.

also by claiming that americans are right by calling it soccer is like saying im right, even when everyone else in the world shows im qrong and shows proof, yet i just wont admit it.

Where in any post on any thread I have ever made did I ever once say or imply that Americans are correct by calling the sport Soccer. I was only wondering WHY we call the sport soccer. I never said we were right for it. f I could go back in time to the 19th century, and change things, I would have soccer be called football, because that makes sense, and i would call US football something else. Not sure what, but something like tackleball, or puntball, something descriptive of the sport. I wouldn't take the name of an existing sport, let alone a popular existing sport, though I would imagine 19th century America was largely unaware of Soccers popularity elsewhere in the world.

Jamie wrote:I've seen several post in this thread saying that many of you refuse to call American football by it's usual term of just plain "Football", and some even seem offended when americans call it football, and refer to European football as just Soccer. Ok, fair enough, however as European football has another name "Soccer", and american football has no other name than football, what would those who are offended by the use of the term football to describe the american sport, have us call US Football. Also if Soccer was called football before American football was invented, where did the term"Soccer" come from? Seems odd that someone would choose the term football if the term was used for a different, and popular sport already. I've also seen two post, where one said Soccer was invented around 1000, and another that said the modern version of Soccer was not much older than US Football. Can anyone clarify? Oh, and in the spirit of the post, I am a Kansas City, Wizards fan, and if this thread is referring to only Europe based teams, I guess I would go for Manchester United, since it's the only team outside the US, I've heard of. Never seen a team nickname that didnt end with an S before, but being different is good I suppose. For real though I don't really like the sport, and fail to understand the virtual world wide interest in it. Maybe the answers to my questions will reveal some secret to Soccer I was unaware of before.

P.S. For those Brits who claim NFL Football has no fan base outside the US , might I point out that Wembly stadium was sold out for the Miami - NY Giants game held there last year, and that the Superbowl has 1 Billion viewers WORLDWIDE every year. Only 140 million of those are from the US. Also, in case citizens of London were unaware, the NFL wants an existing NFL team, or an expansion team in London by 2012 so there must be more interest than first thought overseas in the NFL. If London gets an NFL team (Most likely will be called the Knights), and you call Soccer football, than what will you call the sport your London NFL team plays? They can't both be called football in the same place, and I know you won't use Soccer.

sam_levi_11 wrote:thr irons?

sam_levi_11 wrote:well that was my guess but i havent heard to them reffered to as the irons

DAZMCFC wrote:you were saying comic boy.

Man City 1 West Ham United 0 4th round next Sheff Utd away.

see you on Sunday Comic boy for another beating. Joe Hart made some fine saves, in the 1st half we were shit,but the 2nd half was a lot better with Bianchi on the pitch.

sam_levi_11 wrote:thr irons?

billy07 wrote:

sam_levi_11 wrote:thr irons?

the iron hoofs! You know cockney rthyming slang.

comic boy wrote:

DAZMCFC wrote:you were saying comic boy.

Man City 1 West Ham United 0 4th round next Sheff Utd away.

see you on Sunday Comic boy for another beating. Joe Hart made some fine saves, in the 1st half we were ,but the 2nd half was a lot better with Bianchi on the pitch.

Yeh we paid for squandering chances - hopefully Bellamy will be fit soon.
Really like your Bulgarian on the left, lose him for a while and you will suffer. I was impressed by our support up there considering they are back up on the weekend,by the time they get off the M6 it will be time to leave again

billy07 wrote:

sam_levi_11 wrote:thr irons?

the iron hoofs! You know cockney rthyming slang.

dustn64 wrote:are you all talking about soccer?

allyrfc9 wrote:

dustn64 wrote:are you all talking about soccer?

NO none of us are talking about soccer we are talking about football, the sport where you kick a round ball with your feet, hence the name football.

tiberiusaquila wrote:Even if you hate Man Utd beyond measure, is there any doubt that there is not a finer footballer at the moment than Cristiano Ronaldo?

And the lad is only 22. That, is scary.