| Soccer 19:58 - Jun 13 with 1251 views | colinallcars |
A thing on BBC news about the word.
It was a university sport and posh students added “er” to words. So something that was “ bang-on”, would be “bang on ers” old bean.
So rugby became rugger, breakfast brekkers and as football was association football they took soc from association and it became soccer.
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| Soccer on 11:47 - Jun 14 with 996 views | Sonic_Hoop |
And an entomology student became a bugger. |  | | |
| Soccer on 22:20 - Jun 16 with 655 views | Myke |
School sports awards a few weeks ago and the Athletics coach was boasting about going first (while the kids were still attentive and enthusiastic) and was laughing at me as the soccer coach. Until I pointed out I was the Association Football coach and was actually announcing my award winners before him. |  | | |
| Soccer on 22:40 - Jun 16 with 585 views | MrSheen |
Tony Collins is the great historian of the origins of the different footballs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
He’s very interesting about how the working class took up these public school games, particularly on why football overcame the early lead of rugby in popularity. |  | | |
| Soccer on 23:13 - Jun 16 with 539 views | TwoHalves |
| Soccer on 22:40 - Jun 16 by MrSheen |
Tony Collins is the great historian of the origins of the different footballs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
He’s very interesting about how the working class took up these public school games, particularly on why football overcame the early lead of rugby in popularity. |
Never mind Tony Collins. Ladybird’s The Story of Football is the definitive text for this sort of stuff. My first, and favourite, football book.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic
Edit: Joking about Tony, of course, Sheen! | | | |
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