England V France

[joeluke]

Focus is 100% on the terrorist acts in Paris so draw is a good bet tonight

[ToraToraTora]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_%28disambiguation%29

[Arksided]

Lol, I stay clear of the Egg chasers section.

[stuey]

American/Canadian football and rugby are merely forms of hand-ball since the ball in conveyed from point A to point B by one's hands. However, in soccer, the ball is conveyed from point A to point B by one's feet: therefore, ergo, three dots, soccer is football...Is that clear?:)

[Zacs-Master]

No stop.....please, it's too much now. That's one sharp,spade you have there.

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/the-origin-of-the-word-soccer/

[ToraToraTora]

Not true stuey, Rugby was actually born from Soccer at Rugby school. The laws of neither game were clear at the start and when Webb-Ellis picked up the ball it split the paths of the 2 games.

[DaisyNonna]

Considering the circumstances of the match the bickering is unnecessary and rather distasteful

[Zacs-Master]

TTT,,your new link now says 'Soccer is a common shortened name of association football.' common. Not 'official'. Shortened. As in shortened from Association FOOTBALL.

[ToraToraTora]

I am 100% correct zacs there is evidence all over. read those links and search for more. originally it was soccer that is clear.

[DaisyNonna]

Is this how wars began?

[ToraToraTora]

yes soccer is the short version of he correct prefix for this form of football. Like rugby is for rugby football. Not tricky is it?

[-Talbot-]

Regardless of origin the British do not say soccer we (almost to a man ) say Football even the chaps I drink with in Germany call it Fußball

[ToraToraTora]

"Now British school boys of the day liked to nickname everything, which is still somewhat common. They also liked to add the ending “er” to these nicknames. Thus Rugby was, at that time, popularly called “Rugger”. Association Football was then much better known as “Assoccer”, which quickly just became “Soccer” and sometimes “Soccer Football”." -

[Zacs-Master]

Let's see how many times the word 'football' is used in Saturday's Final,Score and how many times 'soccer' is used.

[ToraToraTora]

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-rio-report/mystery-solved-don-t-blame-usa-real-reason-123344142.html
//The word "soccer" is actually British. It derives from the game's proper name, association football, with the "soc" bit taken from the word "association" .//
note the phrase "proper name".

[DaisyNonna]

Pathetic

[ToraToraTora]

I don't care zacs, all wrong. it's one of those things that has been made "correct" by incorrect use.

[Zacs-Master]

So you're admiring it's correct. Good man.

[stuey]

DaisyNonna, I don't think that there is any real "angry" bickering here: it's just a way of "carrying on, regardless" in the present situation over there.

[Zacs-Master]

Admitting.