[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by English Dave

Plus, the little I have ever seen of American football, y'all seem to spend more time carrying, and throwing the ball, rather than kicking it with the foot. May be you could call it hand ball to stop any world wide confusion? Just an idea..........

Summing up: Australian football came first. They're content to call it "footie," and thus there isn't any controversy. American football came next. And we like calling it football, because that's what we called it when we invented the sport. (Furthermore, a time traveler going back to 19th century America would recognize the game of football. That same time traveler would wonder what that shin-kicking travesty of a sport played in England was all about.) Finally, we had Association Football, which didn't resemble the modern game as it is played until the 20th century.

This is what a turn-of-the-20th-century football stadium looks like. Note the goal posts:



And this is what a turn-of-the-20th-century soccer stadium looks like. Note the lack of "stadium," "seats," or "construction." Looks like they're playing at the edge of someone's farm:

[Cold Warrior]

Inflammable versus flammable. Irregardless versus regardless. And BTW, 'proactive' is NOT the opposite of reactive. (relating to, caused by, or being interference between previous learning and the recall or performance of later learning). Whenever I hear some lazy politician say proactive my bull**** detector goes to eleven.

[English Dave]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

And this is what a turn-of-the-20th-century soccer stadium looks like. Note the lack of "stadium," "seats," or "construction." Looks like they're playing at the edge of someone's farm:

Turn of the 20th century soccer stadium........ the stadium at my local club Oldham Athletic was much like that in the 1960s.......

This was Wembley Stadium in 1926, when my wife's home town team won the FA Cup......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIkMG1ZvjEo

[ScoopLV]

1923 is hardly "the turn of the Century," wouldn't you agree?

Face it. Soccer is the sports world upstart. The reason the rest of the world plays it is because they don't want EVERY game they play to have originated in America -- basketball, baseball, auto racing, volleyball, etc. And that leaves soccer, cricket and rugby. Rugby is too much like football. And the only thing that takes longer than actually playing a cricket match (which can last a week) is explaining the rules. Soccer became "the rest of the world sport" by default.

[BBMW]

I think we've had just a little bit of thread drift here

[English Dave]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

1923 is hardly "the turn of the Century," wouldn't you agree?

Face it. Soccer is the sports world upstart. The reason the rest of the world plays it is because they don't want EVERY game they play to have originated in America -- basketball, baseball, auto racing, volleyball, etc. And that leaves soccer, cricket and rugby. Rugby is too much like football. And the only thing that takes longer than actually playing a cricket match (which can last a week) is explaining the rules. Soccer became "the rest of the world sport" by default.

Yes, but the photo you showed was turn of the century, 23 years later, football had moved to proper stadiums. At least in the top division.

Scoop - you may be on a sticky wicket claiming you invented baseball........

U.S. baseball expert proves baseball was first played in England by royalty | Daily Mail Online

[English Dave]

Originally Posted by BBMW

I think we've had just a little bit of thread drift here

Yeah......... Back to dead bodies.........

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by Sqibbcakes

So, the Spilotros ended up in Iowa?

No, but Tony was found buried in a cornfield in INDIANA. (not really even that close to Iowa)

[moxiegal]

Indiana...Iowa...same thing..

[Raiderman]

They all look alike from 35,000 feet