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Phil Deakins
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10-21-2008 14:15
Soccer is a word first coined in England in the 19th Century so it's not as if that lot over the pond have corrupted the sacred game by inventing the word. I also understand that it was the Scots who created passing in the game - and murdered the English with it the first time they played each other. _____________________
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Justa Lemon
Disgruntled Second Lifer.
Join date: 4 Oct 2008
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10-21-2008 14:16
YOU BEAT ME TO IT, DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was watching the ManU vs Celtic game or I might have got in first  Lol ner ner  10 points to me haha. |
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Porky Gorky
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10-21-2008 14:20
I understood that it was the Aussies who came up with the word "soccer". I also understand that it was the Scots who created passing in the game - and murdered the English with it the first time they played each other. Would be quiet interesting to watch a match without passing, just tackle someone and leg it off up the pitch whilst everyone chasses you. _____________________
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Justa Lemon
Disgruntled Second Lifer.
Join date: 4 Oct 2008
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10-21-2008 14:22
Would be quiet interesting to watch a match without passing, just tackle someone and leg it off up the pitch whilst everyone chasses you. Yeah bring back village and town wide games and turn it into the bloody free for all that it used to be. I suspect it would be much more entertaining. Can you imagine the commentary.. "oooh that would have been an excellent goal if only he hadn't had his eyes gouged out and his legs broken" |
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Phil Deakins
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10-21-2008 14:23
Would be quiet interesting to watch a match without passing, just tackle someone and leg it off up the pitch whilst everyone chasses you. _____________________
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Metal Bookmite
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Join date: 25 May 2008
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10-21-2008 14:26
Would be quiet interesting to watch a match without passing, just tackle someone and leg it off up the pitch whilst everyone chasses you. That sounds like school football. lol. Ah the good old days. Impossibly big ball for wee kids and a pitch that seemed the size of Yorkshire too. _____________________
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Justa Lemon
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10-21-2008 14:31
That sounds like school football. lol. Ah the good old days. Impossibly big ball for wee kids and a pitch that seemed the size of Yorkshire too. Im waiting for a fast show "jumpers for goal posts" quote lol. |
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Phil Deakins
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10-21-2008 14:37
That sounds like school football. lol. Ah the good old days. Impossibly big ball for wee kids and a pitch that seemed the size of Yorkshire too. _____________________
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Porky Gorky
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10-21-2008 14:44
Im waiting for a fast show "jumpers for goal posts" quote lol. lol.....Far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous. _____________________
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Phil Deakins
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10-21-2008 14:50
According to Wikpedia, "soccer" was coined in England. I did read that it was the Aussies, so who knows.
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Justa Lemon
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Join date: 4 Oct 2008
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10-21-2008 15:15
lol.....Far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous. Hahaha, nice one lol |
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Metal Bookmite
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Join date: 25 May 2008
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10-21-2008 15:24
How did you guys judge where the crossbar was under "jumpers" rules?
We went by how tall the goalie was so obviously we tended to pick the smallest kid available. lol _____________________
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Porky Gorky
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10-21-2008 15:46
How did you guys judge where the crossbar was under "jumpers" rules? We went by how tall the goalie was so obviously we tended to pick the smallest kid available. lol Yeah goalie height was the way we did it, you would score a goal and because there were no nets the poor old goalie used to have to run a mile to get the ball and in the mean time the rest of the players bundled the fat kid. aah happy days _____________________
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Metal Bookmite
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10-21-2008 15:56
Or pitched him in the huge mud puddle that every pitch seemed to have back then...
Remember Derby County's baseball Ground? Now that's a pitch for men. Total quagmire that was. _____________________
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Wulfric Chevalier
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10-21-2008 21:45
According to Wikpedia, "soccer" was coined in England. I did read that it was the Aussies, so who knows. I always understood it was public school slang, Assocation Football=soccer, Rugby Football=rugger. Always assumed its upper class roots was why us plebs insisted on never using the s-word. |
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Pserendipity Daniels
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Join date: 21 Dec 2006
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10-21-2008 23:01
If you want to know how to play FOOTBALL then come and watch Portsmouth FC. Best team in the World For some reason that reminds me of John Lennon's response to a fan who asked if he thought Ringo was the best drummer in the world. Pep ("He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles!"  _____________________
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Rocketman Raymaker
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10-22-2008 07:20
The best thing to happen to football was William Webb Ellis picking the ball up with his hands and running with it.
Anyawy, heres something that may be of help to you: http://www.secondfootball.com/ _____________________
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Darnell Foxtrot
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Join date: 21 Oct 2008
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10-22-2008 07:34
Ah thanks for the link. I already went there before though while I was searching before posting in this thread. I am having trouble to register as it says I have to register by pressing reset password near a ATM or something.
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Jig Chippewa
Fine Young Cannibal
Join date: 30 Oct 2006
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10-22-2008 08:53
Actually, it's ponounced "foopball" and there's never a good match without a good fight.
All those men sweating and heaving and pushing. In Rugger its sweating and heaving and biting. _____________________
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Darnell Foxtrot
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Join date: 21 Oct 2008
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10-23-2008 11:31
Ok, now I went to the site, and I'm trying to get the ATM thingy. But the red light just ends up beaming from the water. I go to the red light and I type reset password in the communication thingy and it does nothing. Can someone help me out here? Like what the hell is a ATM in SL?
http://forums.secondfootball.com/index.php?action=register That's the link to the register page, if it don't work, click on the register thing. I'm trying to register so someone there can teach me how to play soccer. |
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Deadeye Steadham
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Join date: 25 Aug 2006
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10-23-2008 11:34
I believe the saying goes:
Football, a sport for gentlemen played by hooligans. Rugby, a sport for hooligans played by gentlemen. |
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Darnell Foxtrot
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Join date: 21 Oct 2008
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10-23-2008 13:14
lol is people going to actually help me in figuring out how to join this site? Or just talk about why football is called soccer in the United States?
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Jig Chippewa
Fine Young Cannibal
Join date: 30 Oct 2006
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10-23-2008 14:36
lol is people going to actually help me in figuring out how to join this site? Or just talk about why football is called soccer in the United States? Yeah we are just gonna talk about why football is called soccer in US. I mean, why do they do that??? Its so ... annoying, isn't it? _____________________
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Mjolnir Uriza
Hammer of the Gods
Join date: 14 Sep 2007
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10-23-2008 14:44
Quite why folk get so upset about the word "soccer" is beyond me to be honest. Soccer is a word first coined in England in the 19th Century so it's not as if that lot over the pond have corrupted the sacred game by inventing the word. Having said that, American "football" would better be called "battleball" or "gridball" or something. Gridiron! There's a good wholesome name... Anywho... I don't know how to play footie in SL but there are clubs in the grid. I haven't yet checked out whether or not they play the game or just ponce about with Man Utd tags above their avatars. Would be a good idea I reckon if we could get a wee league going. "... and it's West Bromwich Albion... West Bromwich Albion FC... etc" never poit out the truth you get crusified for that gods! |
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Mjolnir Uriza
Hammer of the Gods
Join date: 14 Sep 2007
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10-23-2008 14:45
Traitor see what i mean |