what is the real football?

Question

is it american football,soccer or australian football

Answer 1

It is really soccer.

Answer 2

Football?

Answer 3

Before rugby there was only football.

When the egg-chasers decided to...chase eggs - they called it rugby-football and devised their own set of rules.

The footballers set up an association...the imaginatively named Football Association (FA) and they devised a set of rules (Association Rules) also.

Association Football was born - 'Soccer' for short.

However, as English football is played primarily using the feet and the English invented it. We don't have to say English Football, we'll just call it football.

If some genius wants to change the rules and invent their own sport they'll have to change the name as well (like rugby did) so that we all know what they're talking about (and avoid them)

IE. Aussie rules, American football, rugby football, Gaelic football, swimming etc.

Answer 4

Soccer is the real football, not american football.

Answer 5

Soccer is called football everywhere but the US.
Football in the US is called American Football everywhere else, I think.

Answer 6

As you can see from 99% of the answers, that real football is what the yanks call soccer. But obviously there is always one American in the crowd who can't see past his nose.

Answer 7

Depends on who is asking the question, to americans it is the game football, to people outside the USA it is soccer.

The game of soccer was invented first, actually it can trace it's roots to China, and Japan 2nd/3rd century BCE. In Europe it started as war game in England around the 8th century CE.

By the way the idea of calling the sport soccer rather than football is also British coined to seperate it from its "rival" sport Rugby. In the 1880's, Oxford University students used slang which involved adding an "er" to the end of words they had deliberately shortened."Rugger," was slang for Rugby Football. A student, named Charles Wreford Brown, was asked if he liked to play rugger.'No soccer!' Was his witty reply.He had shortened asSOCiation (football) and added "er."

So what is the REAL football, I guess it depends what century you in, what side of the "pond" you live on, and what language you speak. Thank goodness we have so many choices of game to play!!!

Answer 8

soccer is really football not american football

Answer 9

Well if it's called football then you'd think that you play the game mostly by kicking the ball with your foot.

So what's American football got to do with it? Or Aussie football for that matter?

Answer 10

Given 99% of the globe use the term 'football' to refer to the international game played by 11 players and run by FIFA, I'd suggest I'd go with the global definition not the US interpretation.

Answer 11

Futbol, as in the World Cup, as in soccer.

In American football, only one or maybe two players on a team is ever supposed to put their foot on the ball. But I suppose "Knockthesnotoutofeachotherball" was too long to fit on the sports pages.