I am guessing it is the game that is played all over the world, but which version of football was called football first?
With the new football coaching TV channel 'footschool' testing, won;t this cause confusion when it launches world wide in January?
2006-12-08 16:00:28 · 13 answers · asked by footynutguy 4 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
im gonna say rugby.
2006-12-08 16:03:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually European Football (Soccer) has been played much longer that USA Football. The funny thing about our football is that you start posessions kicking the ball with kick offs and punts and score kicking field goals and extra points after touchdowns, but the majority of the game is running with the ball or passing it.
Why is it not called Armball or Airball. LOL
2006-12-08 16:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by Larry B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're all wrong. Rounders was known as football as long ago as three million bc. Then they changed it to rounders when the other footballs game along. This was the real football though, since the ball was made out of a foot. A leper's foot at that.
2006-12-08 21:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
American football is basically a reverse engineered rugby variant (with more padding)
The name 'soccer' actually originated in England in the public school system, it was used to differenciate betw. rugby football and association football (as they play more rugby in public school then association football)
Soccer is basically a corruption of the name 'association football'
The only reason why soccer/football became popular w/w is because rugby was only exported to the former colonies whereas football was exported w/w british ex pat's working oversea's
2006-12-08 20:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by carmel_andrews 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the soccer football, it originated in Durby, England when the European soldiers were celebrating a victory over the Romans 217 a.d.
2006-12-08 16:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rugby
2006-12-08 20:56:44 · answer #6 · answered by JuventAus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The english version. The english have been around longer than the Americans
2006-12-08 16:04:43 · answer #7 · answered by dalinkwent 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The real football, I mean the one where you use your feet most of the game.
2006-12-08 16:03:45 · answer #8 · answered by jonsinher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Football of course.
The American game is Grid Iron.
2006-12-09 10:45:05 · answer #9 · answered by Fiona Volpe © 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer, created by the english long time ago
2006-12-08 16:55:39 · answer #10 · answered by Zolex1981 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one in which we kick the ball,not kill the player holding it..
2006-12-08 16:30:15 · answer #11 · answered by Answeraway-YNWA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋