I have trainees in England and I am American, they want to know who called the sport football first? Why do Americans call it soccer when it is considered football? Who deserves the right to call the sport football?
2007-01-22 04:32:00 · 12 answers · asked by Still_looney_n_uk 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Football started in England early in the 1800's, this was taken over the pond and was adopted by the Americans and changed into American Football, same as Rounders into Baseball, Netball into Basket Ball. All deserve to call the game what they want, as long as they enjoy the game!!
2007-01-22 04:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by Lucky Cat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The British
2007-01-22 04:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who first used the word Football,but it's immaterial since both have the right to be called Football,they're just different games.You see,one is American Football and the other is Association football.we also have Rugby Football,don't we?As for why Americans call it soccer,the 'soc' part is the same 'soc' that's part of the word 'Association',so it helps them make the distinction more easily in a place where their own kind of football is much more of a household name.
2007-01-22 04:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British.
2007-01-22 04:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by RIZ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer british yet I do get mad. it is so stressful that I could communicate over with the real soccer as soccer as quickly as I communicate with an American so they do no longer think of i like watching their rubbish American soccer (it relatively is an completely lame version of rugby with padding, it style of feels). God is conscious from what perspective their recreation could nicely be observed as soccer. They probable got here up with that call to fool the human beings public and make it standard there.
2016-11-01 00:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football was Football long before any white European placed a foot on American soil.
2007-01-22 04:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by Jimbobarino 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not sure who called it football first but just look down the left handside there are four different kinds of football.
2007-01-22 04:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by Aaron B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the British! i`am an American and please don`t call a bunch of fat guys with pads,helmets, and who knows what else FOOTBALL.....it`s embarising...call it HELMETBALL seriously!
foot- they use it 5% of the time
ball- a ball should be round?!
HELMETBALL! from now on! ok?
2007-01-22 04:42:47 · answer #8 · answered by acmilan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was the British
2007-01-22 04:40:42 · answer #9 · answered by david4thelord 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the brits!!
how can the yanks call it football,,,????
its not a ball, and you use your hands mainly??
surely that should make it ovalhand or something!!!!
2007-01-22 04:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by mikey101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋