WindsorSaint Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/11/can-southampton-really-break-into-the-premier-leagues-top-four/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 A few inaccuracies in there but still good to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 A few inaccuracies in there but still good to read. starting with calling football soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colman1860 Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 starting with calling football soccer. The term "soccer" is an abbreviation of "Association Football", used in England to distinguish football from rugby, which was called football way back when (football and rugby originated from the same sport). So the idea of Americans making up a silly word to distinguish football from hand-egg (I know, you didn't say that) isn't correct. Football fans in the US/Canada have to use "soccer" to clarify that they don't mean American football, which is definitely more annoying for them than us. Let's give them a pass on the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 The term "soccer" is an abbreviation of "Association Football", used in England to distinguish football from rugby, which was called football way back when (football and rugby originated from the same sport). So the idea of Americans making up a silly word to distinguish football from hand-egg (I know, you didn't say that) isn't correct. Football fans in the US/Canada have to use "soccer" to clarify that they don't mean American football, which is definitely more annoying for them than us. Let's give them a pass on the word. The word Soccer originated in the paths of dalliance at Oxford, Soccer and Rugger , real people have never called it anything other than football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint George Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 A couple more from this side of the pond......Best quote of the week for me...“It's just like watching England," sang the home support. However, considering that Southampton were playing attack-minded football with width and pace, interchanging positions seamlessly and pressing high without the ball, it clearly wasn't." http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1840940-5-biggest-secrets-of-southamptons-success-this-season#/articles/1840940-5-biggest-secrets-of-southamptons-success-this-season http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tacticsandanalysis/id/2193?cc=5901 http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/10526?cc=5901 About time some peeps let go of the "Soccer" thing...It’s really quite pathetic and displays a certain ignorance of your own history.....As explained by Colman there's good reason for the name and has nothing to do with Association football…..American Football was born from ‘Rugby Football’ and has every right to its name. It’s therefore perfectly logical to call association football “soccer” over here in the same way it was commonly referred to in England prior to the 80’s……When i was a kid, football in England was referred to as soccer as much as it was football and there's still plenty of reference to it in the UK today...do y'all scream at the tv every time "Soccer Saturday" comes on….Go check some of the mags and comics from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tacticsandanalysis/id/2193?cc=5901 I particularly like this one for highlighting the 'role roversal' - with foreign players in those areas that are typically strong 'English' positions, whilst English players comprise pretty much all of the primary attacking positions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentsaint Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 The writer of that article went to itgen college, I've not read it yet so don't know if he's mentioned being from Southampton yet. He got a scholarship I think with Pittsburgh, so I doubt the Americans would really be taking note. When I was out there for 2 months this summer barely any of them knew of us unless they followed a side religiously out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macey_J2 Posted 12 November, 2013 Share Posted 12 November, 2013 Another funny quote from a similar article that i'm reading; “Guly, you’re ****,” exclaims one Southampton fan, standing up and pointing his finger acrimoniously at Saints’ 31-year-old Brazilian attacker. “You must be the only Brazilian who can’t play football,” he continued. Then he sits down calmly, takes a swig on his cup of tea and bites into his steak and kidney pie. Passionate, unorganized and totally encapsulated with the game, that is a typical Saints fan. http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/18/premier-league-supporters-the-dramatic-rise-of-southampton-fc-and-their-fans/ Worth a read. Also has afew classic mush quotes from Mike O’Callghan too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint George Posted 13 November, 2013 Share Posted 13 November, 2013 The writer of that article went to itgen college, I've not read it yet so don't know if he's mentioned being from Southampton yet. He got a scholarship I think with Pittsburgh, so I doubt the Americans would really be taking note. When I was out there for 2 months this summer barely any of them knew of us unless they followed a side religiously out there. Is that so?.....We're getting somewhere between 250k and 1/2 a million peeps watching live Saints games on TV here every week and the number's growing......How many peeps are watching live Saints games over there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 13 November, 2013 Share Posted 13 November, 2013 A couple more from this side of the pond......Best quote of the week for me...“It's just like watching England," sang the home support. However, considering that Southampton were playing attack-minded football with width and pace, interchanging positions seamlessly and pressing high without the ball, it clearly wasn't." http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1840940-5-biggest-secrets-of-southamptons-success-this-season#/articles/1840940-5-biggest-secrets-of-southamptons-success-this-season http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/tacticsandanalysis/id/2193?cc=5901 http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/10526?cc=5901 About time some peeps let go of the "Soccer" thing...It’s really quite pathetic and displays a certain ignorance of your own history.....As explained by Colman there's good reason for the name and has nothing to do with Association football…..American Football was born from ‘Rugby Football’ and has every right to its name. It’s therefore perfectly logical to call association football “soccer” over here in the same way it was commonly referred to in England prior to the 80’s……When i was a kid, football in England was referred to as soccer as much as it was football and there's still plenty of reference to it in the UK today...do y'all scream at the tv every time "Soccer Saturday" comes on….Go check some of the mags and comics from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s Of course, logically, they should call baseball "American rounders". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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