Liverpool European Champions

[Cookie]

I know the most of you here don't like football but that game last night (wed. night) was the best game I have ever seen most probably, and I don't support either side.

Just to say that if you have never seen a football match before watch that one, Liverpool v AC Milan, I garantee you'll be a soccer fan for life!

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/index.html

[Surly]

It was... stunning. How a team as poor as Liverpool can come back like that... Respect to Rafa and Stevie G, because they are much better than the mediocraty at Anfield.

Well done, Liverpool! Shame you won't be able to defend it...

[rklenseth]

You might want to say that your are talking about soccor. Most Americans know football as another term and are probably scratching their heads right now wondering what you're talking about.

Any game that is close, even if you don't support the teams, is always exciting.

[Nick]

Just to say that if you have never seen a football match before watch that one, Liverpool v AC Milan, I garantee you'll be a soccer fan for life!

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/index.html

How would watching a football game make me like soccer?

[Birdsall007]

You might want to say that your are talking about soccor. Most Americans know football as another term and are probably scratching their heads right now wondering what you're talking about.

Any game that is close, even if you don't support the teams, is always exciting.

I think most of the world automatically think of football as soccer.

I may be showing my ignorance here with regards American football, but I'd like to know how much of the game involves kicking the ball. I know it involves lots of padding, and people running full pelt at each other, and throwing the ball forward, but does the ball ever actually touch someone's foot?

[Nick]

I think most of the world automatically think of football as soccer.

Definately not most Cantrians.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

I know it involves lots of padding, and people running full pelt at each other, and throwing the ball forward, but does the ball ever actually touch someone's foot?

That's what I've always wondered. Well, actually the ball does a few times, but not enough to call it football. Definitely not as much as it does in soccer. Makes more sense to me that soccer is football in most countries. Dunno why American football is football at all. Ah well, I don't like American football much as well as many sports. Never have watched a soccer game, though I've wanted to for a while now. The only sport that I truly love and will always try to go to the games regularly, is hockey. And I just started watching it this past season.

[Yo_Yo]

We call it soccer because we played football before it. We weren't going to re-name one of our national pastimes to match everyone else. Besides, the kicker touches the ball with his foot plenty of times.

[Birdsall007]

We call it soccer because we played football before it. We weren't going to re-name one of our national pastimes to match everyone else. Besides, the kicker touches the ball with his foot plenty of times.

The kicker kicks the ball, does that mean that no-one else does? I'm sorry, being English, it makes no sense that it was ever called football. It might be simply because I'm not American that it doesn't make sense , any other nationalities want to comment?

Oh, and one other thing, it was only raised because you guys (and gals) were complaining that everyone else calls it football. Let's face it, if you can't remember that everyone else calls it football, why should be bother to call it soccer so that you aren't confused?

[Nick]

Handball was taken?

[Birdsall007]

That'll be it then *grins*

[the_antisocial_hermit]

lol... I'm American and I just stated that I don't think it makes much sense. But then I'm no lover of the sport either...

[TatteredShoeLace]

Only 2 people in american football can kick...the punter and the kicker. Football is for people who cannot run 90 minutes straight, so they have time to rest and call out specialized players for "special teams" plays.

Unlike soccer and rugby (and rugby teams are Rugby FOOTBALL clubs), they can only kick the ball in some circumstances. But I've played all sports, and a rugby ball is by far the hardest to kick. two words: Drop goal

PS- where the other ruggers at? I know we have some

PSS-Loved the Liverpool game, great win

[Birdsall007]

I wondered if rugby would be brought up, it's the game I love. Much more than the other kinds of football anyway.

I didn't realise the players were restricted as to when they can kick the ball. When they kcik it, it has to travel a certain distance, but I've seen games where the kicking the ball just over the opposing team, and running past them has resulted in a try.

Any yes, it is correctly called rugby football, and yes, hands are used more than feet, but there is the fact that people call it rugby all the time and if the word football is used, it is always used in conjuction with the word rugby. So there is never any confusion.

[Cookie]

Rugby, yep, one here too. Used to play for my local youth side but now its more of a hoby.

Football(soccer) is the biggest sport in the world, and funilly enough American sports are some of the smallest. So I think it has more right than anything to call itself football, and it was created first.

Anyway, do you get football on TV in America? Ever? Because your National side is playing us, england, on saturday and I'm guessing thats the first time you would have heard of it.