Football Club Names

I know. That’s the beauty of it, they would soon realise just how pampered they are.

Mmm – I rather like that last thought of yours. The problem is most of them wouldn’t last 5 minutes on a rugger pitch.

The difference between Football and Rugby is….

Football is a Gentlemens’ game played by yobs.

Rugby is a yobs’ game played by Gentlemen.

That should wind a few people up!

Not me mate I totally agree. Another thing. How many professional footballers would even think of getting out of bed for what a professional rugby player makes in a year? Not many. That is a thought make professional footballers play professional rugby for one season on rugby money if they dare to complain their club is underpaying them.

More fluency in League.
Union is too much kick into touch.

It wasn’t always that way though.

Soccer is the abbreviated form of Association Football, which is more commonly called football. At school we played both games so they were known as soccer and rugger, the two names which have stuck with me.

More to the point, why do the Americans call it “soccer”??

And, for that matter, why is it American Football, when half the time the ball gets carried around?! :rolleyes:

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So what is rugby league?;)

The difference between Football and Rugby is….

Football is a Gentlemens’ game played by yobs.

Rugby is a yobs’ game played by Gentlemen.

That should wind a few people up!

No score draws – what’s that all about?

I’ve never understood the appeal of a game where they can play for an hour and a half and end up with not only no winner but no scores.

Here’s another vote for rugger – never really enjoyed soccer and started playing rugger at 10/11 and never looked back. I no longer enjoy watching as much as I used to -playing days long since behind me – there is less open play and less fluency, but it still beats soccer hands down, for me.

Likewise. I was put out of the game for the rest of the season by an injury at work when I was 19 and never started playing again but wish I had. Oh well too late to worry about it now.

More fluency in League.
Union is too much kick into touch.

Here’s another vote for rugger – never really enjoyed soccer and started playing rugger at 10/11 and never looked back. I no longer enjoy watching as much as I used to -playing days long since behind me – there is less open play and less fluency, but it still beats soccer hands down, for me.

I don’t know why but I never took to football at all. I got lucky when I went to secondary school (no silly comprehensives in those days either Grammar School or Sec Mod and I wasn’t brainy enough for the Grammar school) as we had two male PE teachers in the school one of whom was an Englishman who would not teach rugby if he could help it and the other eas a Welshman who taught both with equal enthusiasm and would teach football on one pitch and rugby on the other at the same time. My first sports session with him started off with me on the rugby pitch and I never looked back.
I admit to being a sucker for punishment but I did enjoy rugby.

I was forced into rugger by my school. The head thought he was at Eaton or something! Rugger and Cricket were the only team sports he allowed.
He retired in our 3rd year and footy was introduced, we were like prisoners set free and played footy until it hurt. This was in the days of Best, Osgood etc. Hence, I like both but my heart is with footy.

Whatever, I still prefer rugby. What can you expect from someone who has never liked football in his life?

The true etymology of a Ball is that it is spherical.

Rugger players do it with a damaged bladder.

Football club names who cares? I’ll take notice when they start playing with a proper shaped ball.

We say Munchin Gladrags, what more do they want!

If they spoke English there would be no bother.