Re: Championship : Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:32 pm  

No, I mean football. Association football which is what the sport is called, soccer is an alternative name used in the USA and Australia primarily to distinguish between American Football and Aussie Rules respectively.

The football season overlaps with the rugby season for March (think we might have even played a couple of NRC games in February over the last couple of seasons), April, May, August and September.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:31 am  

Throw everything at it yes Griff, but not at risk of the future of the club.

I agree, for me the CC is a worse place without Barrow and Toulouse. Both enjoyable away trips.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:55 am  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

Throw everything at it yes Griff, but not at risk of the future of the club.

I agree, for me the CC is a worse place without Barrow and Toulouse. Both enjoyable away trips.

Toulouse yes, can't agree with Barrow being enjoyable. Takes a day and a half to get there (or at least it feels like that) and I've only ever seen us win once. And it's a dump, and I'm scared of seagulls crapping on me, and I got started on by a young spectacled chap with saliva running down his chin this season. Not one I'll be missing.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:07 am  

Will miss the delights of a Saturday night in Barrow

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:20 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

No, I mean football. Association football which is what the sport is called, soccer is an alternative name used in the USA and Australia primarily to distinguish between American Football and Aussie Rules respectively.

Soccer is of English Public Schools derivation, primarily to distinguish it from Rugger, which was the dominant code at the time.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:26 pm  

Dr Badvibes wrote:

Throw everything at it yes Griff, but not at risk of the future of the club.

You reckon ?

If no one wants to watch, why are we running a huge operation involving almost 100 paid employees ?



Makes no sense.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:34 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Soccer is of English Public Schools derivation, primarily to distinguish it from Rugger, which was the dominant code at the time.

The official name of the sport is association football - fact.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:41 pm  

E.S.O wrote:

The official name of the sport is association football - fact.

Bit like

Rugby league football
Rugby union football
Gaelic football
American football
Canadian football and
Australian Rules football then.

As long as you don't forget the "association" bit, there'll be no problem.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:59 pm  

Right I'll expect you to refer to it as association football from now on then rather than soccer.

Although I'll accept football as a shortened version.

Re: Championship : Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:41 pm  

<chuckle>