Comments on: Know Your Football Codes: Association Football http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/ It's always football season somewhere. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: stoney http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-76742 stoney Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:04:24 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-76742 lads, sorry to go off topic on you here, but i'm gonna be in PERTH the weekend of the 19 TH and really want to watch the English Premier League games that day .. any ideas where i can do this? cheers Stoney stoneylad13@yahoo.com lads, sorry to go off topic on you here, but i’m gonna be in PERTH the weekend of the 19 TH and really want to watch the English Premier League games that day .. any ideas where i can do this?

cheers

Stoney

stoneylad13@yahoo.com

]]> By: Kenson http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-72007 Kenson Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-72007 BTW, your "hatred" of soccer stems from you being socialized in America, the whole "soccer is for communist pansies...etc" bullshit. Had you been born anywhere outside America, you would love the sport more than your wife. BTW, your “hatred” of soccer stems from you being socialized in America, the whole “soccer is for communist pansies…etc” bullshit. Had you been born anywhere outside America, you would love the sport more than your wife.

]]> By: Kenson http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-72006 Kenson Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:30:13 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-72006 All you need for baseball is a wooden stick and a ball, all you need for AMerican football is a egg-shaped ball, same with aussie rules and rugby, all you need for basketball is a hoop and a ball, all you need for volleyball is a net and a ball.....so how is soccer any more "simple"? Its the most popular game because its the funnest and most entertaining game. If there was a more entertaining sport, it would be more popular than soccer. But there isn't. PERIOD. All you need for baseball is a wooden stick and a ball, all you need for AMerican football is a egg-shaped ball, same with aussie rules and rugby, all you need for basketball is a hoop and a ball, all you need for volleyball is a net and a ball…..so how is soccer any more “simple”?

Its the most popular game because its the funnest and most entertaining game. If there was a more entertaining sport, it would be more popular than soccer. But there isn’t. PERIOD.

]]> By: michael http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-53667 michael Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:29:21 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-53667 of all the sports, who is more annoying? manchester united fans, LA Lakers fans, ny yankees fan, aussie rules fans or dallas cowboys fans? to me all these are the most abnoxious people in the world, matter of fact, they should not be considered as sport fans but as dumb people who don't know sports. of all the sports, who is more annoying? manchester united fans,
LA Lakers fans, ny yankees fan, aussie rules fans or dallas cowboys fans? to me all these are the most abnoxious people in the world, matter of fact, they should not be considered as sport fans but as dumb people who don’t know sports.

]]> By: Dave http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-46615 Dave Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:46:02 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-46615 I don't know. I find just as much excitement in Devin Hester returning a kick as I do in Lionel Messi making a move toward goal. But I'm weird that way. I don’t know. I find just as much excitement in Devin Hester returning a kick as I do in Lionel Messi making a move toward goal. But I’m weird that way.

]]> By: telSTAR http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-46609 telSTAR Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:39:54 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-46609 It's interesting to know that football, or soccer as you refer to it, has its origins in a game more akin to rugby where, as in American Football and Australian Rules, the player is allowed to carry the ball. You mentioned the term soccer is used in countries where there is another form of football. That is also the case in parts of Wales, where Rugby football is the most popular game. But above all its the dribbling skills of such past genuises as Pele, Maradonna, George Best and Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne that make soccer the most exciting to watch. I wonder if you would agree. Terry Lane www.BuzzinFootballBlog.co.uk It’s interesting to know that football, or soccer as you refer to it, has its origins in a game more akin to rugby where, as in American Football and Australian Rules, the player is allowed to carry the ball.

You mentioned the term soccer is used in countries where there is another form of football. That is also the case in parts of Wales, where Rugby football is the most popular game.

But above all its the dribbling skills of such past genuises as Pele, Maradonna, George Best and Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne that make soccer the most exciting to watch.

I wonder if you would agree.

Terry Lane
http://www.BuzzinFootballBlog.co.uk

]]> By: Ryan http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-6683 Ryan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:01:07 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/02/27/know-your-football-codes-association-football/#comment-6683 A much better informed article than the previous one you linked to. The reason fans get so passionate is the very nature of the game. By having low scoring but continous play, the energy level builds without any letdowns (for commercials or timeouts), and so a goal scored is a reason for unbridled joy and release of pent-up emotions. But if your team does not give you a reason to release your emotions in healthy cheering, than unstable people will look for other, violent means of release. When you throw in fans from poor areas, who do not have a glut of sports franchises to give their allegiance to, than the excesses can be at least understood (although obviously not forgiven). A much better informed article than the previous one you linked to. The reason fans get so passionate is the very nature of the game. By having low scoring but continous play, the energy level builds without any letdowns (for commercials or timeouts), and so a goal scored is a reason for unbridled joy and release of pent-up emotions. But if your team does not give you a reason to release your emotions in healthy cheering, than unstable people will look for other, violent means of release. When you throw in fans from poor areas, who do not have a glut of sports franchises to give their allegiance to, than the excesses can be at least understood (although obviously not forgiven).

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