Why is Football Called Soccer?

Football has long been a game played in England by the feet and head, hence the term Foot ball, as one would kick a ball with the foot. However in the most of the World it is called soccer. It has often be a bug bare of mine as why a game would be called differently in various parts of the world. So having done some research I figured I would share this gem with you.

The English created a game played using feet and named it Football. To give its full name it is called Association Football. Then one fine day in some posh school in England some one had the clever idea of picking up the football and running with it, and thereby creating the game of Rugby Football. To stop the confusion between the Rugby and Football Fan the people in England started to called it soccer.

When the game was exported to different parts of the planet all countries in Africa refer to it as Football, however in the United States of America and in Australia they had their own variants of football played using the hands. Go figure, imagine calling a game played with your hands Football. There is a World Governing Body Called FIFA and a European Association called UEFA. In both terms the word football is prominent to emphasise that it is the only game that is played with the feet. In South Africa the World Cup of Football will be played this Summer, hosting teams from all over the world. It it truly the only global game.

So the name Soccer was actually created in England and not by the Yanks I had thought, And to boot it was from the word Association.

Rob Sheep is a Liverpool football fan and a telecommunications guru with over 10 years experience in the telecoms business. His latest post on call Spain reviews the cheapest way to call Africa. He also advices on how make free international calls.