hey, translate for the bloke. A Football thread that not the pointy thing we americans mistake for football.
Actually, the limeys used to call it soccer too for a long time. Association football (asoccer, or soccer), in contrast to rugger.
You are very correct, a lot of my countrymen, particularly from a working class background, can get exorcised when someone calls it Soccer.
I got into Nuffle in the 80s though. With no reason, Elway and the perennially losing Super Bowl Denver Broncos were my choice. Hopefully just the thought of Super Bowl XXII will cheer some of you up! I lost interest after they won in the late 90s so wasn't really bothered about Peyton Manning's win.
Long and short, I'm fine and should be able to tell between the two sports without going mad!