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Originally Posted by Dee8to10
Yes it is FOOTBALL not soccer. American Football is called AMERICAN Football to differentiate it from the real thing. The word "soccer" is another Americanism to differentiate it from American Football. See how complicated it makes everyone's lives?
But back to the point: Burnley F.C.
Which incidentally is the second vote for the Clarets.
Soon everyone will have heard of us!
Dee, xx.
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I think I have to put the cat among the pigeons here, I always understood that the word "soccer" came from an alteration of "assoc", which is an
abbreviation of "association football". So I checked it up and bingo.....
http://www.gavinrymill.com/origin-of...rd-soccer.html
Now don't you feel better for knowing that
