Humor World Cup 2010

Andy44 said:
So I always wondered why it's called "soccer" in the US...turns out the term came from the UK!
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:lol: We have the same term here (EDIT: I should point out that Football Federation Australia is not so keen on it though ;)).

Now, if you can just explain why a game that involves mostly carrying & throwing the ball is called "football"...
 
Touch "footie" is big in Australia too. And the only time you use your feet in that game is at a tap-off (or penalty tap). No kicking of any sort allowed.

You Aussies are a strange bunch... ;)

(We call it touch rugby up here. Technically, it's just called "Touch", but most people call it touch rugby.)
 
We used to play Touch with League rules, basically league with touching instead of tackling
 
tl8 said:
We used to play Touch with League rules, basically league with touching instead of tackling
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I played it for some time on my university, its really fun. Even faster than Union or League, when played properly. Its derived from Rugby League here, but played with six players per team.

I hope to find a new team one day, the university sadly cut the funding for such "extreme sports" and the only option left here is join the Rugby League team and play a bit of Touch in the winter months.
 
tl8 said:
We used to play Touch with League rules, basically league with touching instead of tackling
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Indeed. We hate people like you (not literally, btw) who enter F.I.T. Touch tournaments playing League rules. Always running past the mark of touch, passing after touch, using too much force to make the touch, etc... And then get frustrated when the ref penalises them and start kicking off... :lol:

It's a great game. I started playing about 2 years ago, but spent most of last year injured - that's what happens when you take up a sport in your early 30s after one and a half decades of doing no sport at all! In the time I was injured, though, I spent my time refereeing instead. I'm on the verge of being a level 2 ref - I've done the course, but I haven't been assessed yet.

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Urwumpe said:
I played it for some time on my university, its really fun. Even faster than Union or League, when played properly. Its derived from Rugby League here, but played with six players per team.

I hope to find a new team one day, the university sadly cut the funding for such "extreme sports" and the only option left here is join the Rugby League team and play a bit of Touch in the winter months.
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I'm sure you've already tried it, but just in case you haven't, there's always this website:

http://www.touchdeutschland.de/touch/

If you join a team quickly and get good enough, you can play for Germany at the Euros in Bristol at the end of this month... :thumbup:

I'll be going, but only as a spectator this time. Maybe as a ref at the next one.
 
bujin said:
I'm sure you've already tried it, but just in case you haven't, there's always this website:

http://www.touchdeutschland.de/touch/

If you join a team quickly and get good enough, you can play for Germany at the Euros in Bristol at the end of this month... :thumbup:

I'll be going, but only as a spectator this time. Maybe as a ref at the next one.
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I did, and this here would be the most likely option...once I finally settled in Berlin.

http://www.touchberlin.de/

But for now, I am just in the middle of nowhere...

Actually, I was once almost on my way to the Euros, the Germans then still had the style of "Who has time and money to pay the trip plays". I just had also an exam at that time. Not sure if I would be qualified this time. :lol:

Some Berlin people might remember me, we had already met on a small Tournament in Braunschweig.
 
So now there's confusion about "touch football" too? We often play a no-tackle version of American football which we call touch football or two-hand touch, which allows you to play without pads and helmets, so any small guys and girls can play, and you can even play on a paved parking lot or in the street. Basically, you can't hit hard or tackle, but you can push and shove and you "tackle" by putting two hands on the ball-carrier. You don't even need a football; when I was in grammar school we used to play with a tennis ball because it's soft and a kid can carry it in his book bag to school.

A variation on this is "flag football", which means you have a peice of cloth or a streamer hanging off your waist which must be pulled off of you to constitute a "tackle", instead of using two-hands touch.

Of course, when you're informally playing one of these games with all adult males on a grass field with no umpire, it can still be quite violent, as hard physical blocking is allowed and defensive linemen will try to literally run over the offensive line to get to the quarterback. At some point you just say the hell with it and play full-on tackle, being careful to note that nobody is wearing pads.
 
Urwumpe said:
Actually, I was once almost on my way to the Euros, the Germans then still had the style of "Who has time and money to pay the trip plays". I just had also an exam at that time. Not sure if I would be qualified this time. :lol:
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I'm some way off international quality. Heck, I'm some way off division 99 quality! Unfortunately, I'm part of the only club in North Wales, so we have no league to play in and have to make do with one-off games against whoever we can and enter the occasional tournament.

I played at the National Touch Series in Manchester last month against some proper international players. That was really hard work! There were 19 awesome Touch teams, a massive gulf in quality, then us at the bottom! We scored one touchdown in the day and conceded 33! :lol: Superb day out though.

Andy44 said:
So now there's confusion about "touch football" too? We often play a no-tackle version of American football which we call touch football or two-hand touch, which allows you to play without pads and helmets, so any small guys and girls can play, and you can even play on a paved parking lot or in the street. Basically, you can't hit hard or tackle, but you can push and shove and you "tackle" by putting two hands on the ball-carrier.
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In Touch, you would be instantly penalised if you use anything more than minimum force to make the touch, and if you do it several times, you will be sent off. You only need to use one hand too. Given that teams are often mixed, it's probably a good rule! :thumbup:

A variation on this is "flag football", which means you have a peice of cloth or a streamer hanging off your waist which must be pulled off of you to constitute a "tackle", instead of using two-hands touch.
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This is called "tag rugby" over here. I've never played it. I think it's supposed to be quite big in Ireland.
 
bujin said:
I'm some way off international quality. Heck, I'm some way off division 99 quality! Unfortunately, I'm part of the only club in North Wales, so we have no league to play in and have to make do with one-off games against whoever we can and enter the occasional tournament.
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I was back then at least good enough to score with a good team against better teams. Maybe the German team would still have gotten some punishment with me, maybe we would have surprised some other teams... I don't know.
 
cjp said:
That proves my incompetence in predicting soccer. I don't really care though.

What will be the team that kicks the Netherlands out? Maybe Germany in the final?
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I'm still a steadfast believer that they will win the Cup. I'm loving the efficient football, seeing teams like Brazil lose their cool and then capitalizing on it might not be the 'total football' that Holland is famous for, but its winning a lot of games. I'd put my money on Holland-Germany final or Holland-Spain final.
 
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