I think that is where the problem lies.
You call a game, in which you mainly use hands, football and the game of kings, where everyone, barring the goalkeeper and Maradona, only use their feet Soccer!
Weirdos!
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Wed 16 Nov 2005, 13:26,
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Australian football was
officially registered 'Football' before any other game in the world.
but you're right... people here wonder the same thing.
Mind you, what else are we supposed to call it?
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BadLuck13RiotExtravaganza,
Wed 16 Nov 2005, 13:29,
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Aussie Rules Hand and sometimes football?
And call Soccer Football coz that's what it's called :)
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Wed 16 Nov 2005, 13:31,
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