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This is true, I have noticed a few others which are not ball games aswell. Teams sports or even ball games both seem far too generaler topics for either to be adequately covered in a navbox. It seems there is growing consensus for a split. Elocute 01:50, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
With a few minor revisions, notably adding the word "it" into the phrases "kick off" and "throw in", what is currently sung is a modification of the original refrain: Kick it off, throw it in, have a little scrimmage; Keep it low, a splendid rush, bravo, win or die; On the ball, City, never mind the danger; Steady on, now's your chance; Hurrah!
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports, or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc.), etc. This list does not include idioms derived exclusively from baseball.
The English word football may mean any one of several team sports (or the ball used in that respective sport), depending on the national or regional origin and location of the person using the word; the use of the word football usually refers to the most popular code of football in that region.
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The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association". [5] Within the English-speaking world, association football is now usually called football in the United Kingdom, and mainly soccer in Canada and the United States. Other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand ...