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1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

When they meant football did they mean football or “football” or footy?

They mean Association Football, better known by its abbreviated name, Soccer. For some reason, Soccer is a dirty word in Aussie media. They will instead call it "football" (as if it's the only football code around) or "the world game" or "the round ball game".

They can't seem to admit that Association Football is just one of a dozen or more codes of football around the world and has no greater claim to the word "football" than any other code.

The rules of Association Football were codified in 1863. Ours is the older game!

(Meanwhile, the oldest club is Sheffield, 1857.)

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5 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

They mean Association Football, better known by its abbreviated name, Soccer. For some reason, Soccer is a dirty word in Aussie media. They will instead call it "football" (as if it's the only football code around) or "the world game" or "the round ball game".

They can't seem to admit that Association Football is just one of a dozen or more codes of football around the world and has no greater claim to the word "football" than any other code.

The rules of Association Football were codified in 1863. Ours is the older game!

(Meanwhile, the oldest club is Sheffield, 1857.)

Has Sheffield been continuous?

i think you will find there is a year or so in there where they disbanded and then recommenced. 

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31 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Has Sheffield been continuous?

i think you will find there is a year or so in there where they disbanded and then recommenced. 

think it has to do with it not being a senior level club

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1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

They mean Association Football, better known by its abbreviated name, Soccer. For some reason, Soccer is a dirty word in Aussie media. They will instead call it "football" (as if it's the only football code around) or "the world game" or "the round ball game".

They can't seem to admit that Association Football is just one of a dozen or more codes of football around the world and has no greater claim to the word "football" than any other code.

The rules of Association Football were codified in 1863. Ours is the older game!

(Meanwhile, the oldest club is Sheffield, 1857.)

Sheffield plays in div 5 or something like that

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We are the oldest club wearing red and blue, but having changed both the darkness of red and blue, and having changed our mascot from Fuchsias to Demons and having been formed in 1858. So we are older than all living fossils.

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This club Sheffield F.C, was never a top flight or professional club. They are a different entity to the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday that play in the second tier (English Championship) in England. 

 

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48 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

This club Sheffield F.C, was never a top flight or professional club. They are a different entity to the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday that play in the second tier (English Championship) in England. 

 

Thanks for that. I wasn’t sure if it involved those 2 clubs

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3 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

They mean Association Football, better known by its abbreviated name, Soccer. For some reason, Soccer is a dirty word in Aussie media. They will instead call it "football" (as if it's the only football code around) or "the world game" or "the round ball game".

They can't seem to admit that Association Football is just one of a dozen or more codes of football around the world and has no greater claim to the word "football" than any other code.

The rules of Association Football were codified in 1863. Ours is the older game!

(Meanwhile, the oldest club is Sheffield, 1857.)

And then 'Marngrook' .

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20 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

This club Sheffield F.C, was never a top flight or professional club. They are a different entity to the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday that play in the second tier (English Championship) in England. 

 

Who ever heard of a name like Sheffield Wednesday anyway?.........cant be a serious footy club like the Fuchsias!

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7 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Who ever heard of a name like Sheffield Wednesday anyway?.........cant be a serious footy club like the Fuchsias!

When the club first started, the only day the players were able to play was on Wednesday.

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56 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Who ever heard of a name like Sheffield Wednesday anyway?.........cant be a serious footy club like the Fuchsias!

They all own their own stadiums in the UK, so they must be taken seriously i suppose. 

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On 3/4/2019 at 11:14 AM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Thank goodness the AFL didn't have a relegation system in the period 2008 to 2013.

Pretty sure that would kill off a few smaller clubs

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