No dude, it was association football, of which soccer became a slang term.
Wikipedia
The word "soccer" originated as an Oxford "-er" slang abbreviation of "association", and is credited to late nineteenth century English footballer, Charles Wreford-Brown.[sup][8][/sup]However, like the William Webb Ellis rugby story, it is believed to be most likely apocryphal
From your 'source'
a·poc·ry·phal
[uh-pok-ruh-fuhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.
of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
2.
Ecclesiastical .
a.
( initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
b.
of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.
3.
false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.
Don't worry, you always win that game
This is why I hate this trop trapping shit, it just becomes a game of people trying to out dumb each other.
This thread has been gold, Jerry, gold!
While we're making ridiculoussoccer footballoh hell whatever you want to call it ball suggestions, why not add Plexiglas walls like in hockey? It would eliminated lost time due to throw ins and watching players get smashed into them would increase the entertainment value.
Son, I'm about as far from a fratboy as you can get. I think you have some misconceptions about what fratboys are like. Besides, I've mostly written off trapping. I only participate from the sidelines. I coined the phrase, but Reel invented it, lol (we just called it checkers).
This thread has been gold, Jerry, gold!
Was it you that setup the time bomb on Heisman in the NBA thread with waides-Perkins comparison too? If so, Bravo for today.I honestly thought robert was doing a lot of trapping on nutopia, but I guess those were just his real opinions.
I blame the "like" button for the devolution of myself, whiskey_brick, g8r, and brewin_mad. Say some outlandish shit and get a few likes, and suddenly that's the tune you dance to.
I honestly thought robert was doing a lot of trapping on nutopia, but I guess those were just his real opinions.
I do it sometimes. But yourself and Travis seem to do it every post.
I feel like im obligated to play along.
Eeyore has too deep a voice. Michael Cera is just how I've pictured you after hearing you on pro clubsCharlie Brown and Michael Cera? I'm not liking this trend.
Is Eeyore next?
HandeggWe should really call ours Throwball, but it sounds kind of stupid. Just like a league called Major League Soccer.
Not sure why my alpha male bravado isn't coming through.