Quote Originally Posted by Prussian Iron View Post
meh. i never liked soccer. maybe it was the fact that i was forced to play when i was 7(8?) or, maybe that i just dont like a sport that you only use your feet in. anyway, whatever.
In soccer(football) you can use you entire body with, of course, the exception of your arms.

Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
Yeah PI, because a sport that you only use your feet in and focuses on a ball is not football.

You need a simple way to say the difference.

Here, football could mean a number of things, so we keep it simple

Union: Rugby Union
League: Rugby League
AFL: Aussie Rules
Grid Iron: American Football (aka: pansies )
Gaelic Football: obvious
Football: soccer

this, of course, depends on the circle of people, if you only talk about league, then that will be football. But in a big group...
They are all called football because they are played on foot with a ball.