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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 180705"><p>He is putting forward the argument that as association football was the first with the name, hence they are entitled to it....the OTHER football codes, as you said were only created in the 1800's, 1900's for League in Australia at least....association football is the only code that existed in a somewhat similar form 700 years ago....of course the other codes wouldn't bare much resemblence to sports of the time as they weren't even thought up, the development is from association football itself, with probably a few cultural sports here and there, no ancient 'Rugby' game 700 years ago.... [/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Well according to An Tarbh's comment Gaelic Football was an acient precursor to rugby as well. And you're wrong, whatever roots it may claim to have, the reality is Association Football too was formed in the 1863, which was 5 years AFTER Australian Rules Football formed I might add. The fact that they may have played a game termed football where they kicked it along the ground at certain points 700 years ago does not entitle soccer to the exclusive use of the term football any more than Gaelic football or Australian Rules Football.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 180705"] He is putting forward the argument that as association football was the first with the name, hence they are entitled to it....the OTHER football codes, as you said were only created in the 1800's, 1900's for League in Australia at least....association football is the only code that existed in a somewhat similar form 700 years ago....of course the other codes wouldn't bare much resemblence to sports of the time as they weren't even thought up, the development is from association football itself, with probably a few cultural sports here and there, no ancient 'Rugby' game 700 years ago.... [/b][/quote] Well according to An Tarbh's comment Gaelic Football was an acient precursor to rugby as well. And you're wrong, whatever roots it may claim to have, the reality is Association Football too was formed in the 1863, which was 5 years AFTER Australian Rules Football formed I might add. The fact that they may have played a game termed football where they kicked it along the ground at certain points 700 years ago does not entitle soccer to the exclusive use of the term football any more than Gaelic football or Australian Rules Football. [/QUOTE]
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