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<blockquote data-quote="BLR" data-source="post: 180707"><p>And An Tarbh also said that the game itself had it's own Gaelic name, nothing to do with the word 'football'. As for the formation of Association football, just because the game was formalised in 1863 does not mean that it didn't exist before then, plus the myth of the formation of Aussie Rules 150 years ago is just that, a bit of spin by AFL to gain legitamacy, it was basically rugby with a few differing laws here and there.</p><p></p><p>If we were to argue that Aussie Rules is older then Association Football then why is it that Aussie Rules is so isolated, they had a world without any sports to colonise....yeah right.... the first game is claimed to have been played 150 years ago, althought, as I mentioned it was rugby with some rules changed....yet Footballs first game? Well, we could probably put that back thousands of years if we had correct sources. The game was not the same as it is today so if we are too say Football has changed to much then we must argue that we can only go back with Aussie Rules until the current rules....which I assue you will be far less then 150 years, as back then they often decided the rules there and then on the pitch....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BLR, post: 180707"] And An Tarbh also said that the game itself had it's own Gaelic name, nothing to do with the word 'football'. As for the formation of Association football, just because the game was formalised in 1863 does not mean that it didn't exist before then, plus the myth of the formation of Aussie Rules 150 years ago is just that, a bit of spin by AFL to gain legitamacy, it was basically rugby with a few differing laws here and there. If we were to argue that Aussie Rules is older then Association Football then why is it that Aussie Rules is so isolated, they had a world without any sports to colonise....yeah right.... the first game is claimed to have been played 150 years ago, althought, as I mentioned it was rugby with some rules changed....yet Footballs first game? Well, we could probably put that back thousands of years if we had correct sources. The game was not the same as it is today so if we are too say Football has changed to much then we must argue that we can only go back with Aussie Rules until the current rules....which I assue you will be far less then 150 years, as back then they often decided the rules there and then on the pitch.... [/QUOTE]
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