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[Eschar]

More good music.

[Loud Whispers]

Did they set off any fireworks? ;P

Unironically yes
I saw Suffolk, Southeast, London Bridge to Peckham, all the way everywhere lads everywhere singing half naked. If they were singing Abba they were gay pride, if they were singing England they were futball

[hops]

What if they did both?

[Doomblade187]

What if they did both?

Maybe they had the game on during the pride parade?

[Yoink]

I mean, some parts of the world refer to rugby as "football". That tends to be pretty homoerotic!   

[hector13]

What parts of the world? The only part of the world I’m aware of that doesn’t refer to actual football as football is where their version of football has only 2 players on a team of 53 that are actually allowed to deliberately touch the ball with a foot.

[Doomblade187]

What parts of the world? The only part of the world I’m aware of that doesn’t refer to actual football as football is where their version of football has only 2 players on a team of 53 that are actually allowed to deliberately touch the ball with a foot.

Well, IIRC, Yoink is an Aussie, so perhaps he refers to Australia?

[scriver]

He means the USA

[Egan_BW]

What parts of the world? The only part of the world I’m aware of that doesn’t refer to actual football as football is where their version of football has only 2 players on a team of 53 that are actually allowed to deliberately touch the ball with a foot.

"Football" refers to the bit where your players are chasing a ball around a field on foot, not the part where they hit the ball with a foot. Considering that games exist where you don't have a single ball and a long field and two teams with goals on either side, Football is basically the same game as Football, which is in turn the same game as hockey, which is the same as basketball. From this point of view it makes sense that you'd have two variations on the game "Football" named respectively American Football and Association Football, the latter of which can be shortened to "Soccer".

[Il Palazzo]

If football is running after a ball on foot, does it mean basketball is running after a ball on baskets?

[Egan_BW]

Probably.

[Rolan7]

If football is running after a ball on foot, does it mean basketball is running after a ball on baskets?

[hector13]

What parts of the world? The only part of the world I’m aware of that doesn’t refer to actual football as football is where their version of football has only 2 players on a team of 53 that are actually allowed to deliberately touch the ball with a foot.

"Football" refers to the bit where your players are chasing a ball around a field on foot, not the part where they hit the ball with a foot. Considering that games exist where you don't have a single ball and a long field and two teams with goals on either side, Football is basically the same game as Football, which is in turn the same game as hockey, which is the same as basketball. From this point of view it makes sense that you'd have two variations on the game "Football" named respectively American Football and Association Football, the latter of which can be shortened to "Soccer".

Soccer being the logical abbreviation, taking part of the word that nobody remembers is part of the name of the sport, of course

[Doomblade187]

Oh, earlier, I meant regarding rugby. I'm American, so I have to deal with that bullshit name replication.

[KittyTac]

Russia calls soccer "futbol", rugby "regby", and... American football "Amerikanskiy futbol".