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Reply With QuotePrecisely, that's why you American friends have got to start getting it right !!!!
Thomas, it's all football. Researching it will give you the difference between Rugby football and Association football. Gridiron football is an offshoot of Rugby football (American Football is a form of gridiron football). Rugby allows handling of the ball and the backwards pass. Even forward passing while handling the ball seems to have ancient roots. All have their background in Great Britain. Google [English public school football games].
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Precisely, that's why you American friends have got to start getting it right !!!!
And..........if you are going to call yours football, and it is so loosely attributed to kicking the ball, we may as well call Darts -Archery !!
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