why are oldham athletic fc nicknamed the latics?
816443
'Latic' is a derivative of Athletic, hence its association with both Wigan and Oldham. As a Rochdale fan, I am aware of many other words/phrases to describe Oldham and its football team, but don't want reporting for abuse!
759027
i am from Liverpool..but don't know any of these names...i will put the feelers out though, i will ask around....i hope you find them...good luck with your search
930421
I quite like Man U. That's coming from a Spurs Fan. They have an excellent youth system. Not like Arsenal who buy youth and Chelsea who buy everyone who isn't nailed down. Man U keep things traditional and are bringing through the future of English Football unlike Chelsea who are crippling the English game. It's good we are seeing the cream of the crop in the premiership but not all in one team. And spending 20 million plus on players and leaving them to rot on the bench or the reserves.
914430
It's this weird jealousy thing that "oh, Man Utd have fans everywhere around the world so they are not REAL fans like us City fans."  Stupid basically. Manchester is bug enough to support two sides so good on them. \n\nJust wish the Bitters would wake up and spend money better so there would be a real rivalry for trophies not just stupid derby matches. Then again what successful side wears powder/sky blue. Too lame as a color for your strip no matter the tradition.
886146
You've already got 3 very good answers,so all i need to say is the club is called Tottenham Hotspur,not Hotspurs!!\n\nCOME ON YOU SPURS!!
1058693
The word soccer comes came from "assoc.", which is an abbreviated version of "association football".\n\n\n"From alteration of assoc., abbreviation of association football".
495857
A Wigan fan, A Portsmouth fan, and a Notts Forest fan are all speaking to God. \n\nWigan Fan:  God, When will my team be champions of Europe.\n\nGod:  Not in your life time my child. \n\nPortsmouth Fan:   God, When will my team be champions of Europe.\n\nGod:  Not in your life time my child. \n\nNotts Forest Fan: God, When will my team be champions of Europe.\n\nGod:  Not in MY life time my child.
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Am and always will be.\n\nManchester United has everything: drama, controversy, action, scandal, excitement, talent, blood, grit, guts, hope, and most of all, FOOTBALL. They REPRESENT football around the world.\n\nNo other football club around the world is as fascinating and blood-pumping as Man Utd, whether you look at the bad or good side.
966279
Reading & Preston North End. I can't remember the reasons but they can demand to play in their home kits at all time. Reading is something to do with being 'The Royals' & being in the Queen's county
440290
The club was founded on March 15, 1892 by John Houlding. Houlding was the owner of Anfield, and decided to form his own team after Everton left Anfield in an argument over rent. The original name was to be Everton FC but was changed to Liverpool FC after the FA refused to recognise the team as Everton. Two years later they were elected to the Football League.
836189
Yes but Soccer was in fact invented as a name in the UK even though we call the game football.\n\n\n\nThe English still called it a game of "football" because the ball was played primarily with the feet but in the late 18th Century, the word, "soccer", was first used by a student of Oxford University by the name of Charles Wreford Brown. The students at Oxford were known for using slang where they added "er" to the end of words that they intentionally shortened. The game of Rugby was called "rugger". Brown shortened the word "association" and added "er" and the term "soccer" was born.\n\nhttp://ezinearticles.com/?The-Origin-of-Soccer&id=244527
277873
if you mean team . right now it is Chelsea because they are top of the league if you mean of all time it is Liverpool because thy have won more trophies than any other team(yes that includes man .utd).
387446
It's an acrnym for the wonderful....MANCHESTER UNITED of course.\n\n\nhttp://thebaldchemist.blogspot.com
341983
Because they are named after the bird, the European bird, the magpie.  Hence, they are called the Magpies.  The Magpie bird is black and white.\n\nYes, they are named after a bird....the chicken would have been better...ever see Shearer hide when Manchester United show up?
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It's a contraction of 'Association Football.' The term originated in England in 1863, because there were already other forms of football at the time. Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa also call it 'soccer' or 'association football.' Italy calls it 'calcio.'
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Why soccer? \nI am an Englishman that has taken on himself a personal crusade to respond to comments regarding the use of the "American" word for football. I have seen them over and over again on the worldwide computer news network, USENET, in its rec.sport.soccer newsgroup where I have been an active contributor for several years. \nTo love the game of football is to love it's rich history also. It particularly disturbs me when modern fans of the game less conversed in this history do not fully understand that the word "soccer" is an English, _not_ American word derived from the second syllable of the word "association". \n\n"Soccer" was originally called "association football" during the formation of the Football Association in England in the 1860s. This was to maintain a distinction from the other football game being organised in England at the same time based on the handling codes, whilst Association Football conformed to the dribbling codes. The other football came to be known as "rugby" football, named after the Rugby School in England, where it is said that a certain young student, William Webb Ellis, picked up the ball in his hands during an association football match and ran with it over the goal line. Master Ellis asked his teacher, who was refereeing, if that was a goal. The reply was, "No, but it was a jolly good 'try'", which is where one of the rugby scoring terms comes from. Rugby Union was formally organised by 1871, but suffered another split by 1893 when Rugby League was formed. I digress. \n\nNear the end of 1863, Charles Wreford-Brown, who later became a notable official of the Football Association, was asked by some friends at Oxford whether he cared to join them for a game of "rugger" (rugby). He is said to have refused, preferring instead to go for a game of "soccer" - a play on the word "association". The name caught on. \n\nEnglish public schoolboys love to nickname things, then as much as now. The tendency is to add "er" to the end of many words. Rugby [Union] Football became "rugby", and then "rugger". Association Football was better know as "assoccer" and naturally evolved into "soccer" which is much easier for a schoolboy to say... \n\nTherefore, the word "soccer" has been used in the mother country of all football-type games since at least the mid-19th century. The word "football", however, was more descriptive of the game (i.e. kicking a ball with the feet!) and was the term more frequently used. The British exported the game, so naturally the word "football" was the name mostly used all over the world. In recent decades it has been noted that the word "soccer" is apparently increasing in usage. The word "football" still appears in formal designations, however, in for example, Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The word "soccer" is more commonly used in several countries around the world that play other forms of football. When Australians say "football", they mean Australian Rules football instead [Well in southern states they do, in the north they mean Rugby League]. The Irish have Gaelic football. In the USA and Canada, of course, there is Gridiron football. Rugby Union, Rugby League, Australian Rules, Gaelic, American and Canadian football all owe their roots to Association football. With the exception of Gaelic Football, they all use an ovoid shaped ball. None is as popular around the world as Association football. \n\n"Football" is the world standard name for "soccer". I always used the word "football" (and still do, wherever I can). The word "soccer", however, is engrained into the origins of the modern game of association football as much as any other aspect of The Game much of the world enjoys today
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I'm not a huge football fan but the name football doesn't make any sense because you rarely use your foot.  I think fumball is a gr8 name.