Why are Charlton Athletic FC nicknamed the Addicks? What is an Addick? I can't find it in any dictionary.?
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It's a corruption of the word 'haddocks'. Think it started in the thirties. Charlton always treated the opposition to fish & chips, they didn't bother to ask everyone what they wanted, just ordered haddock & chips for all. The visiting team would call them the haddocks, ie; ''we're playing the haddocks next''. Over time it became corrupted to 'addicks'.
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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 believe "seltik" is the name of the basketball team; "keltik" is the name of the people who lived in the British Isles.\n\nAdditional: I was thinking of the Boston Celtics.  Interesting to find out that there's another team out there called the Celtics too!
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Ah Fred, it wasn't so long ago when you suggested that the Addicks opening fixture against the Hammers was a 6 pointer. I scoffed at it then, but it appears that you had some premonition.\nThe Addicks need to convert home games into wins to stay up, just like Fulham did last season, it's as simple as that.
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Use a name that has something to do with your life.\nMine would be.....Withoutapaddle United,Lost City,Ruin Rovers,Lovelost Wanderers etc
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The word "soccer" originates in England. It was originally an Oxford and Cambridge university slang word derived from the full title of the game, which was "Association Football", to distinguish it from "Rugby Football", which in similar fashion was called "Rugger" (although now it is usually just called "Rugby"). The name "soccer" is still used in Britain, although much less frequently than "Football".\n\nWhen the game began to become popular in the USA, the name "Football" could not be used there, because the title was already in use to describe what in Britain is called "American Football", so the substitute "Soccer" was used instead.
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Now now Tigger, we all know there are loads of UTD'S but what he is trying to say is, the word UNITED is mostly linked to \nMAN (UNITED) so go bounce off a cliff or something!!
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Darren bent would definitely have been in there, highest english scorer in the premiership and doesn't even get on the stand by list? unbelievable! if was playing for any of the top clubs (chelsea, man u, arsenal etc) he would have been in. i would have dropped beckam, he is passed it and the only trick in his bag is free kicks, which lamps or gerrard can do just as well!!
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It is as above but spelt Andrei Kanchelskis. \n\nHe played for Man U, Everton and Glasgow Rangers.
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DAvid Beckham is currently playing for Real Madrid. in the spanish league namely laliga . laliga is the top league in spain .contarary to other post from my understanding of media coverage David Beckham is to return to the premier league in england this summer the team he will goto is disputed and will only be answered when he signs a contract. the teams linked with his move are Arsenal football club and chelsea football club . sorry just to add some people know our leuge in england as EPL. chelsea fc have the advantage of having more money to spend but arsenal fc have the advantage of having victoria beckham as a fan (wink). i do know that the beckhams cannot stay in spain too long as they have broken the law there by naming there child cruz who is a boy and cruz in spain is a girls name and you cannot have same sex names in spain . cruz translates to cross. ( i must have too much time on my hands :)  .
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Arsenhole.\n\nOh, excuse me, that's already a name of a real football team.  ;oP
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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".
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It's almost been 24 hours and I still can't believe this.  Shaun Wright Phillips is left off the squad.  Defoe is on the reserve squad...but Walcott is on the starting squad.  Gamble or dumb move?  I think it's a dumb move.  Here in the states, Bruce Arena is smart enough to leave Freddie Adu out this year....because he is too young with too little experience.  But the Swede selects Walcott.  Unbelievable!  Total slap in the face to SWP.
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It's a contraction of the name "association football"
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What has this to do with English Football?  Did I miss something obvious?
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The accepted origin of the word "soccer" is that its a contraction of the word "Association" with reference to "Association Football". The Football Association was formed in October 1863 when the rules were standardised by a meeting of eleven clubs. With one of the written rules now being that the carrying of the ball was not permitted this finally set in stone the biggest practical different between Association Football and Rugby Football.\n\nIn 1889 the word was "socca", later it was "socker" in 1891 and finally seemed to settle on "soccer" by 1895. The word is supposed to have evolved in University slang, created by shortening the word "Association" and adding "er". They had other expressions such as "brekkers" for "breakfast" and "rugger" for "rugby."\n\nWhile this seems a relatively acceptable version of the origin, and it does seem reasonble if these references started appearing in literature a couple of decades after the "association" was formed, there are a couple of things which put doubts in my mind.\n\nFirstly it doesn't exactly follow the established rules for these Oxford contractions. Instead of merely chopping the last syllable off the word and adding "er", they remove the last two syllables, also remove the first letter of the word, then change the soft "c"s in the word to hard "c"s, before adding the "er". Okay, so maybe following the normal rules does produce the less desirable "asser", but why didn't this word become at least "sosser"?\n\nSecondly, there is an alternative theory which fits rather well and, like the game itself, is considerably older than a hundred and fifty years.\n\n"fut ball" edict origin of soccerFootball has roots thousands of years ago across many countries of the world but in England it became taken up by the working classes and frowned upon by those in authority and the upper classes. It was a very rough and dangerous sport at first, known as "mob football" and was little more than a violent street battle. The first use of the phrase "football" or rather "fut ball" was in 1424 in the editc reproduced on the right, but what about "soccer"?\n\nIf you look up at the closest-sounding modern word, "sock", a couple of interesting points appear. The modern word comes from an old English word spelt "socc". More interestingly this was not a snug, fabric covering as it is today, but back then it meant a light shoe and it comes from the Latin "soccus". The word "socc" to mean "shoe" first appeared in 725AD but was there any evidence of it relating to football?\n\nWhen Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Carlisle Castle in Tudor times it is documented that she watched the game of football, indeed her retinue played for two hours "strongly" and "skillfully". And, by an amazing coincidence, on this map of Carlisle Castle, it is remarkable to note that certain fields are labelled "Castle Soceries".\n\nSo could this be proof that in medieval times the game was also known as "soccer" and played by those wearing "soccs" on ground known as "soceries"... with the players "socking" the ball? It is certainly very far from being proof and sadly this circumstantial evidence is all there is to this theory. There appears to be no written evidence putting the word "socc" in the context of football but it remains an interesting mystery.
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can you imagine trying to put something like Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima on the back of a jersey? (by the way that's Ronaldo's full name), I think it's just easier, like Ronaldhino (which means little Ronaldo), goes by that name to distiguish himself from other football players with the name Ronaldo. by the way, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira is Ronaldhino and he added Gaucho to that at one point...think about the font size to get that on the back of his jersey...you wouldn't be able to read it from a foot away.\n\nFred isn't just Fred...his name is Frederico Chaves Guedes....