Any Brits in Edmonton?
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Any Brits in Edmonton?
Hello...
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Hello...
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
1) Rugby Football
2) Association Football (as it was originally known)
3) Australian Rules Football
4) Canadian football
5) American Football
Further In SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand Association Football is known as soccer (or some local 'patois' name). It is known as football only (to my knowledge) amongst brits and in the british isles (these of course constitutes 4 countries)
Over to you Grah
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Should we get technical and say that true football is now called Rugby and that in fact there are (in the 'english' speaking world alone) at least 5 'sports' which ay one point or another had the word football in there name.
1) Rugby Football
2) Association Football (as it was originally known)
3) Australian Rules Football
4) Canadian football
5) American Football
Further In SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand Association Football is known as soccer (or some local 'patois' name). It is known as football only (to my knowledge) amongst brits and in the british isles (these of course constitutes 4 countries)
Over to you Grah
1) Rugby Football
2) Association Football (as it was originally known)
3) Australian Rules Football
4) Canadian football
5) American Football
Further In SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand Association Football is known as soccer (or some local 'patois' name). It is known as football only (to my knowledge) amongst brits and in the british isles (these of course constitutes 4 countries)
Over to you Grah
And if you want to get really technical it's their name not there name.
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Hello...
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
We are a young(ish) English-Canadian couple who have just moved (about a month ago) to Edmonton with our one-year-old daughter. Just wondering if there are any other Brits in Edmonton who would be interested in meeting up for a pint/coffee/whatever! Our interests are football (sports generally), music, travel ... all the usual stuff. We're hoping to meet like-minded people for friendship and possibly to watch the football with when the new season starts!
Cheers!
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Anyone got a good deal with Setanta on cable as the footie season is looming?
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Taken from wiki.
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The rules of football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, and the name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of the word "association", often credited to former England captain Charles Wreford-Brown.[47]
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Taken from wiki.
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
The rules of football were codified in England by the Football Association in 1863, and the name association football was coined to distinguish the game from the other forms of football played at the time, specifically rugby football. The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as a slang abbreviation of the word "association", often credited to former England captain Charles Wreford-Brown.[47]
Taken from wiki.
Taken from wiki.
Tell you what, if any of the nations you mention (SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore or Thailand) ever win a World Cup, then I may consider calling it 'Soccer'. However, until that time comes I think I'll follow Fifa's lead and refer to it as 'football' as per their WORLD Cup website.
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Wow, thanks for the history lesson Butch. Bet your dinner parties are fascinating!
Tell you what, if any of the nations you mention (SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore or Thailand) ever win a World Cup, then I may consider calling it 'Soccer'. However, until that time comes I think I'll follow Fifa's lead and refer to it as 'football' as per their WORLD Cup website.
Tell you what, if any of the nations you mention (SA, USA, Canada, NZ, Australia, PNG, Samoa, India, Pakistan, Singapore or Thailand) ever win a World Cup, then I may consider calling it 'Soccer'. However, until that time comes I think I'll follow Fifa's lead and refer to it as 'football' as per their WORLD Cup website.
SA, NZ and Australia have all won the World Cup.
I also believe, but could be wrong, that India and Pakistan have won the World Cup.
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Re: Any Brits in Edmonton?
Furthermore 'my dear boy', isn't it also rather presumptious of you to assume that I am male.....women can have an opinion on sport too you know!