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english football terms 2

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Olaf Doschke

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Oct 13, 2004
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Hi all,

I am a German, speaking and writing english quite good, but not perfect.

As the football championships is in germany this year, I want to design some welcome t-shirts with old german football sayings (pointingnesses?).

First of all I know in british english the game is called "football", in american english it's "soccer", right?

And "game" is the game itself, if I want to talk about England vs. Germany playing 90 minutes that is called a "match", right? In germany these two are called the same: "Spiel".

And each match is played on the "field", not on the "place", right?

All in all I don't want to make a mistake, so I thought the best thing would be to ask some English / Scottish/ Americans and other people talking english here.

The main theme on each t-shirt will be "football rules", as in "football regulations" or "football rules the world".

And I collected several hundred sayings from which I picked eleven, mostly from Sepp Herberger and translated them to english. Here they are, are these okay?

1. Balls, we need balls!

2. Offside is, when the referee whistles.

3. The ball is round and a match lasts 90 minutes.

4. The round is bound for the rectangular.
(remark: the round = the ball, the rectangular = the goal)

5. The fastest player is the ball.

6. After the match is before the match.

7. Decisive is on the field.

8. The next match is always the hardest match.

9. You got to be eleven friends!

10. Modern plays, who wins.

11. If the ball passes the goalkeeper, most of all that is a goal.

Number 7 is not a whole sentence, but it's also no real sentence in the german original citing, as it was said by a foreign player in broken german. So that is okay as it is. All in all it's not that serious. Nevertheless I'm interested in any feedback on this, even if you are not into football or sport in all.

Bye, Olaf.
 
Hi everyone,

well, I don't earn my living from that shop, but thanks for all your best wishes anyway.

And hejamana: The mafia and the cosa nostra are informed and on the way ;-).

Why this isn't popular there and that isn't popular here? Hmm, the world has shrinked due to tv and the internet. But both of that wasn't that long ago. I hope the variety of sports won't decrease by that. But as fans are not only fans of a certain game, but even more about the teams and players, the ranking of sports will surely only change slow.

Bye, Olaf.
 
I guess I didn't think of looking from the point of a spectator since I'm so used to playing soccer. Watching the game can become boring at times for those not used to the sport. People also complain of the lack of scoring and the slow pace of match. If the USA does well in the World Cup then I'm sure it will help improve the sport!

I still feel deep down that soccer is going to catch on here in the states, I just don't know when!


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Steve Budzynski


"So, pass another round around for the kids. Who have nothing left to lose and for those souls old and sold out by the soles of my shoes"
 
Personally, I think the reason soccer has been slow to captured the imaginations of Americans is not the lack of scoring but rather the infrequent scoring chances.

If you watch a 1-0 hockey game, each team might get 30 to 40 scoring chances and you'll spend the entire game on the edge of your seat. Soccer seems ideally suited for the sports section of the evening news .... I get to see the excellent athleticism and scoring while avoiding all the seemingly aimless milling around in the middle of the field.

Arena (indoor) football yields too much scoring if that's possible. I watched about 10 minutes of a game & it could not hold my interest.

r937: I love watching Canadian football. Wider, longer field, deep endzones, offensive players in motion, the "rouge", and now the Argos will have Ricky Williams for the year.

 
mjkdba said:
...and now the Argos will have Ricky Williams for the year.
Maybe less, if the Mounties catch him with any "wacky tobaccy".

One sports-talk radio show here in New Orleans has taken to playing Bob Marley tunes in the background every time they read a news item about ex-Saint Ricky (lately, they have invariably been drug-related).

Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui!

 
everybody here in toronto is going "ricky williams? yawn"

apparently he is still subject to drug testing by the nfl (and i heard it was 10 tests per month, not sure if that's true, but it would make toking up pretty difficult to get away with)

r937.com | rudy.ca
 
I went to see an American football game once live, Jets vs. Dolphins, it's nothing like they make it look or sound on tv, I was shocked at the difference, it was so normal looking, and boring. I'll take soccer anyday, but Americans have that macho mindset, it'll never catch on big.
 
That's the problem with dating in America... All the macho women. I wish they could be more pacifist, like all those soccer fans stampeding the fields, crushing to death anyone that gets in their way.

~Thadeus
 
I heard soccer fans are having problems with racism during matches.

WHATS UP WITH THAT!?

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Steve Budzynski


"So, pass another round around for the kids. Who have nothing left to lose and for those souls old and sold out by the soles of my shoes"
 
That's the problem with dating in America... All the macho women. I wish they could be more pacifist, like all those soccer fans stampeding the fields, crushing to death anyone that gets in their way.

ROFLMAO

per ardua ad astra
 
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