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Postby Dissident » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:11 am

Man it's a pet hate of mine these days.

When referring to the "Codes" of "football" in our country, it's Union, League, AFL and soccer (or football now).

I'm afraid of our game (Australian Rules Football) being labelled as AFL.
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:18 am

DISS here in the eastern states they all call our game AFL.

going to the footy here means going to league or union.

going to our code (footy)hear means going to the AFL :D
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Postby smac » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:23 am

Unfortunately all of the news websites have taken it upon themselves to change it, they link to AFL, LEAGUE, UNION, FOOTBALL.

Gives me the tom tits as well.
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Postby MagicKiwi » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:41 pm

When we came over from the Shaky Isles, it was Aussie Rules Football.
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Postby TroyGFC » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:42 pm

I still call it Aussie Rules, Soccer, League, Union and Grition
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Postby PhilG » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:35 pm

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Postby Sam_goUUUdogs » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:23 pm

Its not afl, thats a league within the sport, sport is Aussie Rules, or Footy, ''soccer'' is Football. IMO
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Postby Wedgie » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:49 pm

Football, just have a look at the sport that has been on the official clubs names/monickers for over 100 years.

There's no complexity about it.
There's football (AFL, SANFL, etc)
Rugby League (or League)
Rugby Union (or Rugby)
Soccer

Simple, always has been that way and always will be.
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Postby Mr66 » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:01 pm

Wedgie wrote:Football, just have a look at the sport that has been on the official clubs names/monickers for over 100 years.

There's no complexity about it.
There's football (AFL, SANFL, etc)
Rugby League (or League)
Rugby Union (or Rugby)
Soccer

Simple, always has been that way and always will be.


Typical of soccer administrators to stuff it up :roll:
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Postby Mr66 » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:06 pm

PhilG wrote:It's Football, Soccer, Rubgy(Thugby) and Gridiron.
And it pisses me right off that the FFA are making the media confuse everyone except those in NSW and Queensland!



Its called 'American football'.
Its an oxymoron I know, but we shouldn't criticise people getting our game wrong
if we can't get others correct.
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Postby PhilG » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:24 pm

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Postby Ian » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:22 am

MagicKiwi wrote:When we came over from the Shaky Isles, it was Aussie Rules Football.

It sill is, AFL is a league, just like the WAFL, SANFL SAAFL, RMFL etc. etc., the way they (and the media) have tried to rename the whole game is a disgrace :evil:
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Postby Blue Boy » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:50 pm

I have always gone to watch the footy or gone to footy training at the footy club !!!

So it is Footy for me !!!
It is what it is !!!
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