The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #150231 Message #3499658
Posted By: MGM·Lion
06-Apr-13 - 01:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Use of the word 'football'
Subject: RE: BS: Use of the word 'football'
'As late as 1972 the retired headmaster of a Hertfordshire grammar school recalled "the footer" (by which he meant rugby) having had a poor season in 1953–4.'