SOCCER

It's called soccer here in the UK by literate people who know the word is derived from AsSOCiation Football, yes AsSOCiation, to distinguish it from Rugby Football.

'Soccer' was in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary before the 1970s, described as colloquial.

Ignorant Brits say 'soccer' is only employed in the US.





The fact that people like the Beckhams are rich and famous tells us an enormous amount about our society and its, for want of a better word, values.






       Ivor