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I was wondering what sport you guys like and/or play.
I play Cricket atm, though I used to play Rugby Union back in England, I'm moving soon so I'll see what clubs are round me then. :)
Oh, and what team you support in that sport.
(Try and keep the soccer/football argument out of this thread, even though it's obviously called FOOTBALL ;))
definitely a billiard player ^_^ (hey they consider that a sport ^_^)
and was once a fencing player ^_^
I just heard from aunt the she knows a group of people teaching archery so I'm gonna for that too ^_^
Ooh, archery sounds cool, but I dunno where I would actually go and do it...
I know! I'll Google it!
Well I used to play and still love watching Rugby League.
It is, after all "The greatest game of all".
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Big hits and fast paced, the test matches are good, the State of Origin used to be fantastic.
(when NSW could win a game :()
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Just one more thing to say really. GO THE BIFF!!!
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Did you watch the game at the weekend Rodri? 20-all...England are going to be murdered...XD
competitive trampoline and tumbling(:
Sumo Mud Wrestling... very funny to watch.. fell out my wheelchair laughing so much :D
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Ping-pong and bocce (pronounced botch-ee).
I like to play soccer even though I can't sign up now cause it isn't spring. Now I'm gonna watch football again cause I like it and a lot of people do to.
*waits for the flames to rise*Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Ken Deathmarr
Anyone got any marshmallows?
Yes but I didn't mention teams only the sport so lets hope no flame comes.
Well actually about 95% of the world calls the round ball game football.
US football-Greenbay
Soccor(football) Manchester United (because I have a few friends that live in Manchester)
Hockey-Philadelphia Flyers
I also like Boxing, KickBoxing, and MMA.
I saw someone mention bacci, that is a great game. I used to love playing it. :)
There's the sign of a true Brit! I'm much the same as you, except I occasionally played a bit of hockey. Wasn't really suited to that exactly, I didn't have the build for hockey at the time. I used to play centre prop......Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Boy
Edit: About the football vs soccer issue. You are aware that football was played in Britain around the time of Norman conquest, and was known as football before America was even settled by non indigenous people, right?
Yeah, we have to get a set so the kids can enjoy it next time we go camping. Although they have fun and there is plenty to do, I really think they would like bacci.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knuckles
I couldn't care less about America, no really.
Im a dinky-di, true blue Aussie, one of the last of the true believers.
Why would I care about a bunch of gun crazy hillbillies on the other side of the world?
No offence to the many many nice, normal Americans out there.
I used to play competition darts as well. That's a great game because you can drink and smoke while you play. Even training involves drinking and smoking.
How could I forget?! I'm a captain of a league darts team over here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodri
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Originally Posted by Rodri
You do know the same can be said about Australia? lol
FOOTBALL! Its the American sport.
actually football is the everywhere-that-isnt-america sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Satan
american football = handegg
soccer = football
let's just refer it to that so we dont get confused, eh?
(i am american btw)
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but in all seriousness, baseball is the sport for me ^.^ but i'm not much one to watch pro sports, i prefer to play, so no pro teams for me.
surfing and mt biking
I play a lot of different sports, usually for 10 to 20 days focusing on one or two sports because after that amount of time I tend to get bored. Right now I play badminton and tennis; I'm actually quite good at badminton, so I'm thinking of sticking with it for a while. I do quite a bit of trapshooting and archery in my spare time.
I take no joy in watching sports when I could be playing them, so I too don't really have any favorite teams. Though if it comes down to it, I root for California.
I like hockey. Nice n violent.
Football (American) is my favorite sport to play and watch
Hockey is another one of my favorite sports to play, My uncle was a goalie in a semi-pro league back in Pennsylvania. I'm a goalie aswell although I watch it much less then Football (American).
Basketball, I never watch it. I'm very good at it though. :)
Soccer is a sport I can play goalie at, but only school soccer, I don't watch it.
Baseball, I can pitch. I used too, but the sport bores me playing and watching.
I love to play football im a defensive end so its pretty dang fun, its also fun to watch.
Baseball is a bore to play and watch.
Soocer is really fun to play but a real bore to watch.
Im thiniing about wresling (no one say anythign about it beign gay), never really did much with it though.
Hockey i dont play because there is no where to play it and frankly i just cant skate lol.
Thats my view on sports
It wouldn't, except americans have a habit of insisting that their word for it is the correct word and that the only game called "football" is their game, despite the fact that every other country on the planet calls it football and, indeed, invented the game first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knuckles
If they jus' called it their way carefree (as most folk on this thread have, I'll grant) then no one would really mind too much (with the odd exception), but when they start gettin' all arrogant and the like it tends to be flamebait...
In other words, call it what you want as long as you're clear what you're gettin' at (look at JPAs post). They shouldn't jus' say "it's american football and soccer" and expect the rest of the planet to jus' be cool with it.
As for sports...I'm not much a sport person. Most of my physical acivity goes down to karate (don't you dare call it a sport +_+) and simply walkin'...
As far as sports go, I'd only really play pool/snooker/billiards when in such an environment that has a table.
Football (the real one) bores the crap out of me to watch...it's become far too non-contact and "omg I huwt my weg! fowl fowl!". Rugby and it's international variants are definitely more fun to watch. Basketball is probably the most fun to play though, but I'm no good at it 'cuz I'm short :3
I have an urge to quote and edit everyone's post that says soccer in it...
well, sometimes we say american football, so I think when you just say football it is considered as the sport tricky and others are playing or thinking of,
but honestly some countries including ours, called it soccer because, well the first we heard of it it was soccer, to avoid the confusion for american football and soccer,
but I'm not saying IT IS the RIGHT WORD, I'm just saying that it's the name we know the sport bears,
p.s. we do play a lot of soccer/football here, I mean they, ^_^ I smoke so I get tired quickly
Well, I gtg for a bit, going to cricket training!
Maybe you should give darts a try too. Do they play competition darts in the USA?Quote:
Originally Posted by PU239
no I'm not from USA, I'm from the philippines, but here we do play darts but we don't take it seriously as a sport, but when I watch sports channel, I think I haven't seen any american dart player, it's either an aussie or danish, or etc. etc. but no americans really ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodri
I maintain that it's because america sees it as the country that jus' has to be different.Quote:
Originally Posted by PU239
I mean...think about it.
They're in america.
There's a sport, called football.
It's called football.
They come up with their own sport (which is pretty much jus' rugby w/ armour)
They think "what should we call our psuedo-new sport?"
They think "We'll name it the exact same as a sport that 95% of the world already plays and assume that they will follow us along"
To solve this confusion, they changed the name of the pre-existing sport.
Wait...somethisn' wrong with that...:rolleyes:
And darts is a good one. I'm pretty terrible at it, but it's always a laugh to play. I consider it a pub game, though. One of the ones that's jus' not as fun unless you have alcohol in you. ;)
im a big fan of Australian football (only reason im writing football is because i cant think of another name, dont want to start an argument about it), any1 heard of it?
GayFL? Just kidding!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aaarrggghh
Pfft, Aussies and Danes? England are the best at darts.Quote:
Originally Posted by PU239
World Rankings
once and for all I am not from america! lol ^_^
Well said! Just for gloating rights, The darts team I captain just got to 2nd in the league :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tricky Boy
Yep, the English are the best Darts players..Quote:
Originally Posted by The Midnight Walker
They have also mastered the art of balancing their pint glasses on their fat beer belly's whilst throwing their arrows :D
And now there is a smoking ban in the pubs, we will only get better at it... we can now see the dart board that we are throwing at.
Really couldn't resist anymore on not reacting.Quote:
Originally Posted by lordandrew
American Handball you call fun to watch? Really? You got to be kidding me. I've once tried to watch that final, can't remember the name, but in a later year Janet Jackson dropped a boob on it. Anyway. The game lasts 4 times 12 minutes, but the whole thing dragged on for a full 4 hours and 32 minutes.... WTF????
Hockey - Skate???? Sorry, hockey is played on a grass pitch, you don't need to skate for that....
But it's very obvious you've never seen a good proper football match. Memorable ones for me, personally, PSV winning 5-3 away at Elland Road. PSV winning 3-1 at home to AC Milan, but still going out of the CL on the away goals rule. PSV beating Steaua Bucharest 5-1, because of a certain Romario and even further back PSV beating 1. FC Madgeburg 4-2 after being behind twice.
I sincerely resent that implication...... LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Snott
I have NO beer belly! :mad:
Thank god someone else understands the game! +1 to youQuote:
Originally Posted by EduLeics I
Ok maybe not so fat now in modern day... but how big were the likes ofQuote:
Originally Posted by The Midnight Walker
Jocky Wilson
John Lowe
Eric Bristow
Even "The Power" was a fatty not so long ago :D
there were soooooo many..