Football - Euro 2020 Championship

russpm

proggy said:

sweepy said:

The Tournament would be a lot more interesting if only 2 rather than 3 teams progressed from the first knockout round 

Only the best four of the third place teams will go through.

That’s 4 from 6 isn’t it?

proggy

russpm said:

proggy said:

sweepy said:

The Tournament would be a lot more interesting if only 2 rather than 3 teams progressed from the first knockout round 

Only the best four of the third place teams will go through.

That’s 4 from 6 isn’t it?

Yes. I'm not sure who they play though when they get through.

proggy

MagicPigDetective said:

proggy said:

Hattigol said:

Loved Hartson's neutrality:

'Yes, he's stamped on his ankle but that's a yellow card for me'.

Pillock.

Hartson was nothing but a talentless thug anyway.

Super, super John,
Super, super John,
Super, super John,
Super Johnny Hartson.

Legend  

The only time I ever sang his name was when we sold the oaf to West Ham.

russpm

proggy said:

russpm said:

proggy said:

sweepy said:

The Tournament would be a lot more interesting if only 2 rather than 3 teams progressed from the first knockout round 

Only the best four of the third place teams will go through.

That’s 4 from 6 isn’t it?

Yes. I'm not sure who they play though when they get through.

It’s all up in the air until qualifying the 3rd places are known. Seems a lot of football games just to lose 8 teams, 24 to 16

proggy

russpm said:

proggy said:

russpm said:

proggy said:

sweepy said:

The Tournament would be a lot more interesting if only 2 rather than 3 teams progressed from the first knockout round 

Only the best four of the third place teams will go through.

That’s 4 from 6 isn’t it?

Yes. I'm not sure who they play though when they get through.

It’s all up in the air until qualifying the 3rd places are known. Seems a lot of football games just to lose 8 teams, 24 to 16

It does seem to be a bit of a faff. That's how the governing body likes to operate, unfortunately.

Snap

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

proggy

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

It's Cockney rhyming slang.
Down here in London no-one says footy, except maybe little children, maybe.

thecolourbox

proggy said:

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

It's Cockney rhyming slang.
Down here in London no-one says footy, except maybe little children, maybe.

What is the rhyme then?

proggy

thecolourbox said:

proggy said:

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

It's Cockney rhyming slang.
Down here in London no-one says footy, except maybe little children, maybe.

What is the rhyme then?

Toby Jug = Mug.

thecolourbox

proggy said:

thecolourbox said:

proggy said:

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

It's Cockney rhyming slang.
Down here in London no-one says footy, except maybe little children, maybe.

What is the rhyme then?

Toby Jug = Mug.

Oh haha I was thinking you meant footy was rhyming slang, I was thinking it was odd to be such a clearly related word. Silly me

EricTheWeary

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

I certainly used soccer growing up, not really sure why as it’s British public school slang and that really wasn’t my experience but there you go. It was in the vernacular and we’ve had Soccer Saturday and all that. At some point there seems to have been this idea that it’s an Americanism and proper British football fans don’t say it. So, it has fallen out of use to a large extent. 

Not sure I’ve ever said footy in my life but a lot of these things depend on region and age. Although I don’t know anyone called Toby, I don’t think that ever caught on in Wolverhampton except for naming carveries. 

proggy

EricTheWeary said:

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

I certainly used soccer growing up, not really sure why as it’s British public school slang and that really wasn’t my experience but there you go. It was in the vernacular and we’ve had Soccer Saturday and all that. At some point there seems to have been this idea that it’s an Americanism and proper British football fans don’t say it. So, it has fallen out of use to a large extent. 

Not sure I’ve ever said footy in my life but a lot of these things depend on region and age. Although I don’t know anyone called Toby, I don’t think that ever caught on in Wolverhampton except for naming carveries. 

I've never met anyone called Toby either, we use it as an insult.

Jalapeno

Thought that was to refer to someone as a Rupert

Hattigol

proggy said:

Snap said:

proggy said:

It's really come to something when you make a genuine comment on here and you get ridiculed by some Toby who doesn't know the first thing about football, and refers to it as 'footy'.
I know thousands of proper, lifelong football fans and not one of them ever say 'footy' or 'soccer'.

I'm a lifelong footy fan, along with all my mates and we have always called it footy as long as I can remember.

1970s - "you comin out to play footy?"
1980s - "footy's on in the pub, you coming down for a few pints of Trophy?"
1990 - "footy's on, Italia 90, comin down the pub to watch us stuff the Irish?"

etc etc

Soccer though? No.

I don't know anyone called Toby either. Tbh, I don't think that name was allowed in Lancashire in the 70s. Don't think you were allowed to have it on a birth certificate. 

It's Cockney rhyming slang.
Down here in London no-one says footy, except maybe little children, maybe.

Is it a bit similar to the word 'hello' then?

proggy

Jalapeno said:

Thought that was to refer to someone as a Rupert

As I explained to thecolourbox, it's just rhyming slang for mug.
ie; Don't be a Toby all your life, or, are you some sort of a Toby. That's how it's used.

Legionreturns

I'm from London, and we all call it footy. 

By the sound of it though, you're one of those jellied eel supping cockney types that barely have command of basic English so you don't get to be the arbiter of legitimate wordings!  

scrumhalf

Toby or not Toby, that is the question.

I'll get me coat.

Philly_Q

I think terminology falls in and out of use, it probably varies in different parts of the country and between different groups of friends.  I've certainly heard footy and soccer used in the past, most people I know just say football.

Proper, lifelong football fans aren't the greatest arbiters of terminology, anyway.  I'm always amazed by the number of people who can't pronounce the names of their managers or half their players, or still talk about the Premiership when it's been the Premier League since 2007.

proggy

Legionreturns said:

I'm from London, and we all call it footy. 

By the sound of it though, you're one of those jellied eel supping cockney types that barely have command of basic English so you don't get to be the arbiter of legitimate wordings!  

You're not from London. If you were, you wouldn't say footy or supping. You fucking Toby.

EricTheWeary

Jalapeno said:

Thought that was to refer to someone as a Rupert

I used to know a Rupert,he played guitar in rock bands and worked in a saw mill. So, I guess maybe not fitting with any stereotype of a Rupert. I think the name got him into trouble to some extent, a Boy Named Sue type scenario.