Post by brummie on Aug 17, 2012 12:54:31 GMT
Here is a piece of trivia for you.
In the 1880s an Oxford University student by the name of Charles Wreford-Brown began popularising the Oxford "ers". There were end suffixes to peoples names. So John became "Johnners" William became "Willers" and so forth. He extended it to surnames and eventually to sports. So our manager would have been known as "Howlers" and the chairman would have been known as "Ridders" and Rugby became "Rugger" and even Badminton became "Badders". The legendary cricket commentator Brain Johnston was known as "Johnners" and the Test Match Special team have nicknames connected with the Oxford "ers" as "Aggers" (Jonathan Agnew), "Tuffers" (Phil Tufnell) and "Blowers" (Henry Blofeld)
So from what word do we get "Soccer"?
To distinguish Rugby Football from the Football we at St Albans City FC are used to. Oxford University used to have Rugby Football and Association Football because the FA were founded in 1863 under their rules.
Wreford-Brown simply took the SOC out of the word AsSOCiation, added another C and then added the Oxford "er" to give the word "Soccer".
Over the next few years the football results in the newspapers were often under the heading "Association Football" then after the Second Word War some newspapers adopted the word "Soccer" and that name has stuck.
So whenever you hear the word "Soccer" we must thank a certain Charles Wreford-Brown.
Brummie (or Brummers if you like) Lol
In the 1880s an Oxford University student by the name of Charles Wreford-Brown began popularising the Oxford "ers". There were end suffixes to peoples names. So John became "Johnners" William became "Willers" and so forth. He extended it to surnames and eventually to sports. So our manager would have been known as "Howlers" and the chairman would have been known as "Ridders" and Rugby became "Rugger" and even Badminton became "Badders". The legendary cricket commentator Brain Johnston was known as "Johnners" and the Test Match Special team have nicknames connected with the Oxford "ers" as "Aggers" (Jonathan Agnew), "Tuffers" (Phil Tufnell) and "Blowers" (Henry Blofeld)
So from what word do we get "Soccer"?
To distinguish Rugby Football from the Football we at St Albans City FC are used to. Oxford University used to have Rugby Football and Association Football because the FA were founded in 1863 under their rules.
Wreford-Brown simply took the SOC out of the word AsSOCiation, added another C and then added the Oxford "er" to give the word "Soccer".
Over the next few years the football results in the newspapers were often under the heading "Association Football" then after the Second Word War some newspapers adopted the word "Soccer" and that name has stuck.
So whenever you hear the word "Soccer" we must thank a certain Charles Wreford-Brown.
Brummie (or Brummers if you like) Lol