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(...) Expanding on this point: In Australia "round ball football" is called Soccer universally. It is very popular with schoolkids and there is a national competition (see (URL) ). There are three other codes of football that have a major following (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: does anyone actually play this?...
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(...) Yes, it's great fun. One field becomes a bit too easy once you are used to it, 2 fields offer lots of possibilities including a "proper" 11 players per team setup, there has been some discussion of this over in loc.au. My 11 a side setup based (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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(...) Yes. (...) Yup, it's soccer. Football possibly refers to Rugby in some parts of Aus, but generally football refers to AFL which is a different game altogether. (...) Yes, but I don't think Lego Australia think for themselves in matters such as (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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(...) Aha!! Interesting! OK, hmm, so, OK, can we back up a bit? So, what you're saying (taking both of your posts into account) is that: 1. The official name of the LEGO product line in Australia is "LEGO Football" and not "LEGO Soccer," and 2. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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(...) Even here (Aus) the official theme name is still Football although all the Aus. AFOLs here on Lugnet refer to the sets as "soccer" in normal conversation. Lego Australia calls it Football, and so does the annual catalog. Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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