I want to set the record straight, to put this thing to bed.
This thing of saying soccer, just remove it from your head.
The sport is known as football to all that love the game.
So please don’t call it soccer, or any other name.
And whilst we’re on this subject, those boots upon your feet.
Have studs stuck on the bottom, what’s this nonsense about cleats?
When no one wins it’s called a draw, it’s not a tie you know.
When no one scores we call it nil, so please don’t say zero.
We play the game upon a pitch, cows graze in a field.
So in some words you understand, please stop, please quit, please yield!
Sep 21, 2025
Sep 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC
I want to set the record straight, to put this thing to bed.
This thing of saying soccer, just remove it from your head.
The sport is known as football to all that love the game.
So please don’t call it soccer, or any other name.
And whilst we’re on this subject, those boots upon your feet.
Have studs stuck on the bottom, what’s this nonsense about cleats?
When no one wins it’s called a draw, it’s not a tie you know.
When no one scores we call it nil, so please don’t say zero.
We play the game upon a pitch, cows graze in a field.
So in some words you understand, please stop, please quit, please yield!
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