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Stoke's Asmir Begovic scores fastest goal ever by a goalkeeper (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/stoke-asmir-begovic-scores-fastest-goal-ever-goalkeeper-153235477--sow.html)

A mere 12 seconds into the match, Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic scored an improbable goal against Southampton that will likely put him in the record books. Begovic simply booted a backpass up the pitch and Southampton's central defenders let it take a big bounce between them, which goalkeeper Artur Boruc wasn't prepared for. The ball then arched over his head and bounced in for the goal.

See video

Every keeper's dream.

I have him on my FUT ;D
Never scored for me though :|

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQybpbgwKZg

One of my favorite players, from my youth

Midfielder Nobby Stiles

One more of my favorites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVqK4_R17Fo

Franz Beckenbauer, Sweeper

There is only the one!

Ian St John.

My internet is running on slow so I can't load pics, but Bill Shankley was the manager of God's team, and God had St John on the wing.

LFC of course!!

Not much of a Liverpool fan, I like some of their players (Sturridge, Sakho, Henderson, Coutinho, to name a few) but not really the team.

I had a crush on West Ham's Billy Bonds,now he was hard no shin pads for him and he was till playing for the Hammers into his 40s

Quote from: big kim on November 03, 2013, 06:30:23 AMI had a crush on West Ham's Billy Bonds,now he was hard no shin pads for him and he was till playing for the Hammers into his 40s

Wooo! Another Hammers fan!

I'm actually more of a Blackpool fan the ,Hammers are my second team from when they beat Preston in the cup final and when I lived in London

I remember watching winger George Best on television, playing for the old Los Angeles Aztecs of the NASL.  Damn! he was good looking.  And still in his prime - though drink and drugs were beginning to take their toll.

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"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp7cTlvHgUQ

Sometimes I had to watch soccer on the Spanish language UHF stations!  It helped my crappy Spanish somewhat.  ::)

As I recall, the Aztecs later signed Johan Cruyff - another legend

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In the Dutch colors, if I am not mistaken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3YcIVW4Lg

What skills!!

I had the pleasure, the rather sad pleasure , of meeting George Best. It was a time when I was self destructing in more ways than one. He was very very drunk and high and surrounded by parasites. Sadly I really don't think he had a hope.

Highlights from Womens World Cup, Dresden 2011, quarterfinal
USA vs Brazil - arguably two of the best teams for the last two decades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30VhT_4SxK0

So where did the word "soccer" come from?  It is used almost exclusively in the United States.  The rest of the world just calls the sport "football."  In fact, the international governing body is Fédération Internationale de Football Association (F.I.F.A.).

English - football
Spanish - fútbol
Portuguese - futebol
French - football
German - Fußball
Danish - fodbold
Czech - fotbal
Romanian - fotbal
Russian - Футбол
Dutch - voetbal
Swedish - fotboll
Norwegian - fotball
Latvian - Futbols
Ukrainian - футбол

Finnish - Jalkapallo
Hungarian - foci
Italian - calcio

So you can see, with few exceptions, the sport is known by a common term.

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L. Very early, c. 1863, football with inflatable rubber bladder (replaced pigs bladder).
C. 1936 Olympic ball, 12 panels, leather
R. Modern synthetic ball, Buckminster design, 20 hexagonal and 12 pentagonal surfaces

But back in 1863, when several football clubs got together to decide upon a common set of laws for the sport, there was some dissent (that is a yellow card offense on the pitch!).  The new organization was called the "Football Association."  But some of the clubs wished to continue the tradition of carrying the ball with their hands.  :o 

Hence, by 1871, the Rugby Union was formed.  If you followed the Rugby Union rules, you were a "rugger."  If you followed the Association rules, you were a "soccer" (sosh-er).  So the term is King's English in it's derivation.  But why is it only used in the US?

Well, back in the late 1860s, football and rugby became popular imports in the US, especially in the colleges.  At time, the European influx brought with them their traditions, one being fooball.  If you look carefully at this picture, which portrays the first college football game played between Rutgers and Princeton, in November of 1869, notice the ball in the middle - round, not oblate.

The Americans tended to appreciate the rugby game better, and adopted many of its rule.  In fact, in 1880, when Walter Camp codified the American football rules, he based them to a great extent on the rugby style.

Here is a picture of a rugby football circa 1880:

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The rugby balls of the late 1800s to the early 1900 were virtually indistinguishable from the footballs used in the American game.

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(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gophersport.com%2Ffiles%2Fimage%2Fgeneral%2FLARGE%2FFB_Football.jpg&hash=20a8445d4481fe73582f416993391928faffc170) "Pumpkin Seed" American football, early 1900s

American football legalized the forward pass as a way of cutting down on injuries caused by blocking and tackling.  The ball evolved into a more oblate form, suitable for throwing.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.profootballhof.com%2FUserFiles%2Fimage%2F1920s-630px.jpg&hash=fdfe8e9df64ea307962e36a73ad2a4619a4b7572)  1920s forward pass
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American football, with it's rugby heritage, remains the most popular variation of the sport in the US.  hence, the old term "soccer" is relegated to the sport known otherwise as football in the rest of the world.

Crossbar Challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hd_-XMS45Y

I love it when a Keeper nails it @1:15  ;)

I liked the Wonderwoman one :D