why football in England is BETTER than American soccer

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  • @wessexdruid7598
    @wessexdruid75984 күн бұрын

    _"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."_ - Bill Shankly.

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    Along with Bryan Clough, still my greatest Manager as he created The Liverpool Football Empie from nothing:)

  • @ianharrison3662

    @ianharrison3662

    3 күн бұрын

    And, as usual with Shankly, Vince Lombardi or another American football coach said it first.

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    @@ianharrison3662 Old Vincey was very quotable but he never said that or, most certainly, was never quoted as saying that. Now it's not widely known but Old Shanks was a fan of Vinito as illustrated in one of Bill's many famous quotes when he said that his idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of INVINCIBILITY. 😀. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually, everyone would have to submit and give in.”

  • @WookieWarriorz
    @WookieWarriorz5 күн бұрын

    Relegation is by far the biggest difference.The united states has no relegation and talent is wasted forcing people to go to college. The best football players are playing professionally at 16. Messi was one of the best players in the world at 19, he would be wasted in a school.

  • @stujm84
    @stujm844 күн бұрын

    Playing football as a kid in the UK is so cheap. You need a ball, and 2 jumpers (jumpers for goalposts) and some mates. And your set. Play on a field, in a road, the playground or wherever.

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    This is why it’s the world’s game 👍

  • @kb5509

    @kb5509

    4 күн бұрын

    Thats tye same for sports in the US if you're just playing in your spare time. Theres still a cost to playing oeganised football in the UK, even if its not much.

  • @Drew-Dastardly

    @Drew-Dastardly

    4 күн бұрын

    This is why nobody plays Cricket. How on earth do the Indians afford it?

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Drew-Dastardly - two bats, home made. Home made stumps. The Indians are very resourceful 👍

  • @neilbiggs1353

    @neilbiggs1353

    2 күн бұрын

    @@Drew-Dastardly You know you can make a wicket by drawing the stumps on a wall with chalk? Or by using a cardboard box? Cricket just needs the bat which can be bought fairly cheaply and any kind of ball.

  • @billyhills9933
    @billyhills99335 күн бұрын

    You have to play football all year round to get a feeling for the seasons. Autumn, spring: You're wet, you're cold, and the mud is so thick your boots end up caked in it. At school we had a wall that was accepted as what you beat your boots against to get rid of the biggest lumps of mud. Winter: The stinging pain of a football hitting you on the thigh when you are freezing cold is like nothing you've ever felt. Summer: You start sweating as soon as you start running, and the ground is so hard that falling over causes bruising and a slide tackle removes the flesh from your leg.

  • @raystewart3648

    @raystewart3648

    4 күн бұрын

    Sounds like basic training for the Army.

  • @paulinetill1043

    @paulinetill1043

    4 күн бұрын

    My son's played football from age 8 until they left school but I loved every second of it, as the only mom who went to every match I often got handed the dirty strips to wash which was fine when they were young but when they were teenagers yuk all those sweaty socks and strips were gross lol. my son eldest son was a defender and used to get horrific grazes from sliding tackles in the winter or if they had to play on Astro turf even now at 38 he has a patch of skin on his thigh that he says still feels like sand paper lol

  • @joyfulzero853

    @joyfulzero853

    4 күн бұрын

    You shouldn't be playing in the Summer, give cricket its space.

  • @davebanko4759
    @davebanko47595 күн бұрын

    As a fellow American living in the UK for more than 10 years, I really appreciate the promotion/relegation system in the UK. I think it gives teams more to play for at the end of the season even when not in the hunt for a trophy because the move to a higher or lower league is a big deal in prestige and investment! In the US, it sometimes seems like professional sports team at the bottom of the league appear to lose games intentionally to get a higher draft pick.

  • @Stand663

    @Stand663

    5 күн бұрын

    What’s a draft pick ? Please can you explain.

  • @stuartcarden1371

    @stuartcarden1371

    5 күн бұрын

    ​​@@Stand663- Brit here but I follow American football a little. A draft pick is where professional teams pick college players to join the professional ranks. Typically the worst performing professional team from the previous season gets first choice of the best college players and as such, there can be an advantage to losing on purpose in order to get an earlier pick of college players in next season's draft. Americans please add to or correct anything I got wrong

  • @maudeboggins9834

    @maudeboggins9834

    5 күн бұрын

    I lived in the UK in the 90's & followed Fulham I watched them even though they were so low down in the league then slowly & steadily they made their way up I left when the reached the Premier Division. A usual Saturday would be 4,5000 people but on the big game between Wigan & Fulham to get elevated to the top division the audience/fans attending me included was 11,000.

  • @Stand663

    @Stand663

    5 күн бұрын

    @@stuartcarden1371 Thank you. I’ve learnt something new 👍

  • @steveallen3434

    @steveallen3434

    4 күн бұрын

    @@stuartcarden1371 What I don't understand is the players has no choice who they get to play for

  • @djs98blue
    @djs98blue4 күн бұрын

    I work at Loughborough university. We are ranked number one in the world for sports related subjects. It’s true university sport isn’t as big in the UK but believe me in one part of the East Midlands it’s huge! We’ve won the national university sports competition for decades and our football team was asked to leave the university league for being too good.

  • @jamesbeeching6138

    @jamesbeeching6138

    3 күн бұрын

    I went to MARJONS who were a big "sporting" University College!!

  • @ianz9916
    @ianz99164 күн бұрын

    The first established soccer league in America was the NASL, the North American Soccer League. It was founded in 1968 and folded in 1984. It's high point was when Pele went to play for New York Cosmos in 1975.

  • @geordieb3959
    @geordieb39595 күн бұрын

    Absolutely STUPID that teams cannot be relegated or rise to a division above , TOTALLY POINTLESS AS IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF TEAMS LOOSE AND COME BOTTOM. SO A TEAM CAN GO OUT WITH THE AIM OF LOOSING EVERY GAME BUT STILL STAY IN THAT DIVISION ( POINTLESS ).

  • @kb5509

    @kb5509

    4 күн бұрын

    The "point" is to retain some level of parity. You can just as easily say its pointless to have relegation when the top teams are so rich they'll never be relegated, and nobody outside 4 or 5 teams will ever have a top side or win the league for the rest of time.

  • @Stoggler

    @Stoggler

    4 күн бұрын

    God forbid there being more than one way of doing something!

  • @darrend6643

    @darrend6643

    4 күн бұрын

    Strongly agree. The idea of relegation/promotion, encompasses the spirit of the game (competition) and gives pro and even semi pro teams across the country the chance become established, it's refreshing

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @geordieb3959 I'll tell you what's pointless. The SPL. When was the last time anyone but Celtic or Rangers won it?

  • @kb5509

    @kb5509

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 nope.

  • @Nanonic001
    @Nanonic0014 күн бұрын

    Outside of the US - if you haven't been scouted or joined a football team's academy by age 14, you've missed the change to be professional.

  • @Fiddling_while_Rome_burns
    @Fiddling_while_Rome_burns4 күн бұрын

    To be fair to American Hand Egg, it's a minor world sport, while Football is not just a major sport, it's the world's major sport. So, to criticise a minor sport for not matching up to a major one is a little unfair.

  • @johnlabus7359

    @johnlabus7359

    4 күн бұрын

    Basically Americans don't care.

  • @Drew-Dastardly

    @Drew-Dastardly

    4 күн бұрын

    The point is that hand egg is very much a ludicrously profitable American sport that has 1 minute of "action" per 20 minutes of adverts. The USA girls have taken on soccer/football without all that rubbish and all their totally PPE nonsense. I fully support them.

  • @robertwoolstencroft5946
    @robertwoolstencroft59465 күн бұрын

    Not just Rugby it's either Rugby union or Rugby 🏉 League two different codes.😊😊😊

  • @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    5 күн бұрын

    didn't know that, thanks!

  • @AnthonyValentine-vm1yc
    @AnthonyValentine-vm1yc4 күн бұрын

    As a take it or leave it football fan, I think you have taken this particular divisive topic 'bull by the horns' & produced a real thoughtful docu. Kudos to you.....if you can explain the offside rule! LOL!

  • @AndrewJLeslie
    @AndrewJLeslie5 күн бұрын

    Brits usually say "by accident", rather than "on accident" Sorry to be a pedant. In the 1980s a Brit called John Smith played in the NFL as a kicker. He had a side business with "Soccer Camps" and I witnessed groups of kids flying into Logan to train.

  • @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    5 күн бұрын

    very true! one of those small differences

  • @Psmith-ek5hq

    @Psmith-ek5hq

    5 күн бұрын

    When you say Logan, do you mean the airport in Boston, or somebody of Irish extraction?

  • @AndrewJLeslie

    @AndrewJLeslie

    5 күн бұрын

    @@Psmith-ek5hq Boston Logan Airport. Sorry I wasn't explicit.

  • @Psmith-ek5hq

    @Psmith-ek5hq

    5 күн бұрын

    @@AndrewJLeslie Don't apologize, I was only pulling your leg. lol

  • @joyfulzero853

    @joyfulzero853

    4 күн бұрын

    Don't be sorry. The language needs some protection.

  • @danmayberry1185
    @danmayberry11854 күн бұрын

    The UK is more of a walking culture than the driving-crazy US. Could be that UK fitness lends itself better to 90 minutes of running with a 15-minute break.

  • @captaintorch983
    @captaintorch9835 күн бұрын

    "On accident." Do you mean "By accident"? Also, it is et.cetera, not ec.cetera Most interesting video as usual Kalyn. Thank you

  • @dprid
    @dprid3 күн бұрын

    One thing I've noticed is that in the USA is that there is practically no organised sport for adults once they leave school or college. Want to play the most popular US sports once you leave school? Forget it, it just doesn't exist. By comparison, most towns in the UK will have a rugby club, cricket club, tennis club, running club, netball club, (field) hockey club, badminton club, table tennis club, squash club, bowls club etc etc. And it will have multiple football clubs, from potentially semi-pro right down to Sunday League pub sides, all playing in organised tiered leagues. That kind of thing just doesn't seem to exist much in the USA. I'm a runner, and I have probably the best part of 20 running clubs within a 10 mile radius of where I live. I went to California to see my mother-in-law, and her town of 200,000 people has a single small running club, mostly full of ultra-running specialists. Outside of 'country club' type sports (golf, tennis, squash etc), there is just so little opportunity for adults to play competitive sports in the USA.

  • @1erkyrob2
    @1erkyrob25 күн бұрын

    Great to see your knowledge of football. My team is Ipswich Town. Looking forward to the Premiership for the first time in 22 years. COYB.

  • @broadband0118

    @broadband0118

    4 күн бұрын

    Good luck for the coming season. Good to see 'smaller' clubs doing well.

  • @andrewmacleod3308

    @andrewmacleod3308

    4 күн бұрын

    Good luck this season. See you boys at Villa Park

  • @linkash4167

    @linkash4167

    3 күн бұрын

    Been so long that it's been renamed from Premiership to Premier League lol

  • @richardwani2803
    @richardwani28033 күн бұрын

    Football is massive all over the world its played in over 200 countries only America and Canada call it soccer

  • @neilbiggs1353

    @neilbiggs1353

    2 күн бұрын

    I believe it's also called soccer in Australia and Ireland as they have their own forms of football. They just picked up the British word, soccer, for convenience

  • @Brookspirit
    @Brookspirit5 күн бұрын

    The rest of the world has relegation and promotion, not just England, as far as I know, it's only the USA that doesn't have it.

  • @michaelayling8855

    @michaelayling8855

    5 күн бұрын

    Canada is the same.

  • @gailstevens6831

    @gailstevens6831

    4 күн бұрын

    Australia doesn't have relegation

  • @KC-gy5xw
    @KC-gy5xw5 күн бұрын

    Women's football was very big, until the FA said women's teams couldn't play in the Men's grounds... one of the biggest attended games was a Women's game in the early part of the 20th century. Hooliganism - makes me laugh, as the Dutch are the worse, to this day. However, an honourable mention for the Millwall Brick - their fans would bowl into a match with that days Times newspaper (a weighty tome) - they would then proceed to fold them in a certain way to make a weighty tool with which to beat the opposition! Marvellous...

  • @ethelmini

    @ethelmini

    5 күн бұрын

    Notably during the First World War, no men's football for spectators.

  • @ethelmini

    @ethelmini

    5 күн бұрын

    Low level footy - Sunday League

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    At Millwall,we , naturally, read The Sunday Times Supplements which were renowned for their in-depth journalism, high-quality photography and an extensive range of subject matter before using it as the aforementioned "weighty tool"...

  • @johnavery3941
    @johnavery39415 күн бұрын

    A very informative video Kalyn, you got almost everything spot on, I am Scottish and our supporters vary greatly from English ones though especially abroad but I did go to a match in Miami once and had to leave after 15 mins as the chants were to cringeworthy

  • @loc4725

    @loc4725

    4 күн бұрын

    *"the chants were to cringeworthy"* Let's go Brandon?

  • @danmayberry1185

    @danmayberry1185

    4 күн бұрын

    (^ ignoring the w⚓ comment) On a clear day you can hear the Hampden Roar from Miami.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull70764 күн бұрын

    21 football stadiums There are 21 football stadiums in London, including the largest stadium in the country: Wembley. But Wembley Stadium is only one of London's large stadiums - and there are plenty of smaller stadium grounds well known to football fans who travel to cheer on their team. West Ham play in the 2012 Olympic Stadium.

  • @TukikoTroy
    @TukikoTroyКүн бұрын

    When I was a kid (1960s/70s) in the UK, we called it soccer. It was a soccer ball and a soccer pitch; slowly changed around that time I think.

  • @jarvisa12345
    @jarvisa123454 күн бұрын

    2:42 Strictly speaking, ‘cleats’ are the protrusions on the sole of the shoe - ‘studs’ in the UK. Cleats are also shoes with cleats.

  • @JazzFunk22

    @JazzFunk22

    2 күн бұрын

    Cleats wtf good old football boots.....🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @onbedoeldekut1515
    @onbedoeldekut15154 күн бұрын

    Some venues have autism friendly suites for fans who find the regular experience that bit too overwhelming. Some couldn't care less.

  • @popski3226
    @popski32265 күн бұрын

    You guy’s have just hosted the World Cup T20 cricket 🏏 in New York and Florida’ and West Indies. The USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 both teams played amazingly!!! 👏👏👏👏 and should be proud of there Pro-Formances it was very entertaining! 🙌🏏😃

  • @adamclark6756
    @adamclark67565 күн бұрын

    Excellent explanation on the differences between the two countries football/soccer experience. Can i just say how light and airy your lovely home looks too!

  • @britbazza3568
    @britbazza35684 күн бұрын

    Hi Kaylin. When I was young I was thrown into playing Rugby. That's a real game, lol. I had a Welsh PE teacher he hated Footy he reckoned it was for wimps. So he decide he was gunno teach us all Rugby instead. Rugby was dubbed a thugs game played by Gentlemen where as football is just played by fairies lol The latest chant i heard about was in the Euros24 in Germany when the German police have taken offence at the England Fans singing 10 german bombers . The German police have decided they were going to arrest any fans singing it. Which they deemed as racist but its hardly racist. Its nore factual because it referes to WW2 and the Blitz. But as we all know germans dont have a sense of humour

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    And your post demonstrates why I follow cricket and not football.

  • @wildthing6668813
    @wildthing66688135 күн бұрын

    I remember in the 70's when I attended my local team's matches, depending on the match the away supporters could outnumber the home supporters. In one match the away supported were double the home supporter but the away supporter were know for violence if their team lost and on this occasion they lost and they kept the away supporters in the ground for about 20 minutes after the final whistle because of the violence they were known to cause after their team was defeated.

  • @user-zu6ir6kj5g

    @user-zu6ir6kj5g

    4 күн бұрын

    Sounds like the average Palace vs Millwall match back in the day.

  • @coolrottie2565

    @coolrottie2565

    3 күн бұрын

    Man United in Division 2 had a massive away support, outnumbering most home fans in the 74-75 season.

  • @joso7228
    @joso72284 күн бұрын

    English kids play football in the park, the back garden, the schoolyard, the schoolfield, the cow field, the street, the alley, the just about anywhere. You wait for your Soccer Mom to drive you somewhere.

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey38824 күн бұрын

    I think the main reason school pupils each play a number of sports in the US, as compared to other countries, is that their school PE/games periods are dedicated to different sports each half semester. Elsewhere, pupils play football and/or rugby for half the school year, and cricket/field hockey and/or athletics the other half.

  • @kb5509

    @kb5509

    4 күн бұрын

    Its the same in England. You don't play football for half the year in PE, you play about 12 different sports.

  • @geoffclarke3796
    @geoffclarke37965 күн бұрын

    Great video Kalyn, you've certainly done your research. I've loved football (soccer) since I was 7 or 8 years of age in the late 1970's and a big Tottenham fan. As you say. hooliganism was a problem from the late 60's/early 70's to around 1990, peaking in the mid 80's and it was around this time that I stopped going to games as a few times got caught up in some very scary incidents. I resumed going to games in the 1999/2000 season and still go to a few games but not that many as tickets so expensive these days. Overall, the quality of the modern game is far superior though in part that is due to the fantastic pitches today compared to dreadful playing surfaces of the 70's and 80's which were mud heaps before the start of the winter. The game is also less violent on the pitch today, as in the 70's and 80's you had to virtually murder an opposition player before being sent off.

  • @Michael-kt6gi
    @Michael-kt6gi5 күн бұрын

    All in all a good explanation in the differences of the sport between the two countries. Well done.

  • @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    @GirlGoneLondonofficial

    5 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much for watching!

  • @tomlynch8114
    @tomlynch81144 күн бұрын

    Yes the term ‘soccer’ originated from England but it did so as an upper class slang term to differentiate it from ‘Rugger’ (Rugby) in the infancy of both sports in the 1860s and 1870s both used the term ‘Football’ within their circles, as the games grew Association Football became more popular amongst the working classes and so spread further with more mass appeal, meaning that more people simply referred to it as Football and therefore in general terms Football became to be the de facto term for Association Football. Of course the term Soccer is still found in the UK but as a secondary substitute word for literary/media purposes. It is rarely used in official circumstances or in speech. Football like Rugby started as a game of the upper classes/aspiring middle classes with its upper class nickname but as it spread to become the mass popular sport of the working classes it shed its upper class nickname as it became ‘the people’s game’

  • @lawlore
    @lawlore5 күн бұрын

    Nice vid- it'd be great to see you do a react video to football chants.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull70764 күн бұрын

    "Send to Coventry" is an idiom used in England meaning to deliberately ostracise someone. Typically, this is done by not talking to them, avoiding their company, and acting as if they no longer exist. Coventry is a historical cathedral city in the West Midlands county.

  • @CovBloke1310

    @CovBloke1310

    4 күн бұрын

    🙂🙂🙂

  • @stuarthartley7428
    @stuarthartley74284 күн бұрын

    Nicely put, really quite lucid. Nice job miss.

  • @Harrison5ived
    @Harrison5ived4 күн бұрын

    The reason for University (College) sport not being the same in the UK as it is in the States is because, for a lot of sports such as Football, it isn't the stepping stone to the professional game. In the USA, kids will play sports in high school, be recruited to play for top colleges and then from there go into the draft system to be selected by pro teams. That's not how it works in England. Professional football teams have youth academies, which scout the best young children, sign them up and continue their training all the way to the pro level (if they're good enough). So instead of the LA Lakers drafting some 21/22 year old out of university, imagine they sign an 11/12 year old kid and develop him into a pro level player over the next 8-10 years.

  • @Sandysand701
    @Sandysand7014 күн бұрын

    The MLS is expanding fast, spectators/crowds of 70k plus are now common, the new money going into soccer in the US will soon be attracting the best players in the world. Give it Ten years and the USA national team will be amongst the best in the world.

  • @danmayberry1185
    @danmayberry11854 күн бұрын

    U-S-A! You're Number Eight (and Ten) ... As of 2023, the most watched sporting events in the world are: World Cup of Soccer - 5 Billion Viewers Tour de France - 3.5 Billion Viewers Cricket World Cup - 2.6 Billion Viewers Women’s World Cup - 2 Billion Viewers Summer Games - 2 Billion Viewers Winter Games - 2 Billion Viewers UEFA Champions League Final - 450 Million Viewers Super Bowl - 115.1 Million Viewers Wimbledon - 25.6 Million Viewers NBA Finals - 17.8 Million Viewers

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    210 million viewers for the snooker.

  • @danmayberry1185

    @danmayberry1185

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 That cheers me up - good one.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull70764 күн бұрын

    by accident please, lol. Google: Is it by accident or accidentally? The correct phrase (adverb) to use traditionally, is: 'by accident'. It means by mistake or something that's done without the intention of doing it. For example, “she spilled the milk by accident.” We can also use the word 'accidentally' as a replacement for by accident - just two ways of referring to the same thing.

  • @Simon-lw4uc
    @Simon-lw4uc5 күн бұрын

    Your channel is getting better and better 🤟

  • @jeremypnet
    @jeremypnet4 күн бұрын

    There used to be a really good trivia question. Which English player has scored the most goals against Liverpool in the Premier League. The answer was Jamie Carragher who was one of Liverpool’s best defenders. I don’t know if it is still true.

  • @kimbirch1202
    @kimbirch1202Күн бұрын

    Anyone can start an amateur football team in England if they can find enough players. I used to play for a pub team, and even small villages have a team. Kids of both genders start kicking a ball around in their gardens almost as soon as they can walk, and it's common to see informal games in city parks, using jumpers as goalposts.

  • @merseydave1
    @merseydave14 күн бұрын

    I will explain to you/all how the "S" word came about ... The very first governing body for The Now World Game of FOOTBALL started in England in 1863. It was called The FOOTBALL Association (the word Association = meaning "the same grouping for a joint purpose) its now called The English FOOTBALL Association. Back the (1863) The English Upper Class officiated and played FOOTBALL. In 1871 The Rugby Union was formed to officiate "Rugby" named after the Southern English University Town, this was the Oval ball handling game (of which Grid Iron stemmed from). Again it was the English Upper Class who officiated and played the game. The English Upper Class (The one's who colonized America) liked to Nick-Name people and Organization's ... so they said "Rahggah" for Rugby and "Soccer" shortening The Football "Association" governing Body for FOOTBALL!. So in reality "Soccer" is a Nick-Name word ... as The World Name for The World Game is FOOTBALL and here I can PROOVE IT ...Lets take a look at the meaning of our World Governing body called F.I.F.A. meaning Federation International FOOTBALL Association ... FOOTBALL is The World Name, fact!.

  • @maximushaughton2404
    @maximushaughton24044 күн бұрын

    When the Football Association was formed, it was so there was a difference between football and ruby football. There were lots of forms of football around at the time, the Football Association was set up to stanardise the rules of the game, and I believe it almost failed. The football/soccer thing is more of a class thing, the working class has always called it football, but the rich or well off called it soccer. The womens game used to be very popular in the UK, more popular than the mens game, then it got banned by a load of men, strange that. Also I am led to believe that soccer/football is starting to become the 2nd most watched sport in the US.

  • @martinowton7210
    @martinowton72104 күн бұрын

    Away supporter tickets are limited by the home club. Most sell out in the PL, leaving supporters trying to source tickets among the home supporters

  • @michaelayling8855
    @michaelayling88555 күн бұрын

    I broke two bones in my right leg playing football and had a friend who played for Wolves, he wasn't allowed to ski as it was deemed a high risk,I skied and never once got injured.

  • @robharris8844U

    @robharris8844U

    4 күн бұрын

    Playing with 🔥 son

  • @Really-hx7rl
    @Really-hx7rl4 күн бұрын

    Back in the day most Football Clubs had "Firms", that would fight each other at matches and after! Such as the Inter-city Firm (I.C.F) from West Ham. If your interested to find out more watch a film called "Cass" who was thier General in the late 70s and early 80s. These firms were very organised, motivated and extremely violent.

  • @russellpotter7294
    @russellpotter72945 күн бұрын

    Looking forward to your next deep dive in going through the great US players who have graced the English game over the years. As a Fulham fan may I suggest you start with one of all time favourite players Brian McBride. A brave ............(sorry I go on for several pages and take up far too much space) But more outside sneezing and eyes watering while blowing into a tissue and discussing football is just what we need.

  • @jamesbeeching6138
    @jamesbeeching61385 күн бұрын

    Good video GGL!! There is definitely still a fair bit of hooliganism in English football...In March I went to see Bristol City vs Cardiff and there were loads of fights!! Including police horses charging a bunch of Cardiff fans!!😅😅😅😅🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

  • @101steel4

    @101steel4

    3 күн бұрын

    Welsh football too then.

  • @BritishBeachcomber
    @BritishBeachcomber4 күн бұрын

    Does the US have live TV coverage of soccer matches? How do they fit the commercial breaks into it?

  • @Rachel_M_
    @Rachel_M_5 күн бұрын

    Women's football in the UK is a history of it's own. It has a long history and in the, early 1900's would attract very large crowds. Indeed after a game attracted 53,000 spectators the Football Association decided to ban women's football in 1921. The ban was lifted in 1971.

  • @peckelhaze6934
    @peckelhaze69344 күн бұрын

    Football is always a dangerous topic but I have to say you dealt with this very professionally. I don't see how anyone could complain.

  • @AlanJones-kc4us
    @AlanJones-kc4us4 күн бұрын

    We have a 'pyramid' system in the UK, where a side can go up the leagues, as well as go down them. The Championship (the league below the PL) has some of the highest crowds in Europe, so if you cannot get into a PL game, go to the Championship game, or any of the other EFL games, which are near you...

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    The Championship is a fantastic league, unless your team is stuck in it!

  • @wharpblast264
    @wharpblast2644 күн бұрын

    30% of kids playing football in England sounds low. When I was in state Primary School, football was essentially compulsory for boys and 93% of kids go to state schools. I suspect a high percentage of Public school boys play football too as it's the only sensible winter sport for 5 year olds. When I was at school for girls the figure would be 0%, I suspect now higher. Overall must be 47-48% for all kids.

  • @SubjectRandom21
    @SubjectRandom21Күн бұрын

    One of the biggest subjects not studied is the fact that, as you say, soccer is derived from Association Football. Association > soc > soccer.

  • @birmingham2066
    @birmingham20664 күн бұрын

    "On accident" I have heard Americans say that before most of us here say "by accident" just thought would let you know lol

  • @MisterChrisInTheUK

    @MisterChrisInTheUK

    3 күн бұрын

    Maybe she said it 'by purpose'? ;)

  • @chrisofnottingham
    @chrisofnottingham4 күн бұрын

    The key difference in the systems is that the US doesn't have relegation and promotion, and just that the US is basically the size of all Europe. Thus for many people the nearest thing that the US has to a local European city club is their nearest college or university, which is why there is such a big deal about college football etc. No one is travelling from California to Florida to see this week's match, but they might travel inside the state. And at the professional level, all Europe has regelation and promotion at the team level, inspiring huge devotion to the teams. But since this just doesn't happen in the US, the equivalent is actually just the career of individual players and not teams.

  • @DavidSmith-cx8dg
    @DavidSmith-cx8dg4 күн бұрын

    I think I was approaching thirty when I finally scored in the right net , there were plenty of own goals prior to that so don't feel bad . In the seventies there were two Sunday leagues with six divisions , Saturday was watching Pompey our pro team . Saturday's were mainly for the better teams playing - wise . I think loyalty to our football clubs is more like the US college sports , the club's are mostly over a hundred years old so loyalty comes from generations supporting the team . Relegation means there are good and bad times but fans don't change allegiance . Certainly the women's game has come on in England with a bit of investment and I do enjoy watching the International tournaments . I think you probably did a fair bit of research on this one , and it was an enjoyable watch .

  • @paulguise698
    @paulguise6982 күн бұрын

    Hiya Kalyn, in the Major League Soccer if there was to be promotion and relegation, some or most cities would have to have 2 football (aka soccer) teams, the newer teams would start in the second division, and have promotion and relegation after the first season, can you imagine if 3 teams are on the verge of relegation and need to win to stay in the top league, I can remember when Arsenal won the 1988/89 season on goals scored, both Arsenal and Liverpool were tied on 76 points after the last game and that's how Arsenal won the league, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

  • @dariengoodwin
    @dariengoodwin5 күн бұрын

    The gender divide in England was caused by decisions made just after World War 1. During WW1 women's football was extremely popular with some huge crowds at stadiums. BUT just after WW1 the Football Association decided that football was not an appropriate for women and girls who played as youngsters had nowhere to go to continue playing the game. Even when the women's football ban was removed in 1971, women's football was not taken seriously for a long time and it was not until this century that it came of age with the successes of the women's national team. There is a long way still to go, but 50 years of a ban explains why female involvement in football is lower in the UK than the US.

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    I am in my 8th decade in London and the last time I saw any Women playing a proper match was in South East London around 5 years ago and I remember it as that was the first time for decades. So where are all these current Women players other than a few having a kickabout here or there?

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    I am referring to local parks etc...

  • @billspencer9430
    @billspencer94304 күн бұрын

    Remember the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the old NASL (1970s)

  • @danmayberry1185

    @danmayberry1185

    4 күн бұрын

    NY Cosmos, Vancouver Whitecaps, Chicago Sting - had season's tickets, great atmosphere

  • @brotherelf
    @brotherelf3 күн бұрын

    In the UK a school year is usually split between cricket ,rugby and football however if you join a extra curricular club then its year round.

  • @hendy643

    @hendy643

    3 күн бұрын

    My school split it so football was year-round, with cricket/athletics in the spring/summer and rugby in the autumn/winter. so one of the two lessons per week was always football, and the other changed depending on time of year.

  • @joyfulzero853
    @joyfulzero8534 күн бұрын

    I see you still say route (r-out) rather than route (root). Not having a go, but we will get you in the end.

  • @abdulmalikkoiki
    @abdulmalikkoiki4 күн бұрын

    Football is like a religion in the UK, and a way to know which " tribe" someone belong to like if you meet a person from Liverpool the next question you ask them is " blue" or "red" referring to the teams they support with respect to Everton or Liverpool FC.

  • @TequilaDave
    @TequilaDave4 күн бұрын

    What I love about rugby is the family friendly crowd and no segregation between home and away fans..... all mixed in together and there's hardly ever trouble (I say hardly as I've never seen or heard of any but I'm sure something has happened at least once) "A thugs game played by gentlemen as opposed to a gentlemens game played by thugs," is what they often say about rugby vs football 😀

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull70764 күн бұрын

    Wikipedia: Timothy Matthew Howard (born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He last played for USL Championship club Memphis 901, a club of which he is a minority owner. He is also international ambassador in the U.S. for former club Everton. He is regarded as one of the greatest American players of all time.[4][5][6] Howard began his career with the North Jersey Imperials, before making a move to the MetroStars. He was signed by English Premier League club Manchester United in 2003, replacing Fabian Barthez as the team's first-choice keeper. In his second season at the club, Howard competed for the first-choice spot with Roy Carroll. Howard enjoyed relative success with the club, as they won the 2003 FA Community Shield, the 2003-04 FA Cup and the 2005-06 League Cup.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull70764 күн бұрын

    Is it premiere or premier? Premiere, with an e at the end, refers to the first public performance or showing of something, such as a movie or play. It can be a noun or a verb-for example, a movie premieres at its premiere. Premier, without the e, is (1) an adjective meaning first in status, and (2) a noun denoting a prime minister. Premier League.

  • @garryellison
    @garryellison4 күн бұрын

    Clearly never been to a premier league match has all her knowledge from internet.

  • @Poliss95
    @Poliss954 күн бұрын

    The BIG sports news is that the USA beat Pakistan at the T20 cricket world cup. That would be like a high school team beating the Super Bowl champions. 😁😁Cricket is a far superior game to football. I scored an own goal at school too. I was always the last pick on any team. There's still a show called Soccer Saturday on Sky. Or at least there was the last time I looked. Are you sure about them being called cleats? Surely those are the studs on the bottom? Football is so popular because all you need to play it is a ball (any kind of ball) and a couple of jumpers or school blazers for goalposts.

  • @susanroberts2289
    @susanroberts22894 күн бұрын

    It’s easy to describe football because to play the game you need a ball and you kick it with your foot. Picking it up with your hands is a NO-NO.

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @susanroberts2289 Except if you're the goalie or taking a throw in.

  • @susanroberts2289

    @susanroberts2289

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 Of course 😃👍

  • @paulgreen758
    @paulgreen7584 күн бұрын

    I played football into my 50s, dropped down the levels as I grew older, ill give you an example Trent Alexander Arnold was 1/500 that made it into the Liverpool side, hard to make it over here, probably just as hard in Grid Iron I expect, but if Reese Zammit Jones gets a chance he will light up for Kansas City Chiefs

  • @rogerwitte
    @rogerwitte4 күн бұрын

    Never mind, even top teams occasionally score own goals :)

  • @carltontraveler8625
    @carltontraveler8625Күн бұрын

    Not only #1 in UK BUT #1 in the WORLD!!

  • @cutthr0atjake
    @cutthr0atjake4 күн бұрын

    Rugby Football actuslly split into 2 different sports Rugby Union and Rugby League. Both follow different rules and even have different numbers of players in a tesm.

  • @richt71
    @richt714 күн бұрын

    Hey Kaylyn. A footnote to your excellent video is did you know some of the top teams in the PL are owned by US tycoons? Manchester utd owned by the Glaziers, Arsenal by the Kroenke family, Chelsea by Todd Boehly and Liverpool by FSG (Headed by John Henry who also owns The Boston Redsoxs).

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    One of Villa’s joint owners is American. Done absolutely wonders for the club 😀

  • @peterturner8766
    @peterturner87665 күн бұрын

    @ 9:00 Aspiring for goals is sort of essential for the game...

  • @Psmith-ek5hq

    @Psmith-ek5hq

    5 күн бұрын

    You've forgotten attackers diving in the penalty area.

  • @davidguy209
    @davidguy2093 күн бұрын

    Use Piriton vs hay-fever. Awesome!

  • @popski3226
    @popski32265 күн бұрын

    Haha, ps! Forgot to say great video by the way kalyn 😂

  • @hotmechanic222
    @hotmechanic2225 күн бұрын

    Nice to see Coventry City FC included in this video #PUSB

  • @georgedyson9754
    @georgedyson97543 күн бұрын

    I have always been curious why US Football is called that when feet don't seem to be as important as hands. I don't see much kicking unless there is a foul but I see a lot of handing off the ball and throwing the ball.

  • @paulhanafin9798
    @paulhanafin97985 күн бұрын

    A nice breakdown of the history of football although you failed to mention Hillsborough

  • @paulhanafin9798

    @paulhanafin9798

    5 күн бұрын

    It was a major turning point in English football history after the tragedy all English football grounds were made to be all seated in fact it was the reason why stadiums are like they are now is directly because of Hillsborough and fans are treated like human beings now compared to how football fans were treated in the 80s, it was a huge turning point in English football history

  • @Psmith-ek5hq

    @Psmith-ek5hq

    5 күн бұрын

    And Bradford.

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    Don’t forget Heysel. 39 Juventus supporters died due to Liverpool fan violence. Dark times 😔

  • @michaelmccarthy6464
    @michaelmccarthy64645 күн бұрын

    yes

  • @S34NP4THURL
    @S34NP4THURL3 күн бұрын

    Such a broad subject but we'll done on attempting it. That own goal sure left a scar eh?

  • @dlaidles
    @dlaidles4 күн бұрын

    It was called football. Soccer was for posh kids at college that played rugby. The working English class that invented it named it football.

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @dlaidles I have The Boy's Book of Soccer for 1960. The term 'soccer' only became unpopular when the Americans took it up.

  • @dlaidles

    @dlaidles

    3 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 Newcastle United FC was created in 1892. FC stands for football club.

  • @dlaidles

    @dlaidles

    3 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 soccer comes from the term asSOCiated football.

  • @mrdenson3101
    @mrdenson31013 күн бұрын

    Football is the sport where you kick the ball with your feet 😂

  • @hughtube5154
    @hughtube51545 күн бұрын

    I wonder if esports (videogames) has overtaken football's popularity for the youth of today? I'd also add that the hooliganism of the 70s-80s was largely phased out by the switch from terraced stadia (where people stood) to all-seater stadia. Seats take up more space, meaning fewer people could attend matches, and the demand exceeding the supply drove costs up, pricing out a lot of working class fans in favour of a middle class with more disposable income. Good video, though.

  • @leftmono1016

    @leftmono1016

    4 күн бұрын

    I’m 51 and as a kid, computer games and Atari consoles were getting common. So this has been a thing for many decades.

  • @djs98blue
    @djs98blue4 күн бұрын

    Another big difference is European football clubs have their own academies so more or less completely bypass university or school sport and contract and develop their own players from children’s community teams at a very young age. This is why we have no draft. Instead players are purchased for a fee to buy them out their contract. Works quite well for some clubs as they can buy success, but at least ‘failed’ American sporting elites get a degree. Our clubs might spit out a ‘failed’ player at say 17 or 18 with very little…..

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @djs98blue European teams have feeder clubs too.

  • @BogusDudeGW
    @BogusDudeGW3 күн бұрын

    Surely the Uk is 85% male 15% female, whilst the USA 50% male 40% female and 10% other

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    lol

  • @philash824
    @philash8244 күн бұрын

    You should look at the popularity of women’s football during the Second World War, and subsequent actions of the then football association after the war to make sure it wasn’t as popular as men’s. Effectively ending professional women’s football until its recent resurgence

  • @Isleofskye

    @Isleofskye

    3 күн бұрын

    A friend's friend wanted to go to Arsenal last season and was quoted £100 OR he and 3 others could get tickets for EIGHT Arsenal Women's games for £136 so 32 customers for 8 games averaging £4 a ticket. Wembley Women's tickets were £10. Quel difference.

  • @user-ze6ef2jb2f
    @user-ze6ef2jb2f4 күн бұрын

    are you going to see taylor swift at wembley.just wondered.thankyou for footie talk.

  • @jeff88701
    @jeff887013 күн бұрын

    We’ll have to say Ted lasso got it right you should watch him he’s a legend 😊 very enjoyable vlog 👏👏

  • @chrisaskin6144
    @chrisaskin61445 күн бұрын

    It's surely time to put a lid on the football/soccer terminology. In Britain (and I speak as an Englishman,) it's classed as the national game and though its proper name is (still) Association Football, the term has for many, many years been shortened to just football, because it's played (goalkeeper excepted) predominantly with the feet. A Briton who follows the oval ball game will say they like rugby. In this country there is no conflict or misunderstanding of terminology between 'football' and 'rugby.' American Football is the national game across the pond, and as such in the US is known as and referred to just as 'football.' And to distinguish between the two codes, 'rest of the world' football is called Soccer. We Brits shouldn't be getting sniffy about this, "it's not soccer, it's not soccer, it's football!" For more years than I care to remember, in Britain, Association Football has also been known as Soccer. As a kid back in the 60's, I got an annual for Christmas called just 'Soccer' - and I don't recall it being chock full of articles and pictures about the American college game. At secondary school the timetable for the games period in winter had S for soccer, R for rugby and CC for the (dreaded) cross-country (I'm getting a stitch even thinking about it,) so we'd always know what we were doing week by week, and have the appropriate kit. There's a theory that the word soccer sprang from the word as-SOC-iation, whether that's true or not, I don't know.

  • @Stoggler

    @Stoggler

    4 күн бұрын

    Good post. Just to add to your comments about the word soccer being used in Britain, there were absolutely loads of books and magazines with soccer in their title. The Sun newspaper, for example, (a publication that in the past usually had a good idea of what working class British people cared about) had an annual called The Sun Soccer Annual. Alternatively David Beckham went to Bobby Charlton’s Soccer Skills School (set up by Charlton in the 80s), Ray Wilson’s autobiography was called My Life in Soccer

  • @Stoggler

    @Stoggler

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Gambit771 I never said it was just called soccer. The game was informally referred to as soccer alongside football for decades. Soccer has never been an official name in Britain, or the most used name, but it was still used a lot casually, and in some more formal areas like print and tv. If you want some proof, just find some Pathe news videos of FA Cup finals here on KZread - 1955, 57, and 61 are good examples

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Stoggler If you want some proof just look at the FA's website which has soccer mentioned all over it.

  • @Stoggler

    @Stoggler

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 thanks 🙏

  • @0venchip
    @0venchip5 күн бұрын

    We used to call football soccer many years ago.

  • @tmarsden1878
    @tmarsden18784 күн бұрын

    Both Rugby codes still use football in their names, the RFL and RFU! Pointless but true xx

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    Kicking is still vitally important. I remember Scotland going out of a competition because they dotted the ball down in the corner instead of running under the posts. Conversions were missed and Scotland lost by 2 points.

  • @tmarsden1878

    @tmarsden1878

    4 күн бұрын

    @@Poliss95 Erm Thank You???

  • @carolineskipper6976
    @carolineskipper69764 күн бұрын

    As someone with no interest in football at all, the current national obsession with the Euros for me just serves to remove anything interesting from the TV schedules. I'll be glad when it's all over. But even I enjoyed your well researched video on the key differences.

  • @johnnyuk3365
    @johnnyuk33654 күн бұрын

    As this KZread correctly say we (the Brits) did invent the word “soccer” in the first place, so we are very weak ground if we detrimentally accuse other countries using a word that we in the UK invented in the first place. Relax guys, there are more important things to get concerned about than the football/soccer issue.

  • @wessexdruid7598

    @wessexdruid7598

    4 күн бұрын

    I think the issue is the assumption that the word 'football' automatically means gridiron and dismisses the usage of the rest of the world.

  • @crookedsouls

    @crookedsouls

    4 күн бұрын

    Soccer is a shortened down version of “assoccer” (association football). So the game has never officially been called Soccer. It is/was slang for football.

  • @Poliss95

    @Poliss95

    4 күн бұрын

    @@crookedsouls Soccer is all over the FA website so I reckon that makes it official.

  • @101steel4

    @101steel4

    3 күн бұрын

    ​@@Poliss95what does FA stand for?

  • @marshac1479
    @marshac14794 күн бұрын

    Clearly

  • @ryklatortuga4146
    @ryklatortuga41462 күн бұрын

    But you Have the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport in - SCOTT STERLING!