Football Football Austus is a sport which was started in Australia during World War Two when US soldiers wanted to play football against the Australians. Because American Football is rarely played in Australia and Australian Rules is rarely played in the USA the players wrote up composite rules consisting of throwing, which isn't alowed in Aussie Rules and kicking which is rarely used in gridiron. The name comes from the first four letters of Australia (AUST) and the initials of the United States (US). ...more on Wikipedia about "Austus"
BIFL is the Barcelona International Football League. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barcelona International Football League"
Blow football is a children's game, popular in the United Kingdom where the object is to blow through some kind of pipe causing a small lightweight ball to pass through the opponent's goal, as in other forms of Football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blow football"
(Boomshanka) The phrase boom shanka was popularised in the United Kingdom by the 1980's BBC hit series The Young Ones, in which it was used by the character Neil (Nigel Planer) as a closing salutation in a letter to the Fascist Pig Bank in the episode Cash ...more on Wikipedia about "Boomshanka"
Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which is called soccer in several countries. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football ( Rugby union and Rugby league), American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, and Canadian football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Football"
A football is a ball used to play one of the sports known as football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Football (ball)"
The word "football" may mean any one of several games, in different parts of the English-speaking world. Because of the existence of different kinds of " football", controversy — usually friendly in nature — may result from unqualified usage of the word. ...more on Wikipedia about "Football (word)" Please tell your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com
Football boots, like all footwear, come in various sizes and styles. Most often they are available in black, but some in more recent years come in other, more flamboyant colours (such as bright red, or silver). ...more on Wikipedia about "Football boot"
A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), Rugby union, Rugby league, Australian Rules football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Football team"
A football widow is a term for those who have a relationship with a sports fan (often a follower of football, be it American football, soccer, rugby, Australian rules or other) who pays more attention to the game than to their partner during the sport's season of play. Football widows are usually, but not always, women. Usually the "widow" has little interest in the sport themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Football widow"
The instant replay is a technology used in the National Hockey League, National Football League and the National Basketball Association to ensure proper calls are made. It made its debut on December 7, 1963, during an Army/Navy football game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instant replay"
Games descended from Football Association rules ...more on Wikipedia about "List of types of football"
The title of the world's oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several codes of football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oldest football club"
Penny football is a coin game played upon a table top. The aim of the game is to score more goals with the pennies than your opponent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Penny football" I wish I had a shortopedia. Football
Polo handicaps started as an estimate of how many goals a player would be expected to score in a six chukka match. Today they are more of a relative scale against which players are judged. They range from -2 (worst) through to 10 (best). Before a match the handicaps of all four players are added up and submitted to the club at which the game is to be played. If the total handicap of a team is more than the team against which they are playing, the difference is added to the scoreboard. For example, if 'The Mounties' polo team has a total handicap of 6 goals and 'Tayto' polo team has a handicap of 4 'Tayto' would start with a 2 goal advantage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Polo handicap"
The phrase scissor kick has several meanings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scissor kick"
The Sheffield Rules were a code of football devised and played in the English city of Sheffield between 1857 and 1878. They were devised in 1857 by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest, for use by the newly founded Sheffield F.C.. The rules were used by all the Sheffield sides and adopted as the official rules of Sheffield Football Association. The Football Association rules created in 1863 were based in part on the Sheffield Rules, but Sheffield clubs continued using their own rules. In 1878, the Sheffield clubs adopted the Football Association rules, which in turn adopted some clauses in the Sheffield Rules. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sheffield Rules"
Three-sided football is a variation of football with three teams instead of the usual two. It was devised by the Danish situationist Asger Jorn to explain his notion of triolectics, his refinement on the Marxian concept of dialectics, as well as to disrupt one's everyday idea of football. Played on a hexagonal pitch, the game can be adapted for similarity to soccer as well as other versions of football. ...more on Wikipedia about "Three sided football"
Underwater Football is a sport that shares common elements of Underwater Hockey and Underwater rugby. It is: ...more on Wikipedia about "Underwater Football"
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