Talk:Soccer in Australia
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What is listed here as the "South British Football Soccer Association" I originally had as the "Southern British Football Association", but I can't remember what my source was. RSSSF show the former, but I find it hard to believe that they were using the term "Soccer" in Australia in 1882. The word is generally credited to Charles Wreford Brown and he would have been 16 years old in 1882. Can someome check this out please? Mintguy (T) 09:45, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- To add further confusion to this issue. this page (http://users.skynet.be/pluto/Fletcher.pdf) about John Waiter Fletcher talks of him founding the "English Football Association" (NSW) in 1882. It also talks about the Southern British FA's Association Cup.Mintguy (T) 10:27, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I think you're right. Mosely says of Fletcher "In 1885 and 1886 he had entered his College in the Southern British FA’s Association Cup..." It seems logical that the NSW body was originally called the "English FA", and the name was soon changed to avoid confusion, both with the FA and with the main kind of "football" in NSW at the time, being rugby. These days "football" in the greater Sydney area means RL, although Sydney University FC, formed in 1863, still plays rugby union.Grant65 (Talk) 14:11, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)