For most of the years in this side of the country its been called soccer
Maybe not the start, but for many years we have.
Yes but we are not england, in some parts of the Country Rugby Union is the top sport...eg Canberra, in others Rugby League, Sydney, in the south AFL and we need to realise that each of these codes have the right to call it football.
See I don't care if people call soccer, football but don't make a case of it to change others thinking because they actually know another game as the word football...have never referred to football as AFL and I never will, because AFL is the top league, not the name of our game. The name of our game is Australian Rules Football, so yes we do have the right.
AFL Football is the name on this site, because its the crowds that Cam reports, if he was doing VFL Crowds, it would be VFL Football.
Keep calling it football, you have the right to, but seriously see that many people on this forum have always used the word football for another code...and youngsters around me have always called it soccer simply to avoid confusion with the word football which everyone knew was Aussie Rules, i do not wish to put confusion onto other youngsters.
Like I say, 5 years ago, did you really care whether everyone called it football or soccer in this country, when our soccer governing body nearly killed off the sport here...so really its just a fad. And is really not something that should be a major concern...eg putting your effort to changing the name on one site, is purely a waste of time, when their is more greater need in other areas for the success of Australian Soccer.