Saying Britain "switched back to football" isn't quite right.
Soccer was a nickname invented by the upper class (same kind of people that call rugby "rugger") - but most of the British population kept saying football/never used the word soccer so never had to switch back. Hence kind of.
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u/Mr-Thursday Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Saying Britain "switched back to football" isn't quite right.
Soccer was a nickname invented by the upper class (same kind of people that call rugby "rugger") - but most of the British population kept saying football/never used the word soccer so never had to switch back. Hence kind of.