If British people call 'soccer' 'football' then what do they call 'football'?

handegg

What Americans call soccer(the game where you kick the ball) is called as football in England, and the rest of the English and French speaking world except for USA, Canada, Australia, etc. In North America, its called as soccer. Here's what it's known as in various countries: Germany - Fußball(fussball) Nederlands - voetbal Spain - fútbol Italy - calcio Talking about the other game which American's call football(the one similar to rugby); it's called as American football or gridron. People who don't like the game refer to it as handegg, throwball, etc. And in my country(India), American football is unheard of, so people call it rugby.

American Football. And since American Footballers use their hands, how is it football? Should be foot-hand-ball.

American Football........but if u ask me personally, I think the British should call it Soccer. That would be fair wouldn't it?

American football.

"American Football"

American Football

Actually, the term 'soccer' was first used in England. It is a colloquial abreviation of 'Association Football', arising out of the British need to shorten words. In the US, soccer/football was mostly a sport played by girls and very large high schools that had a lot of foreign exchange students. It is now quite popular.

American Football or Gridiron.