Here is a little bit of education for everyone. Dr. Cocktopus told me about this little bit of historical interest.
This is partly where soccer comes from. Its safe to assume that every sport we play today is a fruity version of organized medieval brawls. And to think that it was mainly played by rich aristocrats before it was banned only to be revived in the 1930s. If rich boys played this game, what did the prisoners play? Whatever it was, it surely involved a meat hook or a craw of some sort.
Here is another video for good measure. And yes, the soundtrack is questionable. This sport must be obscure 'cause its hard to find decent footage of it.
13 comments:
so whats the rules for that game?
rule #1: boxing gloves are for pussies
rule #2: always wipe front to back.
anyways, i concede defeat. He explains in the first video that the sports used to be called calcio by the italians but was later renamed football by the british. the terminology stuck in italy.
It still doesn't mean that cancha isn't used as a term to describe futbol in italy or even all over the world.
He mentions " la caccia" in the interview. It means "goal"
I was in Florence for one of these games. It was one of the most insane things I'd ever seen. The night before the game, drunk off two bottles of wine, I scaled the fences with a bunch of tourists and locals and we played a game of soccer on the field lit only by the moon. Fun as fucking hell.
tell me more! tell me more!
The Italians hated all the North Americans playing because they sucked and they were all drunk. I remember a lot of swearing and a lot of laughing.
The Italians weren't the ones laughing.
Yeah I was going to mention the whole calcio to football transition but Wikipedia seems to somewhat disagree
will you stop it already and move on to some other pointless subject?!
I have a pointless subject for you. It's in my pants!
Go on.
um, I've got nothing.
(that's what she said... woooooo!)
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