I'm well aware of that mate; just rightfully damaging the term soccer's credibility with the aim of establishing the sport's first and proper name. :mrgreen:
Noob here picking nits with this statement.
Soccer was indeed used to describe the sport after it split from similar sports (such as rugby) - but only as a bastardised form of the full name, Association Football.
In short, it was known as football first and foremost in Britain.
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