http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aFootballSearch results for 'tag:Football' matching tag 'Football'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TomLandrySettingGoal/lmjhr/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980407hitchhikerSetting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheodoreRooseveltLife/lmjgq/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980406hitchhikerIn life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MaxMcgeeThird/lmjgp/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980405hitchhikerWhen it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LukeSalisburyWatchingFootball-Watching/lmjgx/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980404hitchhikerWatching football is like watching pornography. There's plenty of action, and I can't take my eyes off it, but when it's over, I wonder why the hell I spent an afternoon doing it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/LavellEdwardsLookingChampionship-WinningQuarterbacks/lmjgn/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980403hitchhikerLooking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Jim McMahon: A great natural leader. Great ability. Great presence. For a guy who was supposed to be blind in one eye, he had as much vision as anyone I've ever seen. He'd know instinctively where he should turn and where he should throw the ball. He was never a problem on the field. He was kind of cocky, but that didn't bother me. He had such a quick delivery and such a natural ability. I told Chicago he'd win them a Super Bowl.http://www.englishforums.com/English/KnuteKennethRockneLose/lmjgm/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980402hitchhikerI don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnMaddenRoadEasyStreet/lmjgl/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980401hitchhikerThe road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnHeismanGentlemenBetter/lmjgk/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980400hitchhikerGentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.http://www.englishforums.com/English/JoeTheismannNobodyFootball/lmjgj/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980399hitchhikerNobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.http://www.englishforums.com/English/JoePaternoBesidesPrideLoyalty-DisciplineHeart/lmjgw/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980398hitchhikerBesides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/JackTriceTheHonorOfMyRace/lmjgh/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980397hitchhikerThe honor of my race, family and self is at stake. Everyone is expecting me to do big things. I will. My whole body and soul are to be thrown recklessly about the field. Every time the ball is snapped, I will be trying to do more than my part...Fight low, with your eyes open and toward the play. Watch out for cross bucks and reverse end runs. Be on your toes every minute if you expect to make good. Jack.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HerschelWalkerTrainHardYoull/lmjgg/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980396hitchhikerIf you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeorgeFootballIncorporatesWorst/lmjgz/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980395hitchhikerFootball incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeorgeAllenStreetObscurity/lmjgv/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980394hitchhikerThe street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the ability to win in a stadium filled with people who are pulling for you to lose.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GaleSayersLearned/lmjgd/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980393hitchhikerI learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/FranLebowitzBeingWoman/lmjgc/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980392hitchhikerBeing a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EugeneMccarthyBeingPolitics/lmjgb/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980391hitchhikerBeing in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ErmaBombeckWatchesThree/lmjgr/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980390hitchhikerIf a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally brain dead.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DuffyDaughertyPlaying/lmjzq/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980389hitchhikerWhen your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DickButkusPlayedFootball/lmjzp/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980388hitchhikerWhen I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anybody deliberately ... unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DeaconJonesOriginator/lmjzx/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980387hitchhikerI was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CarlosEganAsayEasy/lmjzn/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980386hitchhikerIt is easy to act as a Saturday morning quarterback and replay the game lost the night before. All of us seem to have better hindsight (the ability to see after the event what should have been done) than foresight (the power to foresee and provide for the future)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigDaddyLipscombWrapArms/lmjzm/post.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:980385hitchhikerI just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him I keep.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpGrammarThankYou/lgdpj/post.htmWed, 21 Oct 2009 22:52:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:949340danielrams07The Fighting Tigers, 1993-2008: Into a New Century of LSU Football By Scott Rabalais and Peter Finney. (Baton Rouge (Louisiana).Louisiana State University Press, 2008. 231 pp.) Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the home to a wide variety of sporting events. Consequently, the most notable are the home games for the LSU Tigers. The LSU Tigers are one of the elicit teams in college football. The Baton Rouge skyline is dotted with numerous buildings. One of the most spectacular buildings is the LSU football stadium which is properly named Death Valley. Death Valley is the home stadium for LSU. It is an example of modern architecture. The building is different because of its style, color scheme, and venue. In this book,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SoccerIdioms/kcvw/post.htm#948589Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:25:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:948589anonymousHi man I am doing my thesis about idiom and I have many information about it. perhaps We can exchange information. If you are interested in it. you can write to my e-mail (Email removed)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingHannah89/lznjh/post.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 15:54:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:947213hannah89Hi I'm from KOREA and 20years old. I'm studying in Australia at the moment. I like meeing people and getting to know each other. Also I'm interested in football, countries, travel, movie, art and human rights. There is nothing to hesitate. Talk to me and be my friend ! I'm quite willing to be your friend. I look forward to it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SubordinateClauses/lzlpk/post.htmMon, 19 Oct 2009 05:10:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:946740anonymousHi. Would you say these are subordinate clauses? Unbelievably he takes a call while playing soccer. They will hold onto it until receiving additional documentation. Would you say the words "after" and "before" function as prepositions here? He will go home after playing soccer . He will eat lunch at school before heading home .http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectMeIfIMWrong/lzkrq/post.htm#946410Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:30:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:946410cool breezeThis is my version of the text: We used (1) to have great family holidays when I was younger. There was always something (2) interesting to do, such as going to the beach, playing football or going on rides at the fair. In the evenings we went to restaurants, and both (3)my brother and I enjoyed ( 4)staying up till late at night, listening to (5)the adults talking around the table. I is always capitalized and must be used in my brother and I since no grammatical reason justifies me in that position. I wouldn't use the continuous past tense in (4) because the reference is to repeated action. I have no idea why you suggest than for (3). CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectMeIfIMWrong/lzkrq/post.htmSun, 18 Oct 2009 16:40:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:946202anonymousI have an exercise to do and i need someone to correct me if i`m wrong: Fill in the gaps with only one word so that the text makes sense: We--(1)to have great family holidays when i was younger.There was always --(2)interesting to do,such as going to the beach,playing football,or going on rides at the fair.In the evenings we went to restaurants, and__(3)my brother and me__(4)staying up till late at night,listening__(5)the adults talking around the table. 1-used,2something,3-than,4-were,5-tohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InNeedOfHelp/lzvqq/post.htm#944804Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:04:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944804yankeeHi Anon Part of your difficulty might be due to the fact that you have some typos/errors in your sentences. I'm at your dad ' s house. Are you Brittany's brother. You add an apostrophe and an S ( 's ) to the end of a noun to make it possessive. (You forgot the apostrophe in the word dad's in your post.) You know, there ' s a lot of cute guy s that watch football. The word "that" refers to the word "guy s " (third person plural ). The simple present tense of a verb does not add an ending to a verb except for the third person singular . (You wrote "guy" rather than "guys" in your post, but it only makes sense to say "a lot of cute guys". In addition, there is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/InNeedOfHelp/lzvqq/post.htmSat, 17 Oct 2009 02:18:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944740anonymousI don't understand why there is an s in dad and Brittany for these sentences I'm at your dads house. Are you Brittany's brother. On this sentence, how come its watch and not watches... You know, theres alot of cute guy that watch football. Why it is discussed and not discuss? The author is using "are" which is present tense so why it is discussed? Data fusion and data mining are the two main topics being discussed in this paper. Thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatBestFootballLeagueWorld/2/gdvcj/Post.htm#944552Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:17:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944552marcolaI believe it's the Brazilian Championship aka "Brasileirão", cause it's the more important championship here in Brazil and maybe where great european soccer managers hire players from!!! (Kaka, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Robinho, Julio Cesar, Wagner Love, Luis Fabiano, Andre Santos, Diego and many others)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseHighlightErrorsBookReview-ThankYou/lzdjl/post.htmFri, 16 Oct 2009 15:17:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944327danielrams07I've Been Watching You: the South Louisiana Serial Killer. By Susan Mustafa. (Kenner, (Louisiana): Author house, January 2006. 312 pp. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is known for many things especially for its great food and music but is probably best known for being the city where LSU plays all its home football games. One thing that it is not known for is serial killers, that all changed in the year 1992, when a serial killer was out on the loose. Derek Todd Lee is his name, but he is best known as the Baton Rouge serial killer. Derek Lee was probably one of the worst serial killers in history. He was a sexual predator, who loved to stalk women and peep into their windows. In I've been Watching You: The South Louisiana Serial...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DarkLInAmericanEnglish/2/vbgqv/Post.htm#943549Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:18:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:943549anonymousThe "l" of "bell" when it ends a word is kind of a "half l" when compared to the initial "l" in "love" which allows the "l" voicing to be completed by going to a vowel. Yet the "l" in the word "bell" also gets completed if the next word starts with a vowel as in "bell of the ballL" Then the "l" kind of moves over to the "o" of "of" in flowing speech, actually sounding like the world "love". Some folks have a salient "l" such that when they leave the "l" to go to a vowel the tongue flaps downward even to the extent of slapping the lower part of the mouth. Joe Namath, of American...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrowAfterOnceDownLine/lvxbv/post.htmWed, 14 Oct 2009 22:12:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:942450alc24Can you say this please? 1 She grew up pasta and rice. 2 She grew up on this TV show. Can you use ALL the WAY DOWN the LINE like this? 1 He tried to get my trust and then screwed me all the way down the line. 2 She was wrong about everything, all the way down the line. After or ONCE or both? 1 I'll leave after I'm done with my homework/once I'm done with my homework. Are these both OK? 1 The goalie always know who the shooter is going to be. (soccer) 2 The goalie always knows who the shooter is. Thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CanSomeoneCheckEssay2/bjgpm/post.htm#939483Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:30:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:939483anonymousI was born in the country of Bangladesh, and my father has land and rents to tenant farmers. He also had a store in Saudi Arabia and came home for a month every few months. My mother was always there to teach me and help me when I was growing up. We lived in a Village far from the city of Dhaka. Bangladesh has always had a predominately Agricultural Economy. The fertile soil is the most important natural Resource in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi who lives in the countryside work on small farms that average 3.5 acres. Although modern farm machinery has found its way to Bangladesh, on most farms, oxen still pull the ploughs used to till the soil. Bangladesh’s economy faces many challenges and needs improvement. ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApologizeOrApologise/4/dbmmk/Post.htm#936643Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:02:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:936643anonymousIt's not "Football"! Football is the sports with strong men and, well, footballs. Soccer is "Fussball" or "Foodbal" in english, closer to the german word! I'm English but most of the time I don't have a problem with the fact that American english has a few words that have different spellings (or sometimes meanings) to British english. BUT - American "Football" is the game where the players mostly carry the ball in their hands. It's a rip-off of the british game of rugby - except that rugby players don't need shoulder pads and helmets (unlike the "strong men" of American Football!) Soccer (also known as Football in most of the world apart from the USA) is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatBestFootballLeagueWorld/2/gdvcj/Post.htm#935917Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:12:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:935917jovanPremier league has been the best for last 5 years, that's for sure...http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnStrikerLunchHoliday/ldwhd/post.htmSat, 10 Oct 2009 00:08:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:935904victorycountryHi, I tried to find already posted questions on ' on + (doing) activity ' through the search. I don't know why but search doesn't list any. ( e.g. on ) I always wondered, but I didn't bother to learn why before ...as I tried to remember it just like I do when I try to memorise Mathematics formula... But why it's 'on' before an (doing) activity like in e.g. The bus drives are on strike today. Sorry, she's not on her desk, she's on lunch . Oh, they've gone on honeymoon . All I can analyse is that if you use ' on' then you don't have to use pregressive sentence. e.g. She's having lunch => She's on lunch Then could...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeetPeople/2/lrqmb/Post.htm#933720Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:04:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:933720phaterhi pretty girl! i wish make friends with u and understand history,society,GERMANY football etchttp://www.englishforums.com/English/90AdvantagesOfBeingAMale/4/cbcrr/Post.htm#932318Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:12:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:932318anonymoustaking ur points fwd man..addin a couple of point to the 90.. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingWilliambest/lcgpp/post.htmTue, 06 Oct 2009 14:43:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:930561williambestmy name is william and i come from china ,i am a sophomore. i majored in International Economics and Trade. i am 22 and i love football very much. i am waiting for a foreign friend in order to konw more about outside and improve my english as well.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeetPeople/lrqmb/post.htm#926218Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:02:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:926218white_blacki am male and my name is yusuf. i am studying at university my major is civil engineering this is my second year at university. i like reading,goning cinema,swimming and playing football. what about you tell me about youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/lbcqk/post.htm#924524Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:40:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924524philipI have been playing football for 3 years. I am playing football for 3 years. Which sentence is correct, and why. Please post your answer in my email : (Email removed) The first one is correct. It implies past activity continuing to the present and at least a possibility that it will continue in the future. The second is the structure for a number of other European languages. Please take a look at the thread beginning at Why be anonymous?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Tenses/lbcqk/post.htmThu, 01 Oct 2009 15:13:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924504anonymousI have been playing football for 3 years. I am playing football for 3 years. Which sentence is correct, and why. Please post your answer in my email : (Email removed)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisSentenceCorrect/3/mkbq/Post.htm#924499Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:10:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924499cliveHi, No. He has been playing football for 3 years. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisSentenceCorrect/3/mkbq/Post.htm#924489Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:06:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924489anonymousHe is playing football for 3 years. Is this sentence correct ? Thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Quarter/lrmrc/post.htm#922354Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:11:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:922354delmobileNo no no, that's what it DOESN'T say. It's saying that, in some districts, out of the total number of girl babies born in the nineteenth century, one-fourth of that number were killed at birth. I don't think you should express this as "every fourth girl" because that almost sounds like people were killing girl infants systematically - allowing three to be born, then killing the fourth. "When the students lined up for gym class, Mrs. Smith marked every fourth student with a green sticker. These lucky students were told to follow her to the school's new air-conditioned gym for a dance class. The other students glumly trooped onto the soccer field for a game in the hot August sun." "The...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CharacterVersusOnTheNose/lvhgj/post.htm#940691Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:06:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:940691ovumPS Consider this just trying to get back on topic before Lois stuffs Alan's balls down his throat.. Have you *seen* Alan? I have. And in addition to being disgustingly smart and funny, the man looks like some kind of 6'9" Viking conqueror. Since my husband is still recovering from foot surgery, we're going to leave Alan alone. His wife, on the other hand ... Well, in addition to being hot, she comes across as suspiciously calm and gentle. Since the woman evaded wild monkeys in Tibet, I bet she knows some kind of weird Himalayan ju jitsu. So I'm leaving her along, too. Their offspring, on the other hand ... Well, IIRC, they're raising some kind of soccer star. If she happens to catch me tottering around on my...