Happy Birthday Fellow Bloggers...

[midfielder]

From the MV forum.... so for all us bloggers football was first written about in Australia on 12 May 1879... Hi Arab did you read the article when it was first published  ;D

http://www.melbournevictory.net/forum/showthread.php?56933-Happy-birthday-Australian-soccer-writing!

Happy birthday Australian soccer writing!


Today marks the 131st anniversary of the earliest published account (yet discovered) of a game in Australia. (I'm only celebrating that because I missed the anniversary of the first game on 10 May.)


The Mercury Monday 12 May 1879
The Cricketer's Club made a start for the season with a scratch match, sides being picked by F. V. Smith and G. S. Chapman. The English Association Rules which have been adopted by this club were played. Chapman's side proved victorious by two goals to one, both kicked by B. Stuart, well judged kicks. H. B. Smith with a good piece of dribbling secured the goal for the other side. Besides the goal kickers, tho most prominent players were Boddam, F. V. Smith, Chapman, R. Kirby, H. Prior, L. M'Leod and Davenport, (the last three hailing from the High School club). The natural amount of inconvenience was felt by most, of the players who essayed, the novel rules for the first time, the mysteries of off and on side and the obligation to leave the hands idle proving almost insurmountable. After some practice no doubt those difficulties will be overcome.

 

[Arabmariner]

From the MV forum.... so for all us bloggers football was first written about in Australia on 12 May 1879... Hi Arab did you read the article when it was first published  ;D

http://www.melbournevictory.net/forum/showthread.php?56933-Happy-birthday-Australian-soccer-writing!

Happy birthday Australian soccer writing!


Today marks the 131st anniversary of the earliest published account (yet discovered) of a game in Australia. (I'm only celebrating that because I missed the anniversary of the first game on 10 May.)


The Mercury Monday 12 May 1879
The Cricketer's Club made a start for the season with a scratch match, sides being picked by F. V. Smith and G. S. Chapman. The English Association Rules which have been adopted by this club were played. Chapman's side proved victorious by two goals to one, both kicked by B. Stuart, well judged kicks. H. B. Smith with a good piece of dribbling secured the goal for the other side. Besides the goal kickers, tho most prominent players were Boddam, F. V. Smith, Chapman, R. Kirby, H. Prior, L. M'Leod and Davenport, (the last three hailing from the High School club). The natural amount of inconvenience was felt by most, of the players who essayed, the novel rules for the first time, the mysteries of off and on side and the obligation to leave the hands idle proving almost insurmountable. After some practice no doubt those difficulties will be overcome.

I'm not quite as old as you MF 

 

[dibo]

We're not really bloggers here.

 

[adz]

Some people are

 

[dibo]

Yeah, but independent of what they do here. This is a forum.

Blogs have authors and commenters. Not everyone is free to post content, they are free to comment (subject to moderation).

This place has posters. Everyone's free to post whatever and comment on whatever (subject to moderation).

 

[adz]

True. Maybe the post wasn't directed at everyone on this forum, but all the bloggers. Just like when someone posts a thread saying "Happy birthday <person>", it is directed at that particular person, rather than everyone on the forum.

 

[Ally]

Well in that case, if we are going to be absolutely technical - the original acrticle from 1879 can't be a blog.

As blog is short for weblog, it would have difficult to write and publish one before the web or even the computer was actually invented.

I think this is more a celebration of when football was first written about in Australia.

 

[kevrenor]

Well in that case, if we are going to be absolutely technical - the original acrticle from 1879 can't be a blog.

As blog is short for weblog, it would have difficult to write and publish one before the web or even the computer was actually invented.

I think this is more a celebration of when football was first written about in Australia.

Indeed ... everything written on the Internet seems to be called blogging now... Lazy writing. Oh, midfielder, was that you?

The significance of that date is it is the reputed date of the first organised match (disputed by some football historians) and the game has been written about all that time! I wonder what words and even cliches used in that report, that are still used by some of us today?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Well in that case, if we are going to be absolutely technical - the original acrticle from 1879 can't be a blog.

As blog is short for weblog, it would have difficult to write and publish one before the web or even the computer was actually invented.

I think this is more a celebration of when football was first written about in Australia.

Enough of your nit-pickery Smithers

 

[Ally]

Well in that case, if we are going to be absolutely technical - the original acrticle from 1879 can't be a blog.

As blog is short for weblog, it would have difficult to write and publish one before the web or even the computer was actually invented.

I think this is more a celebration of when football was first written about in Australia.

Enough of your nit-pickery Smithers

Well if we are going to nit-pick on one issue we should nit-pick on them all.

 

[Sym]

Dibo's love for midfielder just grows and grows...

 

[dibo]

As does yours for me.

Hugs and kisses,
Dibo

 

[Sym]

when sarcasm doesn't work. You did it well.