>>>>In his professional career he scored 2,544 points - which I believe is more than have been scored in the entire history of soccer ;-)
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>>>How many points is counted each time some of those gladiators jumps head-first into the mudd by the end line?
>>>9 points ? But then when they actually score, (pass it through 6 times bigger goal) they count it much less.
>>>Go figure.
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>>>I just never got it. Guy runs as if he just stollen loaf of brown bread, and now whole willage is after him.
>>>Then he nails it behind aut line. What is so interesting about that ??
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>>>Real footbal (I mean played by foot) is artform comparing to that {vbg}
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>>One of the things I haven't figured out about real football, a.k.a. soccer, is why the guy who just scored a goal runs away from his teammates.
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>Well, since they can't congratulate him by patting him on the ass - as in real, manly, American football - he might fear the kicks ...

If I remember Andy Capp correctly, the congratulations are in the form of a kiss. I'd be running too.