A name the British use instead of American football, due to the fact the ball in question is egg shaped, so it isn't a ball and most aspects of the game are hand-based. It is also quite similar to the English invention
Rugby (named because of the town it originated in) except all the players are heavily
padded, can pass forward, and every time a player gets taken down, play stops, whilst in Rugby, almost every opposition player can
pile on top of another opposition player, and the play will continue as soon as the ball is passed. Football is a game when a spherical ball is passed around by the foot and shot forcefully into a goal protected by a goalkeeper. The use of hands for
outfield players and goalkeepers that are not in the box in football (or soccer to Americans) is strictly forbidden.
The truth is that American football doesn't make sense, and the name "Soccer" doesn't make sense either, seen as the name is actually originally an abbreviation of
the FA (Football As(
soc)iation), not another word for the actual
beautiful game.