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06-21-2006, 06:43 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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Thanks for finding those quotes, Lal!! Of course, as they're from The Hobbit, people don't have to consider them quite canonical, I suppose...
 Saucy, I checked the index to Letters and found references to both rugby and cricket, but none to football, alas.
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06-21-2006, 12:37 PM
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Sage & Onions
Join Date: Aug 2002
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footie footie footie
As well as the essential quotes from The Hobbit, it appears (rather less canonically) that Middle Earth had a thriving cup competition -
Middle Earth Football Tournament
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06-21-2006, 12:53 PM
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Auspicious Wraith
Join Date: May 2002
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The local news last week had a bit proclaiming that football was, in fact, invented up here in Aberdeen. Just wanted to throw that out there.
Estelyn, I cannot thank you enough for bringing this to my attention. Fernando Torres is probably my favourite footballer due to my 'discovering' him on Championship Manager (PC game) a full year before he was ever mentioned on British television. Maybe if I write my fanmail in Quenya he'll finally reply. 
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06-21-2006, 02:27 PM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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I chuckled over one player's name, as it sounds very close to a character of Tolkien's: Bobadilla, from Paraguay.
I'm glad this information is helpful to you, Eomer! Good luck on getting an answer to your fan mail...
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06-24-2006, 06:01 PM
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Soul of Fire
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Love the Crouch-Gollum!
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07-04-2006, 06:14 AM
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A Mere Boggart
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Not really a Tolkien-Footie connection, but just to show how old the game is...
I was listening to the song Jack Rowland by Martin Carthy ealier; it's based on tales of Childe Rowland, which are very old stories. I noticed that the tale begins with a game of what seems to be football, and then goes off into adventures in Faerie. There aren't many stories that link Faerie and Football, I'm sure.
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