Hmmm.

What is soccer?

Are you American?

It's an shortened version of Association Football.

HTH

Of the 45 national FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, 43 use football in their organisations' official names (only Canada and United States use soccer). Soccer has been the prevailing term for association football in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, where other codes of football are dominant. The term used for association football is going through a period of transition in recent times. In 2005, Australia's association football governing body changed its name from soccer to football to align with the general international usage of the term.[1] In 2006, New Zealand decided to follow suit citing "the international game is called football".[2]

Given your pedantry about which country issues passports I'd have expected you to be a bit more precise.

HTH

Is this guy in the thread title worth signing keith just incase we do with your blessing and then can refer to it later if he is dogs hit.

There are numerous variants of Football codes of which Association Football is but one, hence the abbreviated term soccer. Just because one particular code of football becomes the most popular throughout the world, does not give it the right to exclusive singular use of that particular term.

FIFA is called FIFA for a reason... it ain't called FIF.

UEFA is called UEFA for a reason... it ain't called UEF.

FA is called FA for a reason... it ain't called F.

HTH

The AA aren't called A either, but I didn't drive my Association Automobile to work today.

I thought this observation seemed irrelevant enough to feel at home on this particular thread.

Almost as irrelevant as your non-existent English passport.

I did think the debate about passports was irrelevant, although I don't recall claiming to have an English passport. Mine was issued in England, as it goes, so I suppose you could regard it as English in that sense, but it definitely says "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the front.

I feel pleased to have contributed something similarly irrelevant. I feel like we're bonding.

Yes, they all have the word Fotball Association in them. Well spotted.

They don't have the word "soccer"

FIFA isn't FISA
UEFA isn't UESA

etc etc

HTH

Nice to see keith wont answer my question but will be 1st to criticise if he comes and fails

It was issued in the UK.

England doesn't issue passports because it isn't a country and does not have the authority to set up an agency to issue them.

Norway does.

Came to see your views on this but all their is is someone making multiple points around the point you don't get an English but British passport... Who gives a f...?