Because in Britain & most places in the world it is a game played by kicking a ball with feet. Rugby football is different. American football, & indeed Aussie Rules football are also different. But they are derived from Football.
You call it football because you play with ball and kick the ball
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Which Version? The US call American football-football and association football-soccer.In the UK we call association football-football,Rugby football-Rugby and American football a girl's game because of all the padding they wear!
"American football" is what football is called in England. This is because the names "associated football" and "football" are already used for soccer.
They don't call it football they call it fussball. This means football in English. They call it football like most European countries because they aren't idiots like the americans.
Federation International of Football Association .They call it Football because the original soccer is Football. But in America they call it soccer but its really called Football.
They call it football.
Japan doesn't have football
their both right because U.S.A call soccer and England call football
A football fan.
The end of a football game.
football which they call soccer! football to them is soccer!