Tolkien/Football Connections - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 06-21-2006, 06:37 AM

Well I did play for my University and it is basically my father's religion.... he will watch association football but fact he prefers rugby may be partly to do with the fact "his team" is Coventry City ...that isn't good is it?

Sounds like the giant is taking a punt.... Rugby definitely....

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-21-2006, 06:43 AM

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.

Rumil · 06-21-2006, 12:37 PM

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

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 06-21-2006, 12:53 PM

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.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-21-2006, 02:27 PM

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...

Mattius · 06-24-2006, 06:01 PM

Love the Crouch-Gollum!

Lalwendë · 07-04-2006, 06:14 AM

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.

06-21-2006, 06:37 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Well I did play for my University and it is basically my father's religion.... he will watch association football but fact he prefers rugby may be partly to do with the fact "his team" is Coventry City ...that isn't good is it? Sounds like the giant is taking a punt.... Rugby definitely.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-21-2006, 06:43 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	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. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' Last edited by Estelyn Telcontar; 06-21-2006 at 06:47 AM.

06-21-2006, 12:37 PM	#3
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	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 __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

06-21-2006, 12:53 PM	#4
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	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. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

06-21-2006, 02:27 PM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	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... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-24-2006, 06:01 PM	#6
Mattius Soul of Fire Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: City of Steel Posts: 666	Love the Crouch-Gollum! __________________ A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone else's?

07-04-2006, 06:14 AM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	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. __________________ Gordon's alive!

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