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Brownje83
27 Feb 2006, 02:08 AM
I know that a "cap" is an appearance for a national team. Is it short for something? From where is the term derived? Just curious...and bored.:)
nyrmetros
27 Feb 2006, 04:28 AM
I know that a "cap" is an appearance for a national team. Is it short for something? From where is the term derived? Just curious...and bored.:)
http://www.soccerhall.org/ColinJose/What%20is%20an%20International%20Cap.htm
there we go :)
JamesENicholson
27 Feb 2006, 10:05 AM
This one is good...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Caps
gngrasso
27 Feb 2006, 11:13 AM
I learned something today. Thanks guys. :)
JBG - Bribe Taker
28 Feb 2006, 08:46 AM
If you ever get to Charleston and visit the Battery's 3 Lions Pub, there's 2 of Sir Stanley Matthews caps framed on the wall.
Brownje83
01 Mar 2006, 01:32 AM
I half-expected to get shotdown for asking such a question but thanks to you guys I've learned something very interesting. Now I can go around asking everyone if they really know where the word came from! Cheers to you...and thanks again.;)