By Rob | 6th August 2010 |
World Cup 2010 is now a thing of the past and we haven’t made any comments!
Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Uruguay – the last four – no real surprises there! As Ric says a couple of the high profile teams stumbled in the starting blocks and thier “star” players were more like damp squibs.
As South Africa held
Read more…World Cup Done and Dusted – where were we?
By Rob | 10th June 2010 |
One day to go to World Cup 2010, I guess all the teams are here. Feel it – it is here! If part of the feeling is one of deja vu this is probably the reason why! In 1966 England hosted and won the World Cup and they drew the same group as South Africa
Read more…Déjà Vu?
By Rob | 30th May 2010 |
Welcome World!!
The trickle is starting to become a flood…. first it was South Africa – Bafana Bafana coming back home after training camps in Brazil and Germany. Then Australia – the Socceroos, Brazil and then Argentina and Denmark! I rode past an escorted tour bus on the highway on Saturday – I concluded that it
Read more…Welcome World!!
By Rob | 20th March 2010 |
Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst has been round the block and then some.
This charismatic 35 year old Dutch Captain has played club football in Scotland (Rangers), England (Arsenal), Spain (Barcalona) and of course his homeland the Netherlands (RKC Waalwijk and Feyenoord).
His international career is impressive. He debuted against Brazil in August ’96 and has since earned 93
Read more…VAN BRONCKHORST – Veteran Dutch Captain
By Rob | 17th March 2010 |
I feel something of a bond with Maradona – we were born in the same year – in fact he is 2 months younger than me. But I guess that is where the bond ends.
This diminutive (1.65m) legend of the game has no less than 91 caps for Argentina and he scored an amazing 34
Read more…Maradona – Greatest Football Player Ever or Has Been reincarnated as a coach?