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World Cup Done and Dusted - where were we?

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

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Deja vu?

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

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Welcome World!!

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

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VAN BRONCKHORST – Veteran Dutch Captain

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

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Maradona - Greatest Football Player Ever or Has Been reincarnated as a coach?

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

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