Category Archives: world cup 2010

Imaginative

By 6000 | 6000 | September 4, 2009

With the kick off of the 2010 World Cup just 279 days away, the Green Point Stadium in Green Point seems set to be renamed. Originally, the name mooted was the African Renaissance Stadium, but who wants to play football in an ARS? Thus, the Cape Town City Council have proposed that the new name for the [...]

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British Journalist Speaks Sense About South Africa SHOCK!!!!!

By 6000 | 6000 | August 11, 2009

It seems that Chief Football Commentator at The Times, Patrick Barclay, thinks that England can win the World Cup in South Africa next year. And he may well be right. They’re playing some great football and getting some great results. And, of course, the 2010 World Cup will be held in the middle of winter [...]

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2009 KiTT: The story so far

By 6000 | 6000 | July 8, 2009

I have finally managed to get around to using the ultra fast internet here on the Isle of Man to upload the first few photos of the 2009 Kids in Tow Tour to flickr. And not only that, but these are also the first batch taken with my new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28. And I love [...]

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Back home on the Isle of Man

By 6000 | 6000 | July 7, 2009

After a short trip to the ghastly Gatwick airport and the bumpy flight over the UK and the Irish Sea, followed by the most horrendous landing ever, I feel profoundly lucky to be safely “home” in the Isle of Man. Not many people know that I almost died here, on a runway at Ronaldsway Airport [...]

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Bafana v Brazil

By 6000 | 6000 | June 25, 2009

The Local Boys take on the Samba Boys in the second Confederations Cup semi-final this evening, buoyed by growing local support and the somewhat surprising result from the first semi last night when the USA beat Spain 2-0. That said, there are only 12 places between those two on the FIFA rankings. Brazil are 67 [...]

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