Tag Archives: FIFA

The Morning After

By 6000 | 6000 | June 28, 2010

And so, the dream that never was anything more than a dream is now over. And while we English lick our wounds and think about what might have been, it’s only right that those readers and tweeters who have asked for my considered opinion on matters football get their manna from heaven. I’ve thought long [...]

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Any excuse

By 6000 | 6000 | April 15, 2010

Don’t expect too much this evening. I’m utterly knackered. Emotionally, mentally and physically this week has been draining. Somnially, it’s been a complete disaster. And I’ve inhaled enough Icelandic volcanic ash to close a nation’s airspace. Actually, that last bit wasn’t true. But the rest was gospel. And while today I have been completely out [...]

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6000.co.za relaunch

By 6000 | 6000 | March 19, 2010

After this bit of apparent FIFA silliness, I have decided to relaunch 6000 miles… We are now The Unofficial National Blog of the You-Know-What   Just don’t tell Sepp, ok? UPDATE: Here’s the offending ad, which Kulula state on their facebook page, has got: Nothing to do with the WC. Just to be clear. Well, if by [...]

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Don’t miss out

By 6000 | 6000 | January 20, 2010

It’s getting close to closing date for the third sales phase of World Cup 2010 tickets and you’d be silly to chance it and hope that you can buy them over the counter a bit later. Even though FIFA have promised to make it easy for South Africans to do just that, there’s a good [...]

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England to be based in Rustenburg?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 22, 2009

Simon Austin on the BBC Sport website claims that “agreement has been made in principle for England to stay in Rustenburg next summer”. Rustenburg is not a big place. I went to Rustenburg once, but it was closed. Fortunately, we continued west along the N4 and ended up in Zeerust, with its friendly drive-thru bottle store. [...]

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