Tag Archives: football

Tears…

By 6000 | 6000 | May 11, 2009

One part joy, two parts relief. Well done, boys! More tomorrow… It’s tomorrow, and here’s the match report, featuring some sporting words from Preston manager Alan Irvine: I can’t speak for previous play-offs and it wasn’t down to luck this time in any case. Sheffield United were better than us in both games and deserved [...]

3 Comments | Also tagged | Posted in sheffield, sport, uk

Not sour grapes…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 28, 2009

…but when your team goes out of the FA Cup because of this: GOAL Hull City 1-0 Sheffield United It’s an unbelievably controversial goal and the Blades will be furious about that one. A cross from the Hull right is for some reason headed against the underside of his own crossbar by Kyle Naughton and [...]

7 Comments | Also tagged , | Posted in annoying people, sheffield, sport

It’s here!

By 6000 | 6000 | February 18, 2009

Tonight sees the start of the 2009 7-a-side Corporate Soccer League (Cape Town, Wednesdays, Season 1) and I’m itching (not literally) to get back on the field so that I can be all screwed up in a ball of agony by this time tomorrow. Your host taking on some rotund Italians last year Things have changed [...]

11 Comments | Also tagged | Posted in sport

SA crime – the moaning continues

By 6000 | 6000 | June 30, 2008

Sadly, South Africa is known, amongst many other things, for its high crime rate. But there came some good news on that front today with the release of the latest crime figures, which show a marked decrease, especially in many of the more serious crimes: murder down 4.7% and robbery with aggravating circumstances down 7.4%, [...]

12 Comments | Also tagged , , | Posted in annoying people, sport, this is south africa
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