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Colin Bowman - World Cup Fever »
Looking to the future
Posted on 4:28pm Monday 26th July 2010
Congratulations to Spain as they take the World Cup home. Going into the tournament as favourites they certainly showed strength of character, overcoming an opening defeat and securing a tough victory against arch rivals Portugal along the way. It is very fair to say worthy winners of the cup showing immense team spirit.
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Reflections as the World Cup draws to a close
Posted on 5:13pm Thursday 8th July 2010
As we enter the final week of South Africa 2010 I am interested in gauging reactions to Sepp Blatter's dream of hosting a World Cup on African soil. There has been endless pre tournament debate about security, infrastructure, technical ability, accommodation, ticketing and how the local people will benefit from overseas interest.
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Strong nations starting to dominate
Posted on 4:56pm Wednesday 30th June 2010
After an indifferent start to the 2010 World Cup the major nations are starting to show their quality.
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England fans put in long shift
Posted on 5:39pm Tuesday 29th June 2010
Travelling around this vast country has meant many hours in a car or coach.
Harry Herbert »
At least we're not French
Posted on 2:29pm Monday 28th June 2010
We arrived in neglected Bloemfontain in the early hours of the morning on game day. We had just been on a bus and sat next to a couple of guys who had seen three lions at a game park the day before. It was an omen. The lions were ‘lying in the road, dead to the world’. Sounds about right.
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Last minute USA goal causes dilemma for England fans.
Posted on 1:22am Friday 25th June 2010
The unpredictability of this current World cup has travelling England fans in a spin.
Harry Herbert »
This World Cup is bizarre
Posted on 12:29pm Monday 21st June 2010
This World Cup couldn’t get more bizarre. The locals are not sure who to put their trust in; the only stand out performer being Argentina and even they realise Maradona’s team could easily plummet to mediocrity.
Harry Herbert »
It's a 20-hour bus ride to Cape Town!
Posted on 10:39am Monday 14th June 2010
Harry Herbert, from Brighton, is in South Africa for the whole tournament and was in the stadium for the opening match of the tournament between South Africa and Mexico. After the slight disappointment of England’s first game at The Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg; I’m about to embark on a 20-hour, overnight bus ride to Cape Town in preparation for the mighty Algeria on Friday.
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Completing England's World Cup journey since 1970
Posted on 12:07am Friday 11th June 2010
On the eve of 2010 World Cup, here's the last of my reviews of past England World Cup exploits since we last won. Writing the articles has brought back a few really great memories but in the main a lot of frustration and anger have risen back to the back to the surface.
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Watching the World Cup from down the pub
Posted on 7:26am Monday 7th June 2010
With less than a week to the opening ceremony, I've visited five popular pubs to get an insight into their World Cup preparations and speaking with regulars. It seems that excitement is going into overload and in general people have already made plans to watch as many matches as possible.
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England Prepare
Posted on 1:01pm Monday 31st May 2010
The 2009/10 domestic season is swiftly giving away to the drama of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa which starts on 11th June.
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France 98 and the magic of the Orient 2002
Posted on 7:21am Tuesday 25th May 2010
With 16 days to go until the opening ceremony and with most of the regular season now behind us World Cup 2010 fever will be going go into melt down.
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Italia 90 What a ride for England Fans
Posted on 6:04pm Monday 3rd May 2010
Colin Bowman is going to South Africa in 8 weeks time and has 5 tickets BUT still needs £1600 to pay for it. This week he reviews early 1990s England performances.
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Icons of the World Cup 2010
Posted on 1:30pm Tuesday 20th April 2010
With just fifty days to go before the curtain raiser in Jo'burg 2010 World Cup fever is simmering away as excitement and tensions build.
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