What is a Vuvuzela?

What is a Vuvuzela?

The Vuvuzela is another item unique to South African football, and irritated international fans media and television viewers during the Confederation Cup. Originally an animals horn would be blown at games, however now the noise comes from a plastic horn

What is a Makarapa?

What is a Makarapa?

One of the features of attending football matches in South Africa is the Makarapa, the redesigned construction hats worn by devotees of the game. Miner’s helmets were originally worn to protect spectators from being hit by bottles, but over the

What Cost the World Cup?

A nation rejoiced in May 2004 when FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced that South Africa would host the 2010 World Cup. The people of South Africa seeing a chance to show case their country and dispel some of the beliefs

Freddy Will Play

It is amazing to think that there has been so much written about Andrew “Freddy” Flintoff and whether he will or won’t play in the final Ashes Test at the Oval. There is no doubt that the England hierarchy made

Time to Talk

Several of the Football West State Premier League coaches have in recent weeks been bemoaning the fact that they will soon be without the players who have been signed up with the Perth Glory Youth team. This has come to