http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/ World Soccer views and news Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-334071 Nevertoqualify Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:14:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-334071 Hopefully the stadia will be finished on time. Green Point was still an immense building site when I was there 2 weeks ago. It worries me that your average football fan might be expecting to enjoy themselves drinking and exploring the streets of the host cities of an evening. Unfortunately this is not going to happen unless there is a radical change in security and a development of a bar culture over the next 2 years. Hopefully the stadia will be finished on time. Green Point was still an immense building site when I was there 2 weeks ago. It worries me that your average football fan might be expecting to enjoy themselves drinking and exploring the streets of the host cities of an evening. Unfortunately this is not going to happen unless there is a radical change in security and a development of a bar culture over the next 2 years.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333530 This Is American Soccer » Blog Archive » the barometer Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:58:36 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333530 [...] Changing gears, excitement is already bubbling for 2010? [...] […] Changing gears, excitement is already bubbling for 2010? […]

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333505 Planet Betting Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:23:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333505 Don't they have rats in Spain - or did Franco have them all shot ? Basil Fawlty! Yeah, back to South Africa and I'm prepared to risk a trip there despite all that you hear! I can only hope that the public transport gets sorted out or it could be very hairy getting back from the stadiums. Once in a lifetime experience though and I get the feeling I may regret it if I don't go. Don’t they have rats in Spain - or did Franco have them all shot ? Basil Fawlty! Yeah, back to South Africa and I’m prepared to risk a trip there despite all that you hear! I can only hope that the public transport gets sorted out or it could be very hairy getting back from the stadiums. Once in a lifetime experience though and I get the feeling I may regret it if I don’t go.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333488 Kev Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:18:06 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/11/29/expect-the-spectacular-at-south-africa-2010/#comment-333488 Funny you say that about all world cup hosts having problems. Sometimes I can't believe Spain staged the World Cup just seven years after the death of Franco, and a year after an attempted coup d'etat (which I watched on John Craven's Newsround). Funny you say that about all world cup hosts having problems. Sometimes I can’t believe Spain staged the World Cup just seven years after the death of Franco, and a year after an attempted coup d’etat (which I watched on John Craven’s Newsround).

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