Soccerlens Podcast – South Africa 2010
On the fourth episode of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by journalist and broadcaster Gary Andrews and also Daryl Grove, who is the general manager of theoffside.com and also the worldcupblog.org, as we discuss all things World Cup 2010.
In particular we will be looking at the potential winners and losers of the finals and we will also discuss the problems that face Danny Jordaan and the rest of the World Cup organising committee.
We will also talk about the positives that will undoubtedly make South Africa 2010 a huge spectacle and we even discuss the baboon breakout that threatens to cause carnage at the World Cup!
Among the topics discussed with Gary Andrews and Daryl Grove were:
- The international sides set to make an impression at the World Cup
- World Cup 2010 ticketing issues
- South Africa’s crime rate and how this may affect travelling supporters
- The positives of holding football’s premier competition in Africa
- Plus more on top of that!
Show Details
Date: Friday 27th March 2009
Host: Stephen Darwin
Co-Host 1: Gary Andrews
Co-Host 2: Daryl Grove
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Also See:
A World Coup? Host Nations and World Cup Catastrophes – A run through past World Cups and the problems that host nations faced.
Didn’t Make The Cut
Legalizing Prostitution for World Cup 2010 – one of the proposals to come out of SA last year as they struggled to cope with improving social conditions leading up to the World Cup. Needless to say this one didn’t fly too well.
Andrew Jennings Interview – Mr Jennings talks to Steve Amoia about FIFA, Blatter, bribes, ticket scandals, vote rigging and lots more. A must read if you want to know what really happens at FIFA.
Topics: Soccerlens Podcast, World Cup
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March 27th, 2009 @ 09:51Mike, care to expand on that?
I’m quite happy to take constructive criticism if you didn’t like the show.
Cheers.
March 27th, 2009 @ 10:24If there’s any consolation for South Africa, South Korea did not win a single World Cup match prior to 2002 and there was great trepidation amongst Koreans that we would be the first ever host nation eliminated after the group stages (considering we had Portugal, Poland and the US in our group). It’s amazing how one year in football (even 6 months) can change the fortunes of a team.
As for the weather, thinking back to Euro 2008 and the mountain climate (albeit with some rain), I can’t help but think that somewhat cooler conditions allow for teams to open up as opposed to being bogged down by suppressive heat and humidity. We saw higher scoring games and matches where teams really took the game to each other because the weather in the Alps of Austria and Switzerland was more conducive to attacking football. That may be the one factor that brings us some good football in South Africa in their “winter month.”
Enjoyed the discussion.
March 27th, 2009 @ 17:54Daniel, I agree the EUROPEAN weather helped the players but you might want to reassess your analysis that this was down to the Alps mate, Basel for example is 200 metres up, the Alps times that by 100 and you are getting there. Switzerland and Austria have hot summers, I remember Holland v Russia was hot as balls…..
nice to see Soccerlens with a Podcast, I have been out of the loop over the last months, will be sure to add it to footballfilter once the new release is out, of course if there are no objections…..nice one as always Ahmed.
March 27th, 2009 @ 23:37@ daniel… But lets not forget you guys had the goose. I mean Guus. Lol
March 28th, 2009 @ 05:47Good job mate. You on twitter? That’s where the cool people are these days
March 31st, 2009 @ 07:15Cheers Daniel, glad you enjoyed it. You’re spot on about the weather too, it was a very valid point made by Daryl during the podcast.
Thanks RR, I am not currently on Twitter, to be honest I am not entirely sure how to use it!
March 31st, 2009 @ 17:11