What next?
*Written after England’s defeat to Germany on Sunday, 27 June 2010 Part Five of SER’s FIFA 2010 World Cup coverage Special Focus: What next for England? Perhaps the scoreline was not representative of the game. Outplayed? Yes. Outclassed? Most certainly. But absolutely massacred? I don’t think I was the only one buoyed by the sight [...]
SECOND?!
*Written after England’s last group match on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 Part Four of SER’s FIFA 2010 World Cup coverage Special Focus: England’s Group Stage performances in South Africa SECOND?! Forgive me for being completely astounded, but Ireland thrashed Algeria not too long ago in one of their warm up fixtures. Granted, Giovanni Trappattoni has [...]
Chances?
*Written before England kicked off their World Cup campaign on Saturday, 12 June 2010 Part Three of SER’s FIFA 2010 World Cup coverage Special Focus: England’s chances in South Africa Time for the “Golden Generation” to deliver. Surely a team comprised of some of the world’s best players, including the likes of John Terry, Rio [...]
On the plane
*Written before Fabio Capello announced the England squad for the World Cup on Tuesday, 1 June 2010 Part Two of SER’s FIFA 2010 World Cup coverage Special Focus: England’s final 23-man squad for South Africa Fabio Capello has named his provisional 30-man England squad. Missing from that squad were Manchester United quartet: Gary Neville (England’s [...]
In Austria
*Written before Capello’s provisional squad was announced on Tuesday, 11 May 2010. Part One of SER’s FIFA 2010 World Cup coverage Special Focus: England’s provisional 30-man squad So Gareth Barry is crocked, half the papers have Owen Hargreaves on the plane to South Africa, and Bobby Zamora has ruled himself out in order to get [...]
FIFA Fan of the Tournament
With our Golden Boot, SER is now in the running for FIFA Fan of the Tournament! See what you can do to help! If you read the Golden Boot Chronicles, you would know that SER came to the World Cup in South Africa prepared! Dressed in our giant yellow football boot, we heard about the [...]
Puma Johannesburg Final V1.10 and Powercat
Don’t think Adidas and Nike are the only ones releasing new colorways this World Cup! Puma have released two new colorways (actually one for both their cleats) for the World Cup Finals to be played at Soccer City in Johannesburg on July 11th. You can never count Puma out of the ‘Race’, as they can [...]
Fernando Torres Looking For Luck In Old Boots
While David Villa has been in stunning form lately, Fernando Torres has failed to impress after coming back from a knee injury, and has looked to his old boots hoping for some luck. Fernando Torres seems to be very superstitious with his football boots and there are a number of examples to prove this statement. When most [...]
Top Scoring Football Boots in the 2010 World Cup South Africa
Wondering what are the current top scoring soccer cleats in South Africa? SER has all the answers which I can assure you are very accurate and up to date (as of the end of the Round of 16). I apologize for the lack of posts lately, attending World Cup matches and events just drains you! [...]
The Golden Boot Chronicles: England vs USA
The match-up everyone was waiting for… and the Golden Boot was there! The US vs England game was one of the most highly anticipated group matches across the globe, and the Golden Boot was sitting 10 rows up from behind the goal where Robert Green made a name for himself around the world (we’ll get [...]
