World Cup 2010 England vs Germany

Crowd reaction as England were denied a 2nd goal, video from the Original Oak at Headingley in LEEDS!!!



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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Venues - Rustenburg

The countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa has begun in earnest and the spotlight begins to fall on the venues as soccer fans from around the world check out the destinations from where their favoured teams begin the adventure which they all hope will lead to the Final in Johannesburg's Soccer City on July 11th.

Rustenburg is a city of over 400,000 in South Africa's North West Province in the foothills of the Magaliesburg Mountains. Home to the Bafokeng Nation the region is rich in mineral wealth, particularly platinum. Close by is Pilanesberg Game Reserve, the fourth largest National Park in South Africa where a wide array of southern African wildlife can be found including lions, elephants, white and black rhinos, buffaloes, leopards and zebras. If wildlife is not your thing then Rustenburg is a mere 30km from Sun City, South Africa's premier holiday resort, with its many entertainment and relaxation opportunities. Sunny all year round, World Cup temperatures should average about 16°C but it can get cold at night due to the altitude of 1500m.

Rustenburg's brand new Royal Bafokeng Stadium with a capacity of 42,000 will play host to Five Group Matches plus one Round of 16 match between June 12th and June 26th. First up its England versus USA, a Group C match scheduled for 20:30 on June 12th. New Zealand and Slovakia play their Group F match at 13:30 on June 15th. On June 19th at 16:00 it's the Group D match between Ghana and Australia. The all South American Group A clash between Mexico and Uruguay takes place at 16:00 on June 22nd. The final Group match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium sees Denmark take on Japan on 24th June at 20:30. Two days later on June 26th a Round of 16 match takes place between the winners of Group C and the runners up from Group D.

Rustenburg is about 40km from Pilanesberg International Airport (NTY) which serves nearby Sun City
Telephone: +27 (0)14 552 1261. Flights from Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.

The distance from Nelspruit to the other World Cup 2010 venues is as follows:
Johannesburg 121 Km, Polokwane 376 Km, Nelspruit 445 Km, Bloemfontein 441 Km,
Cape Town 1385 Km, Port Elizabeth 1105 Km, Pretoria 105 Km, Durban 711 Km.

Dan has been writing articles on sports and other subjects for some time. His guide to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Venues can be found here World Cup Venues, and here you can find his guide to noise cancellation headphones.

"Jabulani" (1/5): Kaka, Alonso, Ballack & Lampard Interviews [HQ]

Kaka, Xabi Alonson, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech all testing the new adidas Jabulani Ball - the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Translations: Real Madrid: Kaká It is cool. The first impression is good. The colours of South Africa, a funky pattern on the ball. Cool. Well done! Talk about the name of the ball Kaká: The name of the ball is Jabulani; I just don't know what it means. Interviewer: Celebration! Kaká: It is great. So, I wish a good celebration for everyone. I think that this World Cup will be once again a big event for the whole world, so many people will celebrate, have a party, enjoy their countries, their players. So I feel it is an appropriate name to be used in such an event as the World Cup. Real Madrid: Xabi Alonso Well it seems to be a football exactly for for South Africa, with all these in terms of design it has these African tribal circles. Also it seems to me that it's a very fast football. I am positive that it will score spectacularly fast goals, and this will provide a great spectacle of football. It's quite natural and comfortable, it's a very light football and I think it'll be very fast. It's looking good, and I'm sure that all footballers will enjoy this ball in the world Cup. I pretty sure it'll be amazing. Chelsea: Michael Ballack Good on the foot goes exactly where I want it. No really, it's really cool. What do you think about the ball after trying it out? Well, first thing, it's got fantastic grip, so when ...



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Marketing Lessons From The World Cup

The month long spectacle of the quadrennial Football word cup culminated in South Africa after much fanfare and gaiety last week. The tournament as a whole was a great success thanks to the hosts who took to the event in such a huge manner that the festive atmosphere that prevailed truly reflected the rainbow nation in its true colors. Though there was much to crow about the successful event, the first in the African continent, a lot of things could've been done better. Let's look at the some of the lessons that we can learn from this event from a marketing angle.

Ignore Technology at your own peril: I know that my English friends would still be sulking about Lampard's disallowed goal. Whether that decision would have made a significant impact on the outcome of the match is indeed debatable. I have my doubts as I feel that Germany was a much better side on the day and they thoroughly deserved the win.

Disallowed Goal

But what is beyond debate is the fact that the simple use of technology could've avoided the issue altogether and everyone would have been happy with the final result had it been the case. And the winner would've been pleased that their win did   not get sullied in the controversy.

Marketing Takeaway - Don't get overawed by technology as it's a great enabler.

Don't alter crucial factors close to the event: The tricks that the ball (Jabulani) played in adversely affecting the games as a spectacle as well for players could've been avoided had they not left the choice of balls to be used till the very last moment.

Marketing takeaway - Trust the tried and tested tools when the stakes are high.

Don't go overboard with the scarcity card: Well before the first whistle blew or the sound of Vuvuzela was heard, FIFA had announced that the most of the tickets had been sold. But in hindsight, the claim that 97% of tickets were sold before the tournament began seemed hardly credible as made conspicuous by swathes of empty seats at the stadia. Did they put off the potential buyers by playing the scarcity card excessively? Well, the evidences seem to suggest so.

Marketing takeaway - Be moderate and credible with claims as it may put off prospective customers otherwise.

Know your market: One of the basics of marketing is to know your target audience and the organizers made a basic error in judgement in this aspect. There was a huge drop in the ticket sales over the internet, since majority of the football fans in Africa don't have access to internet and the payment options online. Africa isn't Europe and what worked in the previous world cup obviously didn't work this time as the market has changed.

Marketing takeaway - Choose to go online or offline based on the audience

Greed isn't a virtue: The exorbitant pricing of the packages - travel, accommodation and ticketing aimed to squeeze out the maximum from the ardent faithfuls was met with strong negative response from all around. And instead of making it an affordable proposition for the multitude of fans, the sheer greed on the part of the stage managers fended them off big time.

I'm sure that the cricket fans would nod their heads in agreement on how the West Indies bungled on the same in the world cup that they hosted in 2007 but did well to quickly learn from that mistake in time for World T20 two years later. Hope that Brazil can take a leaf out of their books in time for 2014.

Marketing takeaway - When you're working with a massive market, the prices ought to be competitive

World Cup Party

But for all the marketing slip ups and hiccups, what cannot be missed was the joi de vivre that was on display in ample measure. Let's capture that spirit of joy and happiness in our marketing efforts as well.

Waka Waka folks..!!

Internet Marketing & MLM Mentor

Manchester United V Liverpool - The World's Biggest Football Rivalry

For many years Liverpool FC have held the title as the most successful club in England thanks to their record breaking 18 First Division/Premier League titles. However in recent years Manchester United have had a long run of constant success and now tie with Liverpool's record of 18 League titles thanks to their Premier League title for the 2008/09 season.

Manchester and Liverpool are both in the North West of England and are situated approximately 34 miles apart, with the M62 motorway the easiest way to get between the two cities.

The rivalry between inhabitants of both cities transcends Football and is part of the culture, and originally stems from the Industrial revolution period of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Liverpool's port was large and brought in huge amounts of ships and cargo providing jobs and wealth to the area. As Manchester floundered they decided to build the Manchester ship canal that linked the city of Manchester with the Irish sea. Whilst this brought prosperity and jobs to Manchester it caused unemployment in Liverpool and much resentment.

On the footballing side Manchester United were the first team to lift the European Cup in 1968 under the stewardship of the legendary Scottish manager Sir Matt Busby. Liverpool did not win the European Cup until the 1970's but have now won the trophy 5 times to United's 3 times.

Whilst the 1970's and 1980's were most definitely Liverpools glory period of success, the 1990's and 2000's were Man Utd's glory period of success. Liverpool have now gone 19 years without winning the League title in England.

During the 2008/09 Premier League season Liverpool did the double over Man Utd, beating them 2-1 at Anfield and 4-1 at Old Trafford, it was Liverpool's best league campaign in years but they still came up short as United won the league by four points.

Games between the sides are fiercely fought occasions and tickets for these games are very hard to get hold of due to the extremely high demand, if you are not a season ticket holder the only way to get one is to use a reputable ticket agent.

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FIFA 10: Argentina vs. Germany (2010 FIFA World Cup)

www.jayandrob.com Highlights 0:08-1:12/ Goal of the match 1:16/ Pass & Effort of the match 1:35. "Intelligent game and pretty good luck from Germany" Jay won! Website designed and produced by: Rob Tiina Pyykkö: home.tamk.fi Juha Lindstedt: pakastin.fi "It is a shame that Finland is not in the World Cup.. They are not ready for the big tournaments. What can you do.. While they are struggling their way into big tournaments we have to enjoy the big matches from our couch, enjoy the beautiful nature of Tampere, Finland and study some photography. Enjoy the websites!" - Jay & Rob



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Watch Full Match Video Of Netherlands Vs Uruguay 2010 Fifa World Cup

Due to youtube terms I can't upload video on this site you can Watch More Full Match Videos On uruguay-vs-netherlands.notlong.com Watch Original video of fights Video at this www.newsvideo99.com netherlands vs uruguay netherlands vs uruguay presented by alien Sweasy26 for peace from planet sweasy26.com! holland vs uruguay, spain vs germany, germany vs spain, uruguay vs netherlands, uruguay vs holland "It is a shame that Finland is not in the World Cup.. They are not ready for the big tournaments. What can you do.. While they are struggling their way into big tournaments we have to enjoy the big matches from our couch, enjoy the beautiful nature of Tampere, Finland and study some photography. Enjoy the websites!" - Jay & Rob



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