Annie's World Cup scoop from the Sportsound office...
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|00:03 UK time, Friday, 11 June 2010
You're going to be hearing a lot of Chick Young over the next couple of weeks. He's the lucky - and lone - representative of the Sportsound team in South Africa.
But for the rest of us - like you - the World Cup will be something we watch on the telly. Thankfully I'm too young to remember Argentina in 1978, but ever since a world cup summer has meant the joy of being a couch potato for month. Being put to bed - then woken up again in the middle of the night to watch Mexico 86 - remains a favourite memory of mine.
But how will the rest of the Sportsound team be enjoying the festivities?
Well believe it or not our main commentator - and national treasure - David Begg is going cold turkey. He's in Shetland for the next fortnight - without a TV. But David has been closer to the action than many of us - he and Murdo commentated on the last World Cup final - with Murdo in Glasgow and David in the Olympic Stadium - some 1000 miles away - and believe it or not it worked!
Our pundit Allan Preston will be flying the flag for the Sportsound team in foreign parts- he's going to be in Las Vegas but has already worked out the time difference and will be getting up the for the first match each day at 4.30am - when most of Vegas will be stumbling home.
Stephen Craigan - host of The Pitch on Sportsound - could have been in South Africa in his role as captain of Northern Ireland. But like the Scotland players he'll be trying to fit in three games a day on telly along with pre-season training. He's supporting Slovakia and Slovenia who qualified from Northern Ireland's group. What a nice man.
Speaking of nice men... Jim Traynor is - in his own words 'retreating to his Largs lair and 'kicking every Jabulani with the Elephants, Indomitable Lions, Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana - while waiting for Shakira to shake her Waka Waka.
In the Sportsound team as in life itself, it really does take all kinds....
Comment number 1.
At 04:27 11th Jun 2010, David Nathaniels wrote:World cup represents the most watched,and exciting sports so far in the history of mankind.
It has a binding force that unite warring people together.It resolves many conflicts and arguements and has cleansed the ugly face of racial discrimination.The choice of South Africa for 2010 world cup means the last stab on racial discrimination and the begining of a new world order where race is unimportant.
PRIDE OF A NATION
This soccer event raises the pride of a Nation and makes the old and young to dance in the street,the rich and poor hug with the political leaders and the elites raising their arms to beat the air in celebration of goals.Presidents cancel important meetings and protocols suspended to watch the world cup.
SAD EVENTS
Unfortunately the sports has witnessed sad events of deaths in jubilation.Lives have gone in accidents why celebrating, but comparatively,many high blood pressure,hypertension and stroke have disappeared why the sports is going on.
2010
Fortunately for about 76 years the cup was born, it is visiting Africa the first time today,11/06/2010.It gives Africa great honour,and the entire Africa salute the courage of the Sepp Blatter led FIFA.The entire African people pray to God almighty to let the cup live in Africa for the next 4-years just like other continents.May be it will bring healing to the continent of Africa and remove the ugly face of poverty, corouption bad governance and looting of public treasure by our trusted leaders.The choice of South Africa suggest the end of racial discrimination and the begining of a new world order where race is unimportant.Bravo Sepp Blatter led FIFA and welcome to mother Africa every nation.
David Nathaniels
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