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Neal and Pray: Orlando Pirates produce the BIG result of the weekend. And they weren't even playing in the PSL.
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Orlando Pirates produce the BIG result of the weekend. And they weren't even playing in the PSL. Chipper at Chippa: former Chiefs keeper Dalyan Hawes. ONE point for Kaizer Chiefs on the opening weekend? Well it's better than Arsenal! South Africa's the reigning champions went on a long winning run to start last season under Stuart Baxter but there is no reason to panic just yet. 8220;We got a point. Should I be happy with that? Komphela ...
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Neal and Pray: Relegated AmaZulu cough up R82m to replace Aces in the PSL: another nail in the coffin of South African football
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Relegated AmaZulu cough up R82m to replace Aces in the PSL: another nail in the coffin of South African football. DESPICABLE. DISGRACEFUL. DISASTROUS. Those are the words that come to mind as we sit here tonight, contemplating a footballing world where a relegated club can simply buy their way back in to the top flight after finishing bottom of the table. Article 30 of the NSL constitution clearly states promotion. But what they are doin...
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"THE GAMBLER": Recommended Reading: May 2010
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THE GAMBLER": Recommended Reading. Thursday, 6 May 2010. Recommended World Cup Reading. The Gambler: A Shakespearean-Dostoevskyian take on the 2010 South Africa World Cup. Image on right: ". Image on left: ". The Moneylender and his wife. By Quentin Massys/Metsys, c.1465/66. Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa" (and others). Allison, Malcolm: "Soccer for Thinkers". Recommended by David Saitch at the Victoria Derbyshire. Autobiographies of footballers list). The English Football Post. World Cup B...
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Neal and Pray: South African boxing: why tiny Thabo has to go to work after his fight tomorrow night
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. South African boxing: why tiny Thabo has to go to work after his fight tomorrow night. Poster boys: Moabi and Kriel. THABO MOABI faces six rugged rounds against South Africa's new Junior Flyweight sensation Dee Jay Kriel at Emperor's Palace tomorrow night. Thabo is 24, born in Mamelodi East, with fast hands, a quick brain and perhaps the most ferocious stare I have seen in 35 years of post weigh-in hype. I can do this, I know Kriel has...
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Neal and Pray: September 2014
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Monday, 29 September 2014. Restoring the nation's pride: AmaJimbos arrive home to a hero's welcome. The boys have become men. FLYING HIGH: Vuyo Mantjie about to embark on his first flight. No matter how much televised football you put your family through over the past few days, you won't have seen the great success story of the weekend. Cairo king: The AmaJimbos celebrate their 2-2 draw on Saturday. I've been fortunate enough to see them in action a couple of ...
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Neal and Pray: November 2014
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Friday, 28 November 2014. My effort at Soccer Laduma's "7 Taps for 7 Lives" challenge. Here it is, my entry for Soccer Laduma's "7 Taps for 7 Lives" challenge. All you have to do is register at www.odf.org.za. And then video YOUR best effort at football juggling. Inspired by www.soccerladuma.co.za. S Clint Roper, the challenge has gone out to celebrities Robert Marawa, DJ Fresh, Bob Skinstad, Benni McCarthy, Steven Pienaar, Itumeleng Khune and Kermit Erasmus.
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Neal and Pray: April 2015
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Tuesday, 28 April 2015. From pillar to far post: South Africa's No 1 Itumeleng Khune deserves better. FINE LINE: Khune sees red against AmaZulu. ITUMELENG KHUNE is not your average PSL journeyman. In South Africa, his status rarely falls below legendary and his consistency matches goalkeepers in leagues of a far higher standard than our local mish-mash of dwindling attendances, dodgy referees and 11-goal top-scorers. Weeks in a moon boot followed but by the ti...
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Neal and Pray: October 2014
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Monday, 27 October 2014. CAPTAIN, OUR CAPTAIN Words on the tragic murder of Senzo Meyiwa. Senzo Meyiwa is gone. Shot dead by a coward on Sunday night. SENZO MEYIWA is dead. There is no gentle way to say that. According to police, he was shot from behind while trying to protect Kelly Khumalo, the mother of his child, at her Vosloorus home at around 8pm on Sunday night. Hit in the chest, he was dead on arrival at Botshelong Hospital. A crucial 4-1 win over Ajax ...
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Neal and Pray: January 2015
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Saturday, 31 January 2015. BAFANA ARE HOME AFTER FOUR DAY DISAPPEARANCE; Shakes Mashaba produces a masterful performance in misleading the nation. Taken for Granted: Shakes Mashaba shares a. Giggle with Ghana boss Avram Grant. Having left Jozi promising success on a par with the 1996 AFCON winners, having said he would not return until after the final on February 8, there was Shakes oozing platitudes about his “heroes”, two of whom had already slop...Shakes ta...
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Neal and Pray: February 2015
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From NEAL COLLINS columnist for The New Age. Tuesday, 24 February 2015. MARCH 7: THE SOWETO DERBY LOOMS Chiefs are no longer unbeaten and Pirates have a Major headache. S EEING RED: Majoro's colleagues step in to calm the situation. THERE will be many major debates before PSL leaders Kaizer Chiefs face arch-rivals Orlando Pirates at Soccer City on March 7. But no pre-Soweto Derby argument is as important as the Majoro debate. For the opening round. By then we should have a clearer picture of how things a...