Who's going to see the most games then?

Just the 7, following England all the way!

Not as many as this bloke:
http://www.southafrica.info/2010/thulani-ngcobo.htm

 

I'm up to (16) and possibly one more.
I might do Match 1 if I can get a ticket but otherwise I'm going to these:

Match 5 Eng v. USA
Match 8 Ser v. Gha
Match 20 Arg v. S. Korea
Match 22 Slov v. USA
Match 24 Gha. v. Aus.
Match 29 Bra. v. Civ.
Match 32 Spa. v. Hon.
Match 37 USA v. Alg
Match 49 R16
Match 50 R16
Match 55 R16
Match 58 QF
Match 59 QF
Match 61 SF
Match 62 SF
Match 64 FINAL

 

9 hopefully:

USA vs. Slovenia
Italy vs. New Zealand
USA vs. Algeria
Italy vs. Slovakia
Spain vs. Chile
1B vs. 2A Match 52
Italy vs. Rd.16
QF Match 58
Italy vs. QF

 

We'll do 10, so @Silicus and this fellow Thulani Ngcobo in the link above definitely have us beat.

Our ten will include a no-doubt-insane attempt to see two games in one day (Pretoria --> Soccer City; 23 June). Any suggestions from people (especially locals) on how we might do this is much appreciated. We are considering a bunch of options. I have talked with a number of South Africans about this already, and the answers range from "definitely do-able, if you rent a helicopter" to "that'd be awesome, mate, don't listen to what others tell you, you can certainly make this" to "you guys are idiots".

 

Overcooked it last time, so just somewhere between 7 and 10 this time, depending on Englands progress.
I really do want to spend sometime looking around SA

 

13 or 14

 

Brazil - Ivory Coast
US - Algeria
Brazil - Portugal
50
51 or 52 (depending on where US finishes)
56

might add a 53 in there if its Holland - Italy

so 6 or 7 matches. Wish i had time for more.

 

I am doing 9 matches in 7 host cities in 16 days.

 

Fastest - train. Just hope the schedule suits you but the trains go from Stadium to stadium - all your other options still have to include walking from the parking to the stadium. At the pretoria match be like those idiots who get up 10 min before the game and watch the last bit from the tunnel - when the final whistle blows you run for the station. You can party at Soccer city!

 

There is a train from Loftus to Soccer City?

 

Metrorail from loftus to Jhb park station via Centurion, Kempton. metrorail train from Jhb Park station to soccer city. The schedules and stops will have to be checked though.

even if the train does not go all the way I would still try to go by rail to miss traffic as it is on a normal working day. Please mail me again closer to the time because some highways could be complete before then - it might be fast by car too.

 

We're going to 8 matches in 12 days, which I think (and hope!) will be a good number...

Match 20 – Argentina v. Korea Republic
Match 22 – Slovenia v. USA
Match 29 – Brazil – Côte d’Ivoire
Match 33 – Mexico v. Uruguay
Match 39 – Ghana v. Germany
Match 41 – Slovakia v. Italy
Match 50 – Round of 16 – 1C v 2D
Match 52 – Round of 16 – 1B v 2A

 

In total I will be attending 10 games in the span of 14 days. So needless to say I will be getting an overdose of International Soccer hopefully to be played at the highest level.


Match 9 - E1 v E2 - June 14 Netherlands vs. Denmark
Match 14 - G1 v G2 - June 15, Brazil vs. Korea Republic
Match 17 - A1 vs A3 June 16, South Africa vs. Uruguay
Match 20 - B1 v B3 - June 17, Argentina vs. Korea Republic
Match 22 - C4 v C2 - June 18, Slovenia vs. United States
Match 24 - D4 v D2 - June 19, Ghana vs. Australia
Match 29 - G1 v G3 - June 20, Brazil vs. Cote d'Ivoire
Match 32 - H1 vs H3 June 21, Spain vs. Honduras
Match 35 - B2 vs B3 June 22 Nigeria vs. Korea Republic
Match 45 - G4 v G1 - June 25, Portugal vs. Brazil

 

You are DEFINIELY not married...see you on the 18th!

 

June 12 England v USA
June 13 Serbia v Ghana (don't have tix yet, need to unload some extras first)
June 14 Netherlands v Denmark
June 15 New Zealand v Slovakia (trying to unload these tix, seems difficult)
June 16 SA v Uruguay
June 17 France v Mexico
June 18 Slovenia v USA
June 19 Cameroon v Denmark or Australia v Ghana (can't decide yet)
June 20 Brazil v Ivory Coast
June 21 Spain v Honduras
June 22 Mexico v Uruguay
June 23 USA v Algeria
June 26 Possible #50 depending on US placement
June 27 Possible #51 or #52 depending on US placement

Yes, I am married and my wife is joining me from June 20th . I have an extra or two to some of these matches if anybody is interested.

 

So your wife is only dealing with half the pain of footy games! I take you went to Texas A&M? Are you from Texas? If so, where from? I am!

 

I have tickets for:

20/6/10 Italy v New Zealand

21/6/10 Spain v Honduras

22/6/10 South Africa v France

23/6/10 Germany v Ghana

24/6/10 Paraguay v New Zealand

26/6/10 Last 16 in Rustenburg

27/6/10 Last 16 in Jo'burg

28/6/10 Last 16 in Jo'burg

29/6/10 Last 16 in Cape Town

2/7/10 QF in Jo'burg

3/7/10 QF in Jo'burg

6/7/10 SF in Cape Town

7/7/10 SF in Durban

10/7/10 3rd/4th place play-off


So I'll be going to 14 matches, hopefully 16 if I can get a ticket for Brazil v Portugal and the Final. Work commitments unfortunately prevented me from coming out to SA sooner.

 

10 games in 20 days for me:

39
45
50
52
54
55
58
59
61
64

Hopefully I will be able to see most of the must-see places on non-match days.

 

You're out of luck. I read they banned Man U fans from the WC.

 

Man U? What's that?

 

I hope Gary from Dublin does not mind me posting his very ambitious schedule but from another site he lists
Here is mine - 13 games in 11 days in all ten venues.



Arrive into Jo'burg early am 16/6

Match 16 Spain v Switzerland Durban 16/6 16:00

Match 20 Argentina v Korea Soccer City 17/6 13:30

Match 21 Germany v Serbia Port Elizabeth 18/6 13.30

Match 24 Ghana v Australia 19th June 16.00 Royal Bafokeng

Match 26 – Cameroon v Denmark - 19 June 20:30 Loftus Versfeld

Match 28 – Italy v New Zealand - 20 June 16:00 Mbombela

Match 30 – Portugal v North Korea - 21 June 13:30 Green Point

Match 36 – Greece v Argentina - 22 June 20:30 Peter Mokaba

Match 38 – USA v Algeria - 23 June 16:00 Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Match 39 – Ghana v Germany - 23 June 20:30 Soccer City

Match 41 Slovakia v Italy – 24 June 16.00 Ellis Park

Match 48 – Switzerland v Honduras - 25 June 20:30 Free State

Match 50 – 1C v 2D – 26 June 20.30 Rustenburg

Fly home 27/6.

The Average on the Cape Town survey which I keep droning on about is 5.9.

 

7 games...5 stadiums...4 cities here.