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African Cup Of Nations Round Up: Days 1-4

by Paul Bestall on January 13, 2010 · 7 comments

Well we all know how the competition started but the tournament kicked off in earnest on Sunday evening with the host nation Angola entertaining Mali. Hopes were high after all the political wrangling that engulfed the weekend, football could return to the forefront. What no-one expected was a series of breathless games and major shocks [...]

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Chaos and Tragedy Strike The African Cup Of Nations

by Paul Bestall on January 10, 2010 · 11 comments

The news started coming through early on Saturday morning and as the information became clearer, it was soon apparent that the whole African Cup Of Nations would now be tainted. When the dust had settled, 3 members of the Togo party were dead and several were seriously injured. Angolan rebels had attacked the team bus [...]

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West Auckland F.C., The First World Champions!

by Paul Bestall on November 30, 2009 · 2 comments

As it’s World Cup draw week, I thought I’d share one of my favourite football stories with you, about the first ever World Cup, though it was only for domestic sides at the time.I heard this story for the first time when I was nine, due to it being made in to a television drama [...]

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