Tuesday 29th June 2010
I had extra tickets for this match. I tried to resell the ticket to FIFA to no avail. They were only prepared to accept tickets three days ahead of any scheduled game. There was no demand for this game. FIFA had adequate numbers of tickets for the game. In the end, the costly extra seat served two purposes. It provided more seating space for me given the rather narrow seats at Loftus Versefeld stadium and secondly, we could put our bags onto the seats. Loftus Stadium is rather disappointing. It has a very old and faded look to it. My impression is that television glorifies the view of Loftus. What one gets when arriving there is a real disappointment. The stadium also looks smaller than it appears to be on television. It is time for the Bulls rugby team to make the Orlando stadium their home base! The trip to the stadium was anything but disappointing. The Tshwane Pretoria city outdid itself to make the trip to and back from the stadium a ve...