*Moses Mabhida Stadium- constructed on the site of the former Kings Park Soccer Stadium, this teflon-coated, glass-fibre roofed stadium was officially opened on November 2009.

Capacity: 70,000 Location: Durban Design: inspired by the South African flag, the legs of the arch on the southern side join to form a single footing on the northern side. Symbolically, this arch signifies the unity of aonce divided country.The highest point bears a height of 347 feet. Has a translucent glow if lit.
* Green Point Stadium- reconstructed for the World Cup. Scheduled to hold the first six round matches, one second-round, one quarter and one semifinal match.

Capacity:70,000  Location: Cape Town Design: located between the ocean and has the beautiful mountains as a backdrop. Also equiped with sound proof material. Has an amazing retractable glass roof weighing about 4,500 tons.

* Mbombela Stadium- a  Siwala world meaning “many people together in a small space.” Capacity: 40,000 Location:Nelspruit  Design:  has giraffe looking roof designs and seats that resemble the stripes of a giraffe. * Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium-Will be hosting five first round matches, one second round, one quarter final and the third place playoff. Name taken from the municipality name not the x-president Nelson Mandela.

Capacity: 50 000  Location:Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth  Design:a very beautiful looking stadium. Also named ‘the sunflower’ because of it’s unique structures.

* Soccer City Stadium- scheduled to hold all the main events both the opening and final match. The largest stadium in Africa.

Capacity:94,500 Location: Johannesburg  Design:gets its design from an African Pot or calabash.

This years Cup is one to go in the books with all these great stadiums. Doesn’t it just makes you want to book the next flight straight to the heart of Africa?

* They’ve got a great team- that simple fact makes them deserving to have the great privilege of hosting the cup.If you’d ask me, having a World Cup in a country whose team isn’t even above average would be a disgrace. Even if  you look back, the soccer teams of countries hosting the cup are usually first class like Brazil (1950), Argentina(1978) and Italy(1990). If South Africa was added to the list, nobody would mind.

* You should see the stadiums- as part of their preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa has constructed four brand new mind-blowing stadiums.One has a detractable glass roof, another with spectacular lighting, then there’s the ‘zebra’ inspired stadium located nearby the many game parks, and finally one that resembles the South African flag. Is there anything else you could want?

* Great Weather- wildlife aside, South Africa is renowned for it’s weather. It will be winter time when the World Football Tournament will take place. Don’t worry, our favorite players won’t freeze to death, South Africa’s winter temperature at midday, is warmer than most countries daily summer temperature! Lower temperatures have been proved to be better for athlete’s bodies so the average expected temperature of 20 degrees Celsius at 12pm noon will be great. With good weather, we can expect better performance..

* Africa- civilization as we know it has been thought to have begun in Africa and many African coutries hold soccer dear to their hearts. Could you think of a better venu for the world to unite? Also, during the Mandela era, football was a cause of unification and a force for the apartheid resistance. Having Soweto be the venue for the finals will add meaning and make the even even more memorable for the reason that Soweto has been the heart of South African soccer.

In my opinion, no controversy in the past four years can change the  fact that South Africa is the best place for  the 2010 FIFA World Cup and everyone should be proud that for the first time in  history, Africa is holidng a sporting event this big.

Whether it be the Premier League, Championship, or any other type of league there is always another fan who is just as mad about it as you are. Even if you just want to chat or moan about the previous game the football forum is the place to go to find that fan who feels the same as you. If you want to discuss the winner of the world cup or a player from the championship. No matter what your problem, query or just general question, football forums are the first point of contact for all your football needs.

Want hints on what team to bet on? Cheats on the new Fifa game on the Nintendo Wii? Football forums not only discuss televised games but allows you to access answers to all your football questions. The help not only comes from other fans but some pros within the football world will answer some questions. Even if you need help on where the buy the newest, best boots for your local 7 a side team, the football forums provide you with all the advice you fanatics need.

Even if you just want to go online and talk about your local team. Who’s playing well this season? And who should be, literally, booted out? No matter what your question is whether it be easily answered or really difficult, there will always be someone who can answer your query.

They are a great place for the youngest of fans to develop their knowledge and interest in the most well know sport in Britain. It is a place to expand your interests and become more advanced in a sport which you love. Football surrounds our culture and therefore is placed in the media constantly. The football forums allow all fans voices to be heard no matter what you want to say to people.

Some Football Forums lead onto other sports, such as Rugby or Cricket. No matter what your fanatic about there will be a forum where you can exchange your thoughts and find out what you need to know. Whether you’re new to football or and experienced fan the forums cater to all your needs whether big or small. They allow your interests and thoughts to be heard by many other fans and permit you to speak your mind and get responses. The forum presents a place where any fan can start a discussion or just become a part of one. All your thoughts are important so let them be heard in a football forum.

The forums usually have a specific genre associated with them.  One of the more popular subjects is a football forum, where users can chat about their teams, latest games, cup ties and matches.

These forums have been known to forge friendships, although football forums have been known to cause quite the opposite effect by fueling hatred and “flaming” between rival fans.

Some of the larger football forums on the Internet have as many as 40,000 regular users who post all the time about their teams trials and tribulations.  The more regular and trusted members often become ‘moderators’, who are a sort of super-user that can edit and delete posts, topics and categories, aswell as move topics to their rightful place on the forums, and just perform general maintenance.  Being a moderator on a forum often brings kudos from other users, and as such it is quite a sort after position.

The die-hard fans who tend to use the football forums are generally the strongest supporters of the clubs, and are very often season ticket holders, or frequent matches on a regular basis.  Because the forums act as a strong platform where fans can meet one another, they are often used as a very successful tool for organising trips to away matches and competitions.

There are lots of football forums on the Internet.  Some of the forums cater better to different people’s tastes.  For example, there will probably be a forum purely for the football team that you support, even if it’s a small sunday-league team.  There are also forums with categories for every league in every country in the world.  There really is something for everyone.

Because of the sheer size of the Internet as well as the popularity of football as a sport, there is a huge market for forums.  Aswell as the huge amounts of people there are also a huge amount of tastes that cannot be satisfied with one large forum – some users will prefer the intimacy of a small forum with a select few users who all know each other, over the monolithic forums with thousands of new posts every hour.

For a lot of people a football forum will be the first web site that they visit, and one of the first activities they will do in the morning will be to check for latest posts on the forum about their team, or for replies on a specific topic.  Football is so close to so many people’s hearts it is totally understandable that football forums get so much traffic and so much of a following.

Although football forums have brought a huge amount of joy and a great past time for so many people, they have been known to cause pain and destruction.  Just like any other sort of social platform on the Internet, it can be open to cyber bullying.  Most forums carry private messaging functions, allowing members to privately message other members – this can lead to users getting bullied in private, away from where moderators and administrators can control what is being said.  As well as this, it has been known that football forums can be used by hooligans to organise crime against rival gangs and clubs.

The world cup by itself is another reason why the anticipation about the 2010 summer are so high. Football and non football fans around the globe are all, to a greater or lesser degree anticipating the 1st ever world cup to be hosted by an African country. So, the combination of a really warm summer without much rain and lots of sport activity is enough to bring great excitement. After such a hard and intense winter all Europeans deserve a great summer, especially as recession doesn’t seem to get out of the way yet.

A typical summer scene would include lots of friends taking their places around the TV in the garden, being absorbed by the commentator’s voice that will be coming out of those. Kids will be running around playing with their summer toys, say a remote control helicopter, while the adults will be serving cold beer out of a beer dispenser. It’s also good to include people who don’t like sports so much so someone can be in charge of the barbecue.

Will the scientists be right in their forecasts this time or is it going to be another huge disappointment?. So lets hope everything will be as well as we expect it!

There are plenty of soccer superstars playing in Spain’s top division, and it is with good reason that it is regarded as the number one domestic league in the whole world. Listed below are the players who are currently regarded as being the best in Spain…

Messi : At the forefront of Barcelona’s treble winning team of 2008-09, Argentinean Lionel Messi dazzled Europe with his creativity and flair for goals. Even though he is just 22, he is the current “World Player of the Year” and, if he remains injury free, he is likely to chalk up awards, goals and assists for many years to come.

Cristiano Ronaldo : Explosive power and blistering pace are what led to Ronaldo initially being signed by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.Now playing for the mighty Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo is quickly justifying his reputation as the being the world’s most expensive player.

David Villa : Playing for Valencia, who are not one of the most glamorous teams in the league, David Villa Sanchez (to give him his full name) boasts an absolutely outstanding goals to games ratio. He was the winner of the “Golden Boot” for Spain at Euro 2008 (which means that he scored more goals at the tournament than anyone else) and is expected in the near future to become Spain’s all time highest goal scorer. Villa consistently attracts attention from Europe’s top clubs, who are all eager to sign-up the prolific striker.

Kaka : Brazilian midfield maestro Kaka, is a creative genius. Able to make pinpoint passes across the entire length of the field, or dribble past several players in a row, Kaka was the jewel of the AC Milan team and led them to “Champions League” glory in 2007. Now one Real Madrids so called “Galaticos”, he aims to bring the La Liga title back to the Bernabau (where Real Madrid play their home games) after a few years absence.

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For recreational soccer, playing on a smaller soccer field is recommended. By doing this, players will unquestionably make the game enjoyable and learning is more achievable. The size of the playing field must be proportional to the size of the player. In a outsized field, recreational players would waste their time running and become tired by half time. Thus, the kicks will be much longer.

Another problem of playing recreational soccer in a large field is that teaching strategies and team play is unlikely. Smaller soccer fields are finest for average players who are slower and lack stamina, which is usually common in 50% to 75% of recreational players.

The Penalty Area

This is the area where the goalkeeper usually uses their hands and fouls are punished. It includes the penalty spot, which is 12 yards away from the goal and the six-yard box 6 yards further from the goal. The top portion of this box includes a small arc commonly referred to as “the D.” It has a radius of 10 yards and has no function in the rules of soccer but merely serves as a guide for the players.

The Goal

In spite of of the level of play, the goal has a uniform measurement of 8 feet tall and 24 feet wide.

Center Circle

It divides the soccer field into two areas and is where the kickoff takes place. No player is allowed to cross their area until kickoff commences. It has a 10-yard circle in it and only the two players kicking off is allowed to stand within the inner circle.

Although soccer field measurements stay unchanged regardless of the players competing, the rules of the game allows the dimensions to be smaller for female players, persons with disabilities, or those who are below 16 years old and more than 35 years of age.

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Do not get me wrong; I am fully aware that I have never been involved in professional football in any shape or form; I am actually involved in various projects to do with stuttering treatment, DVD duplication service and about training for foster carers.

I will never forget attending a football match a few years ago which was played in one of the leagues below the Premiership. It was a very important match between my favourite team Birmingham City and one of their local rivals Stoke City. The match was of great importance as Birmingham were in real danger of being relegated. The three points for the win would certainly have helped them in their quest to survive.

With only around ten minutes of the match remaining Birmingham were leading a tense match by one goal to nil. At this stage one of the Stoke City footballers clattered into the B’ham City goalkeeper, who had the football firmly in his grasp, over. The ball slipped from his grasp and one of the other Stoke players kicked it into an unguarded net.

It was a mystery to many of the home supporters as to why the referee had not blown up for a free kick to Birmingham, I for one was fuming. I could not believe it and nor could any of the other Blues supporters, when the referee let the goal stand. I am normally quite a calm person but became so angry it was untrue. The next thing that happened was one of the Birmingham fans ran onto the pitch and fully punched this referee in the face. The players were taken off the pitch while order was restored.

I remember thinking at the time that this referee had deserved to be hit, but I later changed my mind, once I had had time to calm down. We are all capable of making a mistake of course.

I personally think that the overall standard of referees in the Premiership is very good and that we should start to get off these peoples back. I would however like each referee to be interviewed after each match in the same way as the football managers are. By doing this they could explain to the supporters why they made certain decisions during the match.

Customers don’t usually have a reason to post a link to the very product they are reviewing and a  legitimate customer reviewing a product is of that kind. Advertisers have found a new way to advertise since most email spam blockers today block their ads, and so they turn to reviews. There is a bigger chance for a review to be legit if a review is link free. Though buying tickets on eBay can often get you cheaper prices, it is probably a good idea to buy tickets from established websites that specialize in tickets alone. There can be issues with EBay sellers not sending tickets on time, or perhaps they will neglect to send them all together. Most people you do business with on eBay are honest but if you decide to purchase this way make sure you read their feedback to get a better idea of how professional they are.

Before you type in ANY purchasing information is the another way to avoid being scammed is to make sure the checkout page is encrypted. The importance of it can not be understated, but this is a feature not many people look for when checking out. So how do you tell if a web page is encrypted or not? You will normally se HTTP at the beginning of all web addresses. If a web page is encrypted the HTTP will change to “HTTPS”. It is important to make sure the page is encrypted even if the company is completely honest,because sometimes it does not show respect for the customers and the security of their personal information. If you find an online ticket vendor that uses encryption and has good reviews, then this must be a site worth buying from.

These guidelines are important to follow in order to avoid being scammed, but it is also important to go with your gut. You shouldn’t buy anything if you get a funny feeling about the vendor. If something seems off then there is a good chance something is. When it comes to avoiding a scam artist, a little scrutiny goes a long way. Your job now is to find a price that is the best! Keep the information contained within this article in mind and you will be able to make your next purchase with confidence.

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Soccer field is a rectangular area split in half by a center line. It has a circle drawn at the middle of this line with 10 yards in diameter. Soccer field has several different dimensions according by player ages. This was regulated by the first soccer organisation which is The Football Association, and then followed by FIFA. They also standardized the soccer field dimensions that appropriate to all modern pitches.

Categorized by ages, the following are the different soccer field dimensions
read more: Different Dimensions of Soccer Fields

6-7 years old: The field is 20 yards in width by 30 yards in length. The touch line is 18 feet in length, this is the distance between goal area boundary line and the half way line. The distance from the goal area boundary to the goal line is 27 feet. The corner arc has 3 feet of radius, while the center circle has 9 feet, three times the radius of te corner arc.

8 years old: The field is 25 yards in width by 35 yards in length. The touch line length is 23 feet. 31 feet and 6 inches is the distance between goal line and goal area boundary line. The center circle is 10 feet in radius and corner arc is 3 feet.

9 years old: The field is 30 yards in width by 45 yards in length. 24 feet is the dimension of the touch line. The distance between the goal line and the goal area boundary line is 43 feet and 6 inches. The center circle is 12 feet in radius. The radius of the corner arc is 3 feet.

10 years old: The field is 40 yards in width by 60 yards in length. The circle and penalty arc radius is 24 feet. Corner arc is 3 feet. Penalty arc dimensions is seventy two by thirty six feet. Goal area is 36 x 12 ft, while the distance from penalty spot to the mid goal is 24 ft.

11 years old: The field is 50 yards in width by 80 yards in length. Penalty arc and the circle radius is 30 feet. 3 feet would be the radius of corner arc. The penalty arc is 80 x 50 feet. Goal area is 52 by 18 feet and the penalty spot from mid-goal is 30 feet.

12 years old and above: The field is 70 yards in width by 100 yards in length. The circle and penalty arc radius is 30 feet. 3 feet would be the radius of corner arc. Penalty arc dimensions is 72 by 36 feet. Goal area is 60 by 18 feet and the penalty spot from mid-goal is 36 feet.

Field marking is the lines that marked the playing field. These lines are not less than 4 inches (10.16 cm) in width, and less than 5 inches wide.