Besides the exciting launch of What Highlanders need right now!, the England captain, John Terry became the centre of attraction after being stripped of the armband by the Football Association and the England manager, Fabio Capello resigning as a result, was an icing on the cake.
The freshly acquitted Harry Redknapp, who was on trial over a tax-evasion case, expressed never thinking about the job of taking over England, saying his focus was on Tottenham Hotspur. While he feels obliged to return the favour of the support of the White Hart Lane family, it is a very strong temptation that many believe he will not resist for long. It could wait until the end of the season, as he takes a shot at the English Premiership title with Spurs.
The managerless and skipperless England have SOSed Stuart Pearce, the under 23 manager, to take care of the team while due process to appoint a suitable replacement takes place. Pierce was England's left back for a long while in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His swerving free-kicks were the best seen at the time, comparing closely with greats like Ronald Koeman, Hristo Stoichkov and George Hagi.
The last weekend had an Arsenal walloping some sorry boys by 7-1 with Thierry Henry scoring for the 228th time for the Gunners. Manchester City opened up a 3 point gap at the top of the table as Manchester United stunned Chelsea with the come back from behind of the century. From 0-3 down to a 3-3 is a sweet-sour situation for Sir Alex Ferguson, as conceding should be taboo, but it was three. Applauding the recovery is like heaping praise of a fool that successfully stopped bleeding of the stump of his foot that he cut.
Spurs were the generous self, having failed to beat City last week, they donated points at Anfield against Liverpool and surrendered the advantage to United. The 0-0 draw was in the interest of the Red Devils and it is high time Harry Redknapp turn in the throttle screw.
Highlanders Football Club elected a new Chairperson of the Executive Committee that runs the daily affairs of the club. Peter Dube, the former secretary of Bosso took over the hot seat from Themba Ndlela. The excitement of the whole deal fell flat as the realisation that the club and the team remained the same despite the leadership, when BMC of Botswana beat Amahlolanyama 2-1 at Luveve Stadium.
Zimbabwean football suspended a lot of ASIAGATE players from the national team. The players are said to have accepted cash to fix matches. While the FIFA verdict is still pending, the said players would still feature for their clubs and hopefully they may be pardoned and not have to face jail terms.
As something the Zimbabwean game has taught the South African counterparts, the match-fixing allegations haunted Mzansi for sure as accusations and counter-accusations littered the media.
The unfortunate match-fixing allegation centred around Bafana Bafana macthes against Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala. The same issues haunted the local game in circumstances that led to the suspension of players and officials a few seasons back.
Zimbabwe's Norman Mapeza and Joe Antipas have been also linked to the Asiagate and hence, that nation appointed Rahman Gumbo to lead the Warriors for the meantime while ZIFA try to engage a German coach.
Reciprocally, the northern neighbours football need to make a carbon copy of the fun fare seen when Orlando Pirates celebrated their 75th birthday. The glitz and glamour was Hollywood quality and so emotional that the Iron Duke,Irvin Khoza cried a river. Since when have teams like Highlanders FC cried tears of joy? It is possible. It may be What Highlanders need right now!.
No comments:
Post a Comment