Shebeen Social Sports Club

Dear World Cup visitors, Now that you are safely in our country you are no doubt happily realising you are not in a war zone. This may be in stark contrast to what you have been bracing yourself for should you have listened to Uli Hoeness or are an avid reader of English tabloids, which [...]

The following A-Z offers a rough guide for soccer fans worried about getting lost in South Africa’s linguistic jungle. A – Ayoba. A made-up word meaning “cool,” and given continent-wide currency after its appropriation as a World Cup slogan by MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile phone company. B – Braai. Cooking meat on a fire is [...]

A man had great tickets for the World Cup Final. As he sits down, another man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the empty seat next to him. “No,” he says. “The seat is empty.” “This is incredible!” says the other man. “Who in their right mind would have a seat like [...]

In a tightly contested game up North in England, Shebeen Boys drew 6-6 after leading 4-2 at the break. Check out the team for some familiar faces.

I was busy channel surfing when I spotted our very own Siv busting it up on the new MNET series, League of Glory -  Wednesdays at 19h30.

Dear Shebeen, As I walked on to the fields on Saturday, a feeling of intense excitement was coarsing over me as I realised, Derby Day had ARRIVED! Neither team ever wants to go down in one of these fixtures, and on this specific day, Shebeen wanted it that much more. From the outset, it was [...]

Dear Shebeen, It has come a little bit earlier than expected this year. And with very little trash talk from the Fourths.com (surprisingly). Perhaps their egos are a bit bruised after last year’s game where Shebeen pushed the Fourths.com for the duration, eventually going down in a nailbiting 10-7 ballgame. I do not think I [...]