The number of matches to beat is 20 and at the end of the Chile vs Spain encounter at Loftus today, 25 June, Ngcobo will have broken the record.
“Ngcobo 2010” as he is commonly known, became the luckiest football fan when he entered and won the MTN8 Last Fan Standing competition in South Africa last year, winning an incredible prize to attend 38 FIFA World Cup matches during 2010, and travelling more than 17 000 kilometers to watch more than 3400 minutes of live football.
Since the start of the World Cup up to last night, Ngcobo has watched 26 matches during the group stage, but only 20 of the matches count as full credits towards his record (during which he watched the full 90 minutes). In cases where Ngcobo arrived at a match late (after the start whistle) or left early (before the final whistle) in order to get to another match, those matches do not count towards his Guinness World Record attempt.
Ngcobo, who has been attending up to two matches a day, will today again attend two matches. First he’ll attend the Korea vs Ivory Coast at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit at 16h00, where he will rush off, to be flown to Tshwane by helicopter for the Chile vs Spain match at 20h30 at Loftus, where he will officially break the Guinness World Record.
Follow Thulani on Twitter today to keep up with his record at www.twitter.com/ngcobo2010 and read his blog at http://www.lastfanstanding.co.za/
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OH YES!
We are making lines in those great history books. Just as much as we abuse fellow Africans in our Xenophobic deeds. We have now been made to eat humble pies. We disgraced mother Africa in our early exit. While we go on record of hosting the first ever event, we will also go on record for loosing too. The big man has punished South Africa because of it's sin. Our sin is that the blood of fellow Africans is in our hand. While we sang "God bless Africa" some are now singing "God help us kill Africans". It is very humbling right now for us to rally behind Ghana when all the time we treat them less than humans. Not very long ago we were yelling "apartheid is killing us". Arent we doing the same apartheid to other humans. God made a brown cow to eat green grass, produce white milk, red meat and yellow cheese. Who knows if the same God can allow to host the event and let Ghana keep the much coverted Cup? Right now all the crime and those done to our visitors and zenophobic blood baths makes me deny that I am a South African. It really feels animalistic to be associated with a group of savages. These people many have been forced buy too much evil to come and seek refuge in ourland. We ought to show them love and comfort, that is my plea.
We can do better to add value to the entire humanity.
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