A report in the Sydney Morning Herald today provides details of what is sure to be another amazing piece of Australian off-field sporting prowess. For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa a big, well-organised football supporters group, called simply the Fanatics, has hired the 25,000-seat Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban and will create a village-style headquarters at the facility, which is just 1km from the beach.
Organisers already have approval from Durban council and plan to transform the ground into a tent village for up to 1,500 supporters as a base for the group stage of the tournament. Rock band Powderfinger is also said to have committed to play at some stage during the period.
A novel approach sure, and sounds like plenty of fun, but the real question is just who is on the organising committee for the Brazilian tent city for 2014?