|
Feb 04
2009
|
 |
"Welcome to Port Elizabeth, next stop Antarctica" says something about the location of this beautiful city but few of you probably know much more than that.
South Africa's fifth largest city is also known as Nelson Mandela Bay or PE and is a 2010 FIFA World Cup host of eight games, including the third/fourth playoff.
Port Elizabeth is building a new stadium for the World Cup on the banks of the cities North End lake and it is due to be completed within the next 6 months.
Amazingly, when the World Cup was awarded to SA in may 2004, PE didn't even have a professional side and with a population of over one million people, it was possibly the biggest city in a football playing nation without a professional club.
Port Elizabeth's traditional powerhouses Rainbow Stars and Park United had followed PE Technikon's lead of dropping out of the first Division through the trap door.