World Record Academy
 World Record registration
 Book of World Records
 World Record Certificate
 Testimonials
 RSS  
 
     World Record List
 Amazing Feats world records
 Arts world records
 Biggest world records
 Business world records
 Children world records
 Christmas world records 
 Collections world records
 Entertainement world records
 Fishing world records
 Food world records
 Drinks world records
 Games world records
 Hobbies world records
 Human Body world records
 Internet world records
 Mass Participation
 Modern Society
 Nature world records
 New Year world records
 Science world records
 Smallest world records
 Sports world records
 Stunts world records
 Strength world records
 Technology world records
 Thanksgiving world records
 Travel world records 
 Transport world records
 Youngest world records
 Wedding world records
 
 Terms of Use
  Privacy
  Sitemap
 
 


  Monday, June 28, 2010

  Most World Cup matches attended - Thulani Ngcobo sets world record

 PRETORIA, South Africa -- South African football fan Thulani Ngcobo, 29, an asset controller with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, attended 21 full matches at the 2010 World Cup - setting the new world record for the Most World Cup matches attended by an individual.  

   Photo: Lungani Ngcobo, The winner of the "Last Man standing" competition. Photo by Luigi Bennett / Backpagepix (enlarge photo)

    Staunch Kaizer Chiefs supporter and football enthusiast Thulani Ngcobo has been attending up to two matches a day.

    His wide knowledge of football won him the big prize of an all-expenses-paid trip around the country and 38 World Cup matches.
    
     "Ngcobo 2010" as he is commonly known, entered and won the MTN8 Last Fan Standing competition in South Africa last year, winning a prize to attend 38 World Cup matches during 2010, and travelling more than 17,000 kilometres.   
 
    Ngcobo, who normally watched an average of three soccer matches a week on a monthly budget of R2 000, including travelling, said the award was a "dream come true".

 
  The previous Guinness world record for the Most World Cup matches attended by an individual was 20.    

    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 World Record attempt.

    He was only required to watch 21 full World Cup matches to break the former record of 20, but now his ultimate aim is to have watched 38 matches by the time the last whistle is blown after the finals on Sunday July 11.

    Follow him at www.lastfanstanding.co.za and/or                            twitter.com/Ngcobo2010

    Out of the 38 matches, 31 would be full matches while the other seven would be half-watched as he would have had to leave for another match starting in another city.

    In the end he would have covered 17 000km by road and air, watched over 3 400 minutes of live football and been to all nine host cities and 10 stadiums around the country.

   Subscribe to our RSS News feed   to receive updates.   
   Related world records:
   Largest sounding trumpet - Hyundai South Africa
   Biggest Soccer Ball - MTN
   Largest football sculpture - Telkom
   Longest soccer game - Bristol Academy and Leeds Badgers
   Oldest Football Coach - Ivor Powell
   Oldest international football ground - Wrexham Racecourse
   Longest soccer marathon - Joeys Soccer Club
   Longest football throw-in - Danny Brooks
   Longest 5-a-side football game - Surrey County Council
 

 
   Monday, June 28, 2010

Bookmark and Share  
    [World Record Certificate

 

 


    
  Largest dodgeball game - University of Alberta

    

     
Longest keepy-uppy journey - Dan Magness

    
         Most yo-yos spinning at the same time

    

           
Most dominoes toppled by a group