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born 1977 South Africa
Matthew Paul Booth (born 14 March 1977) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Booth spent the majority of his career in his home country, but also played in Russia for six years and briefly played in England for three months.
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So, the football industry has always been quite progressive.
Financially and populace wise we really should be dominating internationally and at club level.
Europe offers so much more and not just material things but elements which will add positively to your character.
A lot of scouts who look for talent, won't bother going to the suburbs.
We are traditionally too impatient with coaches.
I think in 1972 they attempted the first multiracial professional league.
The biggest problem is a lack of development locally, especially at grassroots level. Steven, May, Benni (all our success stories) went overseas at a young age.
I think he is purely because we should be giving coaches at least 2 years to make an impact on a team.
Having said that I think other coaches in our local league should have been given their chance ahead of Pitso.
My experience tells me that especially at junior level, football is multiracial.
They both have their pros and cons but the main difference is that Russian clubs have made an imprint on Europe and SA clubs haven’t done the same on the African continent.
Cut out politics (yeah right!), introduce football to all schools, structure and organise our amateur football a lot better and create provincial schools of excellence under the auspices of SAFA
Determination, courage, intelligence and a need to get out of one’s comfort zone… Too many local players are happy with R30-40k pm and the latest BMW in their garage!
A year in football is a long time
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