After been put in contact with one of the main driving forces behind the Honduran support we had co-ordinated a meet up at the Spain v Honduras game with Alfonso, a New York based TV producer for Major League Baseball by trade - passionate Honduran football support by birth. This was only Honduras' second World Cup appearance, their first being in Spain in 1982 and they were obviously huge underdogs for this and indeed all their games in South Africa. That didn't stop around 2,000 of their fans making the long journey to Africa in support of "La H". Kitted out in our Honduras home jerseys thanks to Joma we headed to Ellis Park in search of Alfonso and possibly another upset.

Not surprisingly Honduras shirts were in the minority after the red and yellow of Spain and the red and white of Liverpool with more Torres 9 Liverpool shirts on display anywhere outside Stanley Park. However, the mood was all good natured and we moved to the point where we'd arranged to meet Alfonso. We decided to join in with a TV interview taking place between a Honduran fan in full face mask blending in perfectly with the Honduran throng around the TV presenter. After meeting Alfonso and his mates we provided some colour for Columbian TV cheering the name of the TV station over and over although to begin with we did think we'd learned our first Honduran chant until Alfonso put us straight. One final colour piece for British TV awaited us when they filmed the badges on our shirts and then asked us to cheer as the camera pulled away....the English producer doing a distinct double take at our dodgy Central American accents. We could imagine us being beamed into the homes of our extended families in the UK to bemused expressions and "isn't that our Andy?!" exclamations.

TV work done we headed into to take our seats. Unfortunately Honduras couldn't pull off the upset their fans deserved and Spain won at a canter. Honduras, while comfortable in possession, struggled to create any chances of real note and a couple of David Villa moments of inspiration settled the tie. Villa even had the luxury of missing a penalty to complete his hat-trick. There was another quality moment at half time when a Sydney FC fan came over to tell me I had an absolute doppelganger in Australia. It was good fun supporting a team with few expectations on them - quite the opposite to our other two teams we are here supporting. Next World Cup I might choose to follow the lowest ranked nation in the tournament for novelty value although it would help with the TV work if they were English speaking!

  

Tomorrow is D-Day for Bafana Bafana with nothing but a win enough against France for them to have any chance of avoided the embarrassment of being the first host nation not to make the knockout stages. This point is not lost of the South African people and they are calling for the whole country to get behind the team. The game is being played in Bloemfontein - supposedly home to South Africa's most fervent supporters. The hosts face an uphill battle though with even a win not necessarily being enough if Uruguay and Mexico play out a draw. It would be a shame if the hosts did not progress and there is a concerted campaign in the media here for the locals to continue to support the competition should Bafana Bafana bow out. I think those fears are misplaced as we've seen plenty of locals at all the matches we've been to and they are football savvy enough to know it may be a long time before they see the best players on the world on African soil again. The schools in South Africa are closed for the whole month of the World Cup so I'm sure pester power will be at play and the locals will continue to get out and support. That said tomorrow will be a big day for football and a win for the South Africans, even it meant ultimate elimination, would restore pride in their team and you have to say against a French team in disarray they have every chance. Certainly every non-French visitor (and by the looks of it maybe even some of the French themselves!) will be cheering for a win for Bafana Bafana. Many of the Aussies are already sporting South African shirts around the hotel to show their support and we will be heading to Nelson Mandela Square to watch the match.