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Month: November 2012

Fuleco and The Brazil Ball…

Fuleco and The Brazil Ball…

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Fuleco – Mascote Copa 2014

Copacabana Ball…

Copacabana Ball…

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The Ball em Copacabana

The Brazil Ball with Carlos Alberto Torres today …

The Brazil Ball with Carlos Alberto Torres today in Rio…

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Olha quem deu uma passada aqui no espaço da SOF2014. O Capitão do Tri Carlos Alberto Torres e o ex jogador Paulo César Caju. ;)

Dear all 2000 facebook friends

Dear all 2000 facebook friends :-), we are glad that you continue sharing in the Spirit of Football. Anyone keen to join us on our way to Brazil in 2014?

Bebeto signs The Brazilian School Ball today in …

Bebeto signs The Brazilian School Ball today in Rio…

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E o Tetra Campeão Bebeto também deixou sua marca na The Ball.
www.sof2014.com.br

Alive & Kicking, makers of The Ball 2010. Fairly …

Alive & Kicking, makers of The Ball 2010. Fairly made balls that make a difference…

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Balls For Africa on the front page of The Guardian today. Get yours direct from John Lewis and school children in Kenya will get one too. http://www.johnlewis.com/231616445/Product.aspx

Spirit of Football and New Model Army

Spirit of Football and New Model Army :-)

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New Model Army is coming to the Spirit of Football. The greatest post-punk band in the world composed a special song for our project. We are in the final stage of production of the clip!

Stay tuned!

In honour of 1998 ‘Likes’ on this page, a little …

In honour of 1998 ‘Likes’ on this page, a little history for you… Phil Wake and Christian Wach, the founders of Spirit of Football, went to the World Cup in France in 1998. It was their first World Cup of a possible unbroken line for as long as their bones will carry them to this great competition. There they experienced the unforgettable joy as the fans of different cultures came together in various French cities to watch their teams compete for the greatest trophy on earth. Phil with his passion for music and recording captured some of this excitement with his ever present microphone and when they returned home Christian suggested they edit a radio piece together.
They made that radio edit and so began what was to become the Spirit of Football, a journey from the home of football to every World Cup. The journey is a celebration of this beautiful game and the human spirit that allowed football to become the most popular game on the planet.

As the ‘Likes’ go up we’ll keep posting the history and the future… well at least to Qatar in 2022!

Keep playing.

Here’s that very first Spirit of Football recording

http://soundcloud.com/the-ball/world-cup-1998

World Cup 1998

Spirit of Football’s first recording at the World Cup.

It doesn’t matter if you are black, white, …

It doesn’t matter if you are black, white, green, orange or red.
It doesn’t matter if you are old or young. A boy or a girl
It doesn’t matter if you are good at football or not, if you are disabled or not
I (The Ball) am for everyone.
Remember, there is only one of me and there is only one earth.
Football is the beautiful game and we live in a very beautiful world.
You need to take care of me and yourself and our world too
One Ball One World

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Egal ob Du schwarz, weiß, grün, orange oder rot bist.
Egal ob Du alt oder jung bist. Ein Mädchen oder ein Junge.
Ob Du eine Behinderung hast oder nicht.
Ob Du gut spielst oder nicht.
Ich (The Ball) bin für Jeden da!
Vergiss nie, es gibt mich nur einmal und nur eine Erde.
Fußball ist ein wunderschönes Spiel und wir leben auf einer wunderschönen Welt.
Pass gut auf uns auf! Aber auch auf dich!
Ein Ball eine Welt.

SoF in Brazil…

SoF in Brazil…

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Evento Conjunto Nacional – 19/11/12

The Ball 2018 left England on 25th March 2018 and travelled to the World Cup in Russia.

The Ball 2014 kicked off from England on 9th Jan 2014 and headed to the World Cup in Brazil.

The Ball 2010 left England on 24th Jan 2010 headed to the Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Ball 2006 travelled from London to the Opening Ceremony in Munich, Germany.

The Ball 2002 was carried 7000 miles across Europe and Asia to the World Cup finals in Korea & Japan.