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I have been following one of my dreams to go to all South Africa's international stadium and this time it was East London's turn.

I agree one can clearly see this city was once a beautiful destination and have the feeling that with some basic service delivery and a small amount of investment it can be restored and even surpassed. I still loved my stay as people were friendly, beautiful and atmosphere even better at the game. Thanks for article and hope we can share a beer if the Charles glass society is restored. Go Temba

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I have watched a great number of games at Buffalo Park, often deserted.

For these games, my normal spot was not available as all hospitality had been taken by the local president or something - and we were given no alternative (save sit in the packed stands, with mainly drunken locals). This pissed me off - they happily take R500 for womens India v Windies rubbish, but couldnt /wouldnt make a plan for the one game in about 5 yrs actually worth watching.

Its just sad - the place has terrible drainage, attracts rain, no functioning PA and basically no hope.

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Shadow of sadly …

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