Steve Blues

Steve Blues

Africa - Managing Editor

Biography: I studied journalism at Rhodes University and began my career writing features for a variety of entertainment magazines. I soon moved from print to digital and began focusing on sports when I joined the Perform Group in 2014. After covering such diverse sports stories as the Oscar Pistorius trial and aeroplanes full of cash heading to the Ghana men's national team at the Brazil World Cup, I began to focus exclusively on football and GOAL.  

My Football Story: I'm a lifelong Spurs fan who found himself a long way from Tottenham. I once dreamed of winning the Ballon d'Or as a goalkeeper but discovered I was better at stringing sentences together than I was at world-class saves. 

Areas of Expertise:

  • PSL (South African domestic league)
  • Tottenham Hotspur
  • African continental competitions at club and international level

Favourite football memory: The one thing I desperately wanted to achieve as a goalkeeper was to score a goal. In my second-last match before retiring, on a windy, freezing Joburg winter pitch I launched the ball long and one bounce off that rock hard pitch and it looped over their keeper and in! I am not ashamed to admit I celebrated more than if I'd scored a winner in the World Cup final.

Articles by Steve Blues
  1. Chiefs vs Chippa Preview: Kick-off time, TV channel & squad news

    All the details to follow the Premier Soccer League clash between Amakhosi in third and the Chilli Boys in a relegation-threatened 13th in what is the final Betway Premiership match of the season for both sides. The Soweto club are already guaranteed qualification for CAF competition but face a team desperate for points to avoid falling into the relegation/promotion play offs.

  2. Chiefs, Pirates & Sundowns breathe a sigh of relief after CANAL+ confirms commitment to PSL

    The future of South African football broadcasting has been handed a major boost following high-level discussions between the top flight league and the French media powerhouse who bought out DSTV. Concerns over the impact the takeover would have on the PSL's lucrative television rights have been widespread after the global broadcaster embarked on aggressive cost-cutting measures.

  1. Hugo Broos' World Cup preliminary squad revealed

    The expanded squad will be whittled down to just 26 players when the South Africa coach announces his final list on May 27. Until then, the following players will attend a preparatory camp in Johannesburg, minus the Mamelodi Sundowns picks as they are playing in the CAF Champions League final second leg on Sunday.