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. Ex-FIFA ref takes muti concerns to IFAB after Soweto Derby fiasco - 'Something is wrong in our game'

    Former Premier Soccer League and FIFA-accredited referee Victor Hlungwani has officially escalated concerns regarding the use of 'muti' to the highest rule-making body in world football. The veteran official has approached the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to seek clarity and potential legislative changes following a chaotic preamble to the recent Soweto Derby.

  2. McKenzie announces 16 PSL fan winners to join musos at World Cup

    The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture has revealed the names of 16 local fans who will go to the tournament, representing one fan winner from each Betway Premiership side. This comes hot on the heels of the Minister confirming he will fund 20 local musicians to perform at the global showpiece. But so far there's no room for the Bafana superfan who clashed with the minister over funding for her proposed trip to the finals.

  1. Pitso linked to NT job but can it tempt him away from youth development programs?

    The 61-year-old is once again being heavily linked with a return to international management after he emerged as a top candidate for The Eagles. But having just acquired the status of Gauteng Development League team East Rand Athletic FC as part of his football academy project it appears 'Jingles' is more focused on producing future Bafana Bafana stars than coaching current internationals.

  2. What will 'Downs will face in Morocco? Riots & controversy mar AS FAR's victory over Raja CA

    The 44-year-old South African coach of the Green Eagles was left fuming after his side's title ambitions took a massive hit during a chaotic "Classico" against the CAF Champions League finalists. The match was overshadowed by scenes of violence in the stands and a series of officiating decisions that have sparked a heated debate across the Moroccan top flight.