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. Elche vs Kaizer Chiefs Preview

    GOAL brings you all the available details on the pre-season friendly between Los Franjiverde and The Glamour Boys the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain. This will be Amakhosi's third friendly of their Spanish camp after 1-1 draws with Scotland's Rangers FC on Sunday and Al Kholood on Wednesday.

  2. Pirates vs Cadiz Preview

    GOAL brings you all the available details on the pre-season friendly between The Buccaneers and the Yellow Submarine at the Marbella Football Centre, Spain. This will be the Soweto club's second match of their Spanish camp after their opening 1-1 draw with Cordoba CF. Abdeslam Ouaddou will be keen to get more minutes into his squad's legs and test the match readiness of his new recruits.

  3. Mokwena confirmed as head coach of 2025 CAF Champions League winners

    Days of speculation were put to bed when the Egyptian giants Pyramids FC unveiled the 39-year-old South African as their new head coach. Rumours that the former Mamelodi Sundowns boss was dissatisfied with his lot at Libyan big spenders Al Ittihad SC had been circulating for several weeks and it was no surprise when almost immediately after his departure was announced, the Cairo based club made an announcement of their own.

  1. Orlando Pirates preseason vs Cordoba

    Pirates 1-1 Cordoba CF - PSL champions claw back to claim a draw

    Abedslam Ouaddou was happy to experiment with his line up in the first match of the Buccaneers pre-season tour of Spain. After a tough opening 45 minutes the Sowetan giants regrouped and looked more solid in the second half until they went behind. But the reigning PSL champions showed what they are made of by pulling level with 15 minutes to go.

  2. Orlando Pirates vs Cordoba CF Preview

    GOAL brings you all the available details on the pre-season friendly between The Buccaneers and The Caliphs at the Marbella Football Centre, Spain. This will be the Soweto club's first match of their Spanish camp and will see Abdeslam Ouaddou getting his first look at the South African champions new recruits and how his side will cope with the loss of Relebohile Mofokeng to Belgium club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.