BUILD-UP AS IT HAPPENS (all times GMT)
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By Jonathan Stevenson
1214: I know I say this every time, but it has rarely been so important that you get in touch with the main event still easily five-plus hours away. Is my desperation too obvious These, my friends, are the ways for you to missive your thoughts:
I’m right here on Twitter. Right here.](http://twitter.com/Stevo_football)
You can send texts to 81111. Get thumbing.
Wouldn’t you know it, I’ve started a thread on 606](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60322402)1209: Good, because there’s another 340-odd minutes before the draw even gets under way - and we know how these things can be dragged out by now. Cape Town is our venue, there are a host of celebrities involved, and by this evening, the world will have gone wallchart mental.1205: Accordingto the Fifa website,there are 188 days, nine hours and 55 minutes to go until the World Cup kicks off in South Africa on 11 June. Today, we will find out the eight groups of four, but not until about 1745 GMT. Can you wait just a little bit longer1200: I don’t know about you, but when I was a little boy, the World Cup seemed like the most magical occasion on Earth. As a five-year-old,watching Diego Maradona produce football from another planetwas like living in a dream. Today,that dream starts to become a reality for the 32 countries that will compete at South Africa 2010.A very, very warm welcome to the draw for the World Cup finalsThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.