Viva Espana could be heard across Hamilton yesterday as Spain won the 2010 World Cup.

While families gathered in Barr's Bay Park to watch the final match, broadcast live from South Africa, others headed to various bars. The Royal Gazette visited Docksiders Pub and Restaurant to see how the match unfolded. Approximately 350 people packed in to the pub at 2.30 p.m.

Manager Kia Wolffe said this year's World Cup has been busier than previous ones due to the time the games have been broadcast locally, either at 11.00 a.m. or 3.30 p.m.

Throughout the tournament many English fans headed to the pub but yesterday Mr. Wolffe said: "We have a fairly mixed crowd, a lot of Spanish and a lot of Dutch supporters.

"I am sad it is over, but also a bit happy as it has been very busy here over the last month."

Eighteen-year-old Jeffery Olson was decked out head to toe in Spanish colours, including a wig, for yesterday's game.

He had just returned from South Africa where he watched the Germany vs. Spain semi-final match as well as two others during the course of the tournament.

The Saltus graduate is an avid fan of Spanish giants Barcelona, so cheering on Spain was a no brainier.

"Spain has some of the best players in the world and a lot of them play for Barcelona so that definitely helps with the chemistry," he said. "Andres Iniesta, who scored the goal, did the same thing for Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League semi-final.

"They have always had a good team but this year was the year, they had depth and young players and worked well together as a team.

"I actually think they played better when they won the European Championship in 2008 than they did today, which shows how good they are. Even when they aren't at their best they win the World Cup."

After Iniesta scored the only goal of the game in the final minutes of extra time wild cheers erupted at Docksiders as well as the now infamous vuvuzelas.

And while most Netherlands fans slinked off quietly and declined to comment on the game Esther Young said she was proud of her team. Mrs. Young's mother is Dutch and she lived in Netherlands for ten years, her first two children were also born there.

Mrs. Young, who owns a tack shop on the Island, said: "I am proud of the team, they played well the entire tournament and I am proud to lose to Spain. If we had lost to Germany a lot of TV's would have been broken

"It was a good game. This is the third time we have made the World Cup Final and it was good to see two European countries in the final."

One supporter who may not be as pleased as Mrs. Young is Premier Ewart Brown. While he originally supported Brazil, he chose the Netherlands for the final match.

He watched the game live in South Africa yesterday and proudly declared his support for the losers shortly before kick off, writing on his Facebook account: "We'll be leaving in a few minutes for Soccer City to witness the final (courtesy of Fifa, David Sabir and Larry Mussenden). The atmosphere here is electric... cannot wait for the closing ceremony and to watch the battle for all the marbles! Go Holland!"