Articles tagged with "Ajax"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2008
Lex Schoenmaker and Feyenoord's UEFA Cup in 1974
He didn't enjoy the Atletico match. His PSV was being served off pretty easily, that was not what ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 18th, 2008
NEC coach Mario Been
Well, I'd almost say: the interesting European Cup for us Dutchies is starting soon... As if I accept the fact that we ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2008
Man United had a clincher to start with this CL campaign, playing Villareal at home.
Manchester looked the business throughout, but with a strong opponent like ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2008
Well, I guess people in Rotterdam are not into YouTube. Or haven't discovered the internet yet. Are have no club pride left. As a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 14th, 2008
PSV won, Feyenoord won.... AZ lost again.
Louis van Gaal had the worst season last year with his team, but decided to stay on because he ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 12th, 2008
How 'bout this for a team:
Defense consisting of Chivu, Van Damme, Heitinga, Nigel de Jong
MIdfield: Maduro, Sneijder, Van der Vaart (Pienaar on the bench)
Offense: ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2008
This post was ready to go, but I got sick and forgot to post it. So, here it is. Old news, for a bit, but ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2008
Last week Rafael van der Vaart said it was about time he'd score again for Oranje. He hadn't scored again since the end of 2007, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 8th, 2008
I heard the Dutch team didn't do too well against Australia. Although I heard the goal was pretty impressive.
Still, if I were team manager, I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 7th, 2008
The UEFA gave Van Marwijk and Stekelenburg their answer during the second half of the friendly against Australia: Stekel can play against Madedonia but will ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2008
Since the last EC, Maarten Stekelenburg is Oranje's new goal keeper. But he'd rather you didn't call him the successor to Edwin van der Sar. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 5th, 2008
So, you liked the PSV goals. Pfff.....take a look at these! JC, Marco, Schip, Zlatan, Jari and some bloke called Dennis?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 2nd, 2008
It's over and done with. No more transfers till the Winter window.
Ajax found itself in a little dilemma when two sub top clubs from Europe ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 31st, 2008
Heitinga scores...
Well, we're off... and what a start!
PSV does what it always does. It wins. 5-1 to be precise. With an Afellay on fire! The ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 31st, 2008
Peter Hoekstra... He was one hell of a left winger! Came from nowhere into PSV, a much coveted youth player. His length, his speed, his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 30th, 2008
Marco van Basten isn't too confident for the first competition match with Ajax against Willem II tonight. "I am positively surprised with the enormous potential ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 30th, 2008
The Hunter wants to score 35 competition goals this season, win the title and he wants to read a good book every now and then. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 30th, 2008
Ronald de Boer was one of those players of whom coaches never knew exactly what his best position was. They said it about numerous players: ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 29th, 2008
Well my friends, the Dutch Eredivisie started and from out of nowhere the number of football news-items is exploding.
Quickly then:
FC Groningen trashed Vitesse in their ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 28th, 2008
He wasn't an actually goalie, of course. But one day he had to replace the keeper and Ruud Gullit knew how to stop the opponents ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 26th, 2008
An overview of great goals is never complete without Mr Glass from Finland. Jari traveled Europe as an apprentice before Louis van Gaal signed him ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 25th, 2008
Time to get the poll thingamajig out again. I didn't pay for it not to use it, right?
It's time to get all interactive on your ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 24th, 2008
He had given himself till the end of July to find a new club. But, he really wanted a top club. Patrick Kluivert (31) didn't ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 24th, 2008
The Johan Cruyff Schaal (Dutch Supercup) is won by PSV, in a predictable match against a weakened Feyenoord. I haven't seen the match, but from ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 22nd, 2008
Adrie now...
EC1988 winner Adrie van Tiggelen is assistant coach at Sparta and is a happy trooper. "Head coach Foeke Booy allows me to do the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 21st, 2008
JC made a lot of great great goals... If Van Basten's volley is the quintessential Oranje goal ever, this goal is Barcelona's most beautiful. Despite ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 18th, 2008
We live in the YouTube age and everything that has been filmed or will be filmed can be found in a matter of seconds (or ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 13th, 2008
A member of the board of a football club putting on his jersey.... It seems Go Ahead Eagles has the world premiere of such a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2008
Wim Kieft has been one of Holland's most popular football analysts on tv since he quit playing pro football. Nowadays, the blond Amsterdam born former ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 31st, 2008
The EC is well behind us and in all evaluations of the performance of the Dutch (more to come!) it's clear that little big man ...
