Articles tagged with "background-stories"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 3rd, 2008
Your humble servant, writing posts in the morning
The squad is finally definite. We know who are going to defend our honor, kick some Italian, French ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 1st, 2008
The infamous moment in Portugal, four years ago.
"Jose Mourinho understood my replacement of Robben," Dick Advocaat whines, four years after the infamous tactical move of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 31st, 2008
Johnny Rep between several West German opponents
The 1980s EC were held in Italy. Holland was among the eight finalists on this tournament. The Dutch impressed ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 30th, 2008
I can't help it. This post needed a pic of Blatter I suppose, but I don't like him so I decided to find a pic ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 30th, 2008
The players of Hadley Rangers in England need to find a new coach. Their current coach will move abroad to advance his career. And not ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 25th, 2008
Davids: "Is De Boer's arse really that wide?"
After Hollands WC1994 disappointment (only Advocaat was happy), Guus took over. He wasn't Golden Gus or God back ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 20th, 2008
The British referee Clive Thomas has admitted - after 32 years - that due to his failures Oranje didn't win the 1976 EC. Thomas had ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 18th, 2008
Felix sent this article in to our blog, but it got stuck in the spam-swamp. I found it just now and decided to post the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 18th, 2008
Former Arsenal captain Tony Adams played 60 times at Wembley Stadium. He is the ultimate record holder in the history of English Football. He won ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 18th, 2008
OUCH!
The return of Khalid Boulahrouz was just a footnote in the KNVB press release but in fact it's a remarkable news item. The Sevilla defender ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 18th, 2008
No one fares well without luck is a oft-used Dutch expression. And that was certainly the case in the EC1988. There were at least 5 ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 17th, 2008
Ronald Koeman’s ass
Oranje won the semi finals at the EC1988 against West Germany. It was an emotional, intense match, with lots of sentiments – partly ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 16th, 2008
What connects the Dutch football team, the testosterone fueled movie "300" and brilliant photographer Erwin Olaf?
Oranje-fever. That's what. It's starting... We only need to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 14th, 2008
Real Madrid lured success coach Guus Hiddink away from Oranje. He managed the team in the EC1996 and the WC1998, in the latter tournament Oranje ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 12th, 2008
The Master and the Apprentice?
The voting has died down. A tad disappointing in numbers, but it seems most of the foreign fans haven't seen many ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 11th, 2008
Wesley Sneijder's status has changed in his first Spanish season: "In the first weeks, the other players let you sort it out yourself if you ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 10th, 2008
Ooohhh.... the butterflies are waking up in my stomach... Only a couple of weeks left...
Let's look back a little, shall we?
In 1988, Oranje won their ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 10th, 2008
Ajax lost the first play off finals leg against FC Twente. Away from home, Ajax did get the 0-1 through Suarez, but FC Twente turned ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 7th, 2008
Marco van Basten doesn't get challenged too much in the media. Sure, experts and analists criticize him but once he shows up in a tv ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 5th, 2008
Here's a bunch...
Why not... We don't have a lot of time for this, what with the CL, the EC and the Olympics coming up!
So let's ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 5th, 2008
Remember?
Ok, back to EC shenanigans now, my friends. We know which clubs will play the finals in Europe, let's focus a bit on our big ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 5th, 2008
Orlando Engelaar: "FC Twente was never this close to playing Champions League football". The strong Twente midfielder celebrated their massive win over NAC Breda, 5-1. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 2nd, 2008
Patrick Kluivert has registred himself for the course Coach Pro Football in Zeist, starting this summer. The Oranje top striker will join Dennis Bergkamp, Phillip ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 1st, 2008
Phillip Cocu was a trusted lieutenant on Barca's midfield for years. The former Oranje star is currently ending his imposing career in the Arabian Gulf.
Cocu: ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 29th, 2008
At the request of some of you I again contact the Dutch Federation (KNVB) and they replied to me last night:
"The new Dutch site is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 27th, 2008
So he did learn to kick a ball from Wenger!
"It hurts to become a better player. It hurts a lot. And I don't mean physically. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 27th, 2008
I'm sorry, couldn't resist this pic!
And here are the results of the First Oranje Blog Fave Player of Today Awards!
Winner with an astonishing 70 votes ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 25th, 2008
You'd almost shout out FOUL!...
The Best Player of the English Premiership has just been selected. And I was already for it: bottle of Oranjebitter, Oranje ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 20th, 2008
He won't win this, I think
Yes, here we go... Who cares about those old farts who once were great players... Boohoohooo....
We want to discuss the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 19th, 2008
Dennis wins again!
There's no more posts coming in, so this is the final score.
A tad surprising for old dogs like me, but still interesting...
Dennis Bergkamp ...
