Articles tagged with "holland"
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Nov 14th, 2009
That's a scary looking title. Given what happened in the summer of 08, I think most of us would like to avoid playing the Dutch ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Nov 8th, 2009
No not the restaurant, silly. International friendlies!
Marcello Lippi seems to like them. We're playing Holland and Sweden on the 14th and 18th respectively. Call ups ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Nov 8th, 2009
No not the restaurant, silly. International friendlies!
Marcello Lippi seems to like them. We're playing Holland and Sweden on the 14th and 18th respectively. Call ups ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 24th, 2009
Australia and The Netherlands have a special relationship. Sure, Guus worked that well, but the connection is older. And is not about football. Although England ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 20th, 2009
Qantas Socceroos vs Netherlands
For all of you who want to book tickets and come to Sydney.
I'm going myself. More than happy to organize something ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2009
Dennis Bergkamp played England three times in the orange jersey and wore the Arsenal shirt eleven seasons. "I feel totally at home in the English ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2009
Both the Dutch and the English national team have won all seven games in their WC qualifications. Still, it's a question whether the friendly in ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 22nd, 2009
There are as many opinions as there are fans. Some like the 1998 squad best, others dote on the current team, but for most connoisseurs ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 29th, 2009
According to one of the mainstream Iranian news agencies, the Dutch football federation had approached the IFF for a friendly in February of 2010. The ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 9th, 2009
Mr Totall Football
AZ was the last remaining stronghold of flashy, dominant and 4-3-3 football. Last season, that is. This season, the soon-to-be-crowned-champs play more counter-football ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 2nd, 2009
Bert van Marwijk: "Well, now it's safe to say that if we don't make it to the WC, I will resign..."
"But seriously," he went on, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2009
Bert lectures, the group listens...
Never before was there an Oranje team manager with so many fit internationals before two crucial qualification games.
So, this week Bert ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 21st, 2009
Here's the list of Dutchmen that we'll be facing a week from today. As always with Holland, the strikers are frightening, the midfield intimidating ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Mar 17th, 2009
Yesterday, we had the squads for the U-21 Euro qualifiers - now, here's the one for the big show, the two World Cup qualifiers with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 3rd, 2009
They were ready to sing the National Anthem. Only once... In this chapter, Wim Meutstege, the former player of Excelsior, Sparta and Ajax.
The Dutch team ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 24th, 2009
Look, Hiddink taught us the Vogeltjesdans!!
Lampard! Pay attention... This is how you do it!!
The Secret of Hiddink... This is what they call it in England. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 24th, 2009
It's the ultimate solution when there are no more football solutions left to win the ball back. Although for some players, it is/was their trade ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 19th, 2009
The ol' Meatloaf knew a thing or two about football...
NEC tried to upset title candidate HSV Hamburg in Nijmegen, but just a little extra push ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 18th, 2009
A day at the office of Jhon van Beukering, NEC-striker
The European euro-ball is starting again, next week. Champions League football! What a posters to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 17th, 2009
Vermeer in action
Every young player dreams about making a super goal, so every young goalie will dream about that wonder save… That “glanzparade”. Ajax goalie ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 11th, 2009
Hunter scores...
Friendlies, what are they good for?
Sometimes you do wonder... But in this case, Bert learned that 1) no matter how long Hunter is benched, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 28th, 2009
They stood firm to sing the National Anthem only once. We've looked at several players who may be called "not good enough" for a long ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 27th, 2009
Normally, reading a review here on a match played weeks ago won't work. But this game is different.
The ex internationals played their yearly new ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 2nd, 2009
Christmas and NYE drinks in Nijmegen have a dubious status since 2004. Two NEC coaches were sacked right before the festivities. Both Johan Neeskens and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 27th, 2008
Daley Blind
It should have been in beautiful clash between two football sons, recently at Ajax' youth complex.
The A1 youth hosted a game versus PSV. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 26th, 2008
Willem van Hanegem, emotional....
Right after the jolly Xmas breakfast, the FC Utrecht players are told that Willem van Hanegem, their coach, is sacked.
It's right before ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 25th, 2008
Johan Cruyff is the only player to take of his shoes and socks as well when he jogs on the airstrip of the Cap Verdian ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 25th, 2008
Johan Derksen's colum in www.vi.nl
For club in peril Feyenoord, 2008 was a horrible year. Bert van Marwijk won the national cup in the summer, but ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 24th, 2008
Ajax is the best club of the Netherlands in 2008. If we'd honor a table over the calender year, Marco van Basten's team has four ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 22nd, 2008
Glenn Hoddle was more of an artist than an athlete. He painted masterpieces on the pitch when active as a player and when watching a ...
