Articles tagged with "holland"
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Chris | Jun 8th, 2008
XII
And so it begins. Greece may be the defending European Champions, but the Azzurri are The Champions, and thus have a reputation to uphold. They ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 4th, 2008
As many England fans still stand undecided on which team to support in the Britain-free Euros, the Lord Wolseley, on White Lion Street in Islington, ...
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 2nd, 2008
Claire said: strike that pose one more time and I'm outahere!
Area: 551.500 square kilometers.
Inhabitants: 61 milion.
Capital: Paris.
Federation: Federation Francaise de Football.
Website: www.fff.fr.
Jersey colors: bleu shirt, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 1st, 2008
Orlando Engelaar wasn't as dominant against Denmark as he was against the Ukraine, but his contribution in Holland's second warm up was positive.
Of all Oranje ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 30th, 2008
Leave it to Jens Lehmann to complain about something, right?
The Azzurri keepers were the first to criticize the new adidas Europass; particularly the movement on ...
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 29th, 2008
Marco van Basten and his staff will use the services of Kees Verver and Max Reckers in analyzing the performance of Oranje. Both analysts work ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 29th, 2008
Vennegoor and Van der Sar. Long John missed four penalties (!) on training
Willem van Hanegem's column in the AD
The whole nation is impressed with Orlando ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 28th, 2008
The KNVB announced the jersey numbers of the Dutch team for the EC2008.
1. Edwin van der Sar 2. André Ooijer 3. John Heitinga 4. Joris ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 28th, 2008
Half a year ago, he played his last game for Oranje. And not that long ago he had a huge row with Marco van Basten. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Dirk Kuyt, our new right full back?
Ok, pay attention people. Because you read it here first!! I have a reputation to "recycle" existing articles a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Thursday, Denmark will be the opponent to help Oranje get fighting fit for the EC2008.
The Great Danes, surprise winners of the EC1992, didn't make it ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Sneijder arrived in the Oranje camp
Oranje entered a new phase in their EC prep with the move to the Hoenderloo training camp and the arrival ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 27th, 2008
Nickname(s): Oranje, Clockwork Orange,
Orange Crush, The Orangemen. You see a theme there?
Jersey: Oranje, of course. Powder blue for away days.
FIFA World Ranking: 10th as of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Where ever you meet Robin van Persie, there's never a dull moment. Van Persie is a talker. Open, funny and interesting. About himself, about money, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 26th, 2008
Name: Ruud van Nistelrooy
Team: Netherlands
Group: "of Death"; Italy, France, Romania
Caps (Goals): 59 (30) - as of May 26th, 2008
DOB: July 1st, 1976 (31 years old)
Position: ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 24th, 2008
It's a year for doubles in Europe. Manchester United took the most prominent, by capturing both the Premier League title and the Champions League. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 21st, 2008
After their EPL showdown you could only expect high drama and intensity in the CL finals between the Blues and the Mancunians. And that's exactly ...
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: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 7th, 2008
Over at UEFA's official Euro 2008 site, they've been polling for the best individual goals in Euro history. I say polling, they're actually only giving ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 29th, 2008
The Leap Year means one whole extra Daily Dose in the month of February. Happy day. So here are the football links from around World ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 22nd, 2008
It's official. Marco van Basten will return to Ajax to coach his first love after the EC 2008.
The current Oranje manager will succeed interim-coach Adrie ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 4th, 2007
Netherlands boss Marco van Basten and his assistant John van't Schip will be stepping down after Euro 2008. It's been an interesting spell for the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 2nd, 2007
The Euro 2008 draw was made this morning, and UEFA's quite literally potty system produced an odd result. Before the draw in Lucerne, hosts Austria ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 30th, 2007
Let us give a hearty congrats to two Ecuador internationals who, in their first seasons in Europe, have already become league champions.
First was El Kangaroo, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2006
The Good:
Rooney finally scored again
Welcome back Joe Cole
Micah Richards looked the business
Ashley Cole starting to look more like a footballer again
We looked surprisingly organised
A draw ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 5th, 2006
Johan Derksen is senior editor of the leading Dutch football magazine VI. He analyses games on tv and is supposedly very close to Johan Cruyff. ...
