Articles tagged with "oranje"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Sep 7th, 2008
You'd think, having played organized fixtures for 103 years now, the Dutch National Football Team would have experienced it all. Nope. Somehow, Maarten Stekelenburg, the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2008
Stekel leaves the pitch, while Bert rearranges....something...
It was 4.15 am when the alarm clock sounded. I was looking forward to seeing our boys in action ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2008
Straight after Holland's defeat against Russia at the EC, Johan Cruyff expressed his confidence in Oranje's future. But, he also had a warning. He said: ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 6th, 2008
He visited Tcheu La Ling in 2005 and he suddenly saw the light. "I wouldn't make it on my talent alone. The tests I did ...
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 4th, 2008
By JONATHAN NORTHCROFT
As humble inhabitant of a nation of football players wearing slippers instead of football shoes, I was eagerly awaiting the birth of a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 2nd, 2008
And then you find that football, albeit deadly serious, can also be deadly funny...
Or...very weird....
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 2nd, 2008
Robin van Persie will be fit enought to play with Oranje against the Socceroos on Saturday and Macedonia on Wednesday. The Gunner hurt his ankle ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 2nd, 2008
Willem van Hanegem's column in the AD
"I hope everyone understands that I wished FC Utrecht would have started this competition better, but when the chagrin ...
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 | Sep 2nd, 2008
Wonder goals are really wonder goals when they're scored in important matches! Peter Houtman - currently stadium speaker at Feyenoord - was a typical Wim ...
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 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 28th, 2008
Johan Derksen's column in www.vi.nl
It was a point of discussion immediately after his appointment. Would Bert van Marwijk, the new Oranje team manager, select his ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 27th, 2008
Some players score a lot of goals, some players score a lot of beauties and then some players can only score wonder goals. Dennis Bergkamp ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 27th, 2008
Robben for PSV
Some years ago, PSV broke with tradition by attracting young Dutch players to play in Eindhoven. Think Mark van Bommel, Wilfred Bouma, Kevin ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 24th, 2008
There's been many wonderful goals in the past, when I search my memory. Gio van Bronckhorst scored a rocket for Oranje in Amsterdam against Ireland ...
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 23rd, 2008
It's about time too... The Olympic football tournament didn't do it for me (while at this very moment Nigeria and Argentina play for the gold...). ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 23rd, 2008
Bert van Marwijk led Feyenoord to the UEFA Cup victory in 2002. Or did he?
This is probably one of the best free kicks ever! Eat ...
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 22nd, 2008
He's not Dutch, I know... But he could have been, right? And it's a yummie goal.
Why not?
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 21st, 2008
Raf welcomes Mark back...
Mark happy to be back...
Van Basten's joke-telling rules are still in place!
Van Bommel tackles mate Nigel de Jong for Bayern
Mark thanks Hiddink ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 20th, 2008
The Dutch team gave Bert van Marwijk a warm welcome in their first international game together against Russia in Moscow. Oranje dictated the game throughout ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 18th, 2008
Mark van Bommel is back!
Today, Bert van Marwijk's tenure with Oranje really starts. In the past couple of weeks he traveled around Europe to see ...
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 17th, 2008
Team manager Foppe de Haan admitted it. During the quarter finals yesterday between Holland and Argentina at times he really enjoyed Lionel Messi's game. "Yeah, ...
