Articles tagged with "oranje"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 17th, 2009
Standing left to right: Joop Hiele, John van 't Schip, Frank Rijkaard, John Bosman, Wim Koevermans (?), Ruud Gullit
Seated left to right: Marco van Basten, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 14th, 2009
Robben: "And then Wes said, where's your coach Barack O-ball-a? Hahahaaa...."
"All the spotlights are on Real Madrid, it seems. It drives me crazy," Robben says ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2009
Wesley Sneijder has informed the media that he won't move to Inter Milan.
"I'm not sure what the status is and I really don't care. I ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2009
Two football behemoths versing each other in a friendly. In the pre-season... What to expect?
The English lads are still prepping, our Madrid boys came back ...
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 | Aug 10th, 2009
Many have commented on Real Madrid's victory over Washington DC now. Always a tough game, Washington away :-). Good to see Robben not being affected ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 9th, 2009
Bert van Marwijk said it: Huntelaar is a smart lad. He will have talked to his new club AC Milan about their plans with them...
Huntelaar: ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 7th, 2009
Oranje's football season starts with a friendly against England coming Wednesday and will end with the WC in South Africa.
Despite Oranje's swift qualifications for the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 7th, 2009
Wim Rijsbergen was a debutant in Feyenoord 1. A young bloke, who came to the big smoke from PEC Zwolle,
Rijsbergen didn't have any ambitions to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 5th, 2009
Wim Suurbier was the right back in the Golden Ajax of the 70s and of Oranje. Suurbier was a tough cookie. An animal in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 5th, 2009
There's nothing that gives a greater feeling of power than the ability to send the ball over 40 or more meters to an attacker at ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 4th, 2009
Klaas Jan Huntelaar threw the towel some weeks ago and is active pursuing a new club. Rafael van der Vaart made up his mind now ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 3rd, 2009
Patrick Kluivert (33) is still Oranje's top goalscorer with 40 goals in 79 international games. In this article "where are they now" an interview with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 30th, 2009
Ajax' new signing De Zeeuw
With the real experts having had a go at the crystal ball ( us!!), it's now time for three former coaches ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 28th, 2009
Why not? With only eleven months to go and with most of you already putting up your fave names...let's make a crystal ball post on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 26th, 2009
Furious, Cassano walked over the pitch in De Kuip, wavingg his arms.
Ref Wiedemeijer was the bad egg, in Cassano's world. He had taken a decision ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 23rd, 2009
For many, it's just a inferior part of the game. The ball is out of play, this is where you can use your hands and ...
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: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2009
It was a tiny article in the Dutch media at first. Olympique Lyon pays 18 million euros for Michel Bastos. Hmm...Bastos... Where did we hear ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 21st, 2009
Huntelaar bored in Madrid: oops...there goes C Ronaldo again...another dive....
VfB Stuttgart hopes to be able to present Klaas Jan Huntelaar as their new striker within ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 18th, 2009
And this is why some people love the pre-season shenanigans: their fave clubs win games against lesser opponents :-).
Although Sporting Lisbon can't be seen as ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 17th, 2009
George Grun. A very sympathetic and able Belgium defender of the 1980s.
In Belgium, he's a hero. In Holland, we cringe when we hear his ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 16th, 2009
What binds us together at this wonderful blog, is our love for Orange Clockwork action:
The first minute of the 1974 finals.... Bergkamp's winner against Argentina ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 15th, 2009
Roy Makaay forgets the orange but goes for the yellow jersey...
Roy Makaay enters the lobby of the presidential Hotel Praia del Rey in Portugal, after ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 14th, 2009
In a time when Holland had a number of great left wingers ( Coen Moulijn, Piet Keizer, Robbie Rensenbrink) Theo Pahlplatz (62) played 13 matches ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 10th, 2009
The Feyenoord players have said goodbye to their victory bonusses (what's the correct English term?) to help the financially struggling club.
Since Feyenoord needs to put ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2009
Johan Cruyff was silent this year. The last time he was actually big news was when Marco van Basten told him he didn't want to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2009
Hi all,
In today's football season, it's hard to determine when it stops and starts, what with play offs, cup finals, qualification games, confederation cups and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2009
Clarence Seedorf is co-owner of Italian football club Monza.
The AC Milan midfielder took a stake in the LegaPro (third division) club in Italy through his ...
