Articles tagged with "van-basten"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 21st, 2008
As if Gertjan Verbeek didn't have enough problems... Minutes before the once top clash between PSV and Feyenoord player number eleven had to pull back ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 18th, 2008
Heerenveen and Feyenoord are out! And even worse, Feyenoord even lost the last game in an empty De Kuip, 0-1. It seemed the fans silently ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 17th, 2008
Ajax will play their strongest team against Slavia Prague tonight. The Amsterdam club did qualify already but coach Marco van Basten wants to finish first.
The ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 14th, 2008
Dutch magazine Quote publishes their yearly rich list. On the list this time around, we find two football players. To be part of Quote 500, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 4th, 2008
Today, the AD broke the news that, despite what Van Basten lamented, Ajax took the initiative to sell Hunter this winter.
Last Summer, the alledged 40 ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 3rd, 2008
Goose & Finnster having a laugh...
I wanted to post this many moons ago, already... But I didn't... Didn't want to rub it in too much ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 3rd, 2008
According to the Spanish media, KJH will earn 3.6 million euro per season. Not bad. He will surely be able to find a new hairdresser ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 2nd, 2008
Marco van Basten and Ajax chair Uri Coronel quickly started up Teletekst on their tv set. There it was. KJH had finalized his negotiations with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 23rd, 2008
I actually thought I wrote about this earlier, but I can't find the post anywhere :-(.
So here goes, by popular demand... What happened at (or ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 19th, 2008
Dirk plays the ball to Dirk. Bert ask Bert questions. We never had such an typical Dutch team as our current one. Oranje smells of ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 17th, 2008
His fighting spirit is bigger than that of most star players on this planet, but Ruud van Nistelrooy will have to move mountains this time ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 13th, 2008
A new series (we also have Wondergoals and Dutch Masters): players who only played one international. This time: AZ icon Berry van Galen. Formerly of ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 4th, 2008
He is not the world's best football player, but he can score goals. Will Danny Koevermans do it again against Olympique Marseille?
"I've always dreamed ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 25th, 2008
Dennis Bergkamp will combine his apprenticeship at Ajax with a job at the KNVB. He will be part of the staff presiding over the new ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 14th, 2008
Demy de Zeeuw was so out of form last month that Van Gaal instructed him to start again in the Young AZ team against Young ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 7th, 2008
He was quick. He was mentally and physically strong. And a nice bloke.
He liked to dribble to the inside with the ball and go for ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2008
"Wijnaldo" scored the first for Feyenoord....
I told you so, Dutch clubs belong in the UEFA Cup. I've never seen Feyenoord players be so happy after ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2008
Van Marwijk is happy that his son in law is not involved, this time around...
Amidst all the European cup news, this particular news item almost ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 21st, 2008
Feyenoord had victory on it's mind at three levels: three points, confidence and the fans goodwill.
Instead of three points, Feyenoord had to make do with ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 20th, 2008
The Ajax players had this trivia game at the Belgrade airport, after their UEFA cup win. Of the last 13 "classics" in Rotterdam (competition, national ...
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 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 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
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 25th, 2008
Time to get the poll thingamajig out again. I didn't pay for it not to use it, right?
It's time to get all interactive on your ...
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 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 14th, 2008
Almost ten years after his debut in Oranje Ruud van Nistelrooy decided to stop as international. The 32 year old striker wants to focus fully ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 12th, 2008
Wim Kieft has been one of Holland's most popular football analysts on tv since he quit playing pro football. Nowadays, the blond Amsterdam born former ...
