Articles tagged with "van-hanegem"
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Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 16th, 2009
Willem's column in the AD:
"What annoys me most about these friendlies Oranje plays, is that there isn't any experimenting. It seems it's all fixed already. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 2nd, 2009
Well, I commented on the biggest upset of this weekend already... Feyenoord losing away to Ajax, 5-1. That hurts. Every Feyenoord fans secretly thanks the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 1st, 2009
Holland prides itself over the years to have produced so many great players. With strikers like Cruyff, Geels, Kist, Houtman, Kieft, Van Basten, Bergkamp, Kluivert, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 18th, 2009
Dutch football brought forward many great talents. The best of them all - and debatable: the world - was Johan Cruyff. The Einstein of the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 13th, 2009
Willem's column in the AD:
I'm glad that Klaas Jan Huntelaar found a good club in AC Milan. Not that I ever worried about him, in ...
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 | 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 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 | Jun 29th, 2009
In England, Bryan Robson was named the best English player ever. Bobby Robson - no relation - uttered the words in 1990 and there was ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 24th, 2009
Kieft's "failed" header against Ireland 1988
Traditionally in football, the center forward was a big and strong finisher, almost always good with the head. Think Joe ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2009
Henk Fräser (42) played six games for Oranje. Now, he was a successful youth coach at Feyenoord, went to be the assistant coach at ADO ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 4th, 2009
They stood ready in line, lip syncing to the Wilhelmus. This time, a man who may only have played once in the orange jersey but ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 20th, 2009
Van Gaal happy... The funny bloke behind him is uber-billionaire Dirk Scheringa
Willem van Hanegem (former AZ player and coach) in the AD:
"This championship of AZ ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 19th, 2009
Article dedicated to Goose :-)
When we talk about great Dutch football players of the past, names like Cruyff, Van Hanegem, Moulijn, Neeskens and Van Basten ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 2nd, 2009
Reckers, left, to Kees Luijkx: see...that was their goal, you idiot!
It's Monday evening and AZ Alkmaar striker Ari is watching a clip on his laptop. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Feb 1st, 2009
It doesn't matter how many Ronaldinho's, Messi's, Gerrard's, Pato's or Biseswar's we have to discuss, the 1974 Oranje team will always titillate us...
In 2009, we'll ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 29th, 2009
The group of players that mesmerized the world in 1974 was a bunch of hardheaded weirdo's. And that hasn't changed in the last 35 years. ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 1st, 2009
We can have our own Top 10 moments of 2008 of course... I'm sure many goals we've seen score by our lads at the EC ...
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 16th, 2008
Willem van Hanegem's column in the AD:
Last Saturday I watched football on tv like any supporter, eager to see how Real Madrid and Feyenoord would ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 14th, 2008
The infamous moment in Portugal, four years ago.
You're only as good as your last game, record, movie, book, joke...whatever. It applies to all trades. Teachers, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 30th, 2008
Oranje had qualified for the WC1974 finals. Cruyff and Neeskens beat Brazil and West Germany - not playing a very impressive tournament so far - ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 29th, 2008
Willem van Hanegem and Ove Kindvall vs Celtic in 1970s European Cup final.
Feyenoord celebrates it's 100rd birthday this year. The AD newspaper publishes regularly on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 25th, 2008
Nees was always polite when people accidentally bumped into him...
Here we go for 1974 then... I do surrender my age with this one :-).
But, most ...
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 | Jul 18th, 2008
Mr Feyenoord in Oranje...
Silent Wim Jansen, or Wimpie, was part of that famous Feyenoord midfield (Van Hanegem - Hasil - Jansen) as he was part ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 6th, 2008
I've got myself into a pickle a bit... I explained it earlier... Being totally biased ( :-) ) I expect we all want Marco to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 12th, 2008
Ruud van Nistelrooy again will have a key role for the Dutch. Against Italy he was like a ghost striker. He'd move around all the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2008
I highly enjoyed the Oranje victory over Italy last Monday, with my sons and friends. Luckily, no one expects me to join the conga line ...
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