What a poster it is. The repeat of the Champions League finals of 1996. And the 1973 European Final. Ajax vs Juve. The Sons of Gods vs the Old Lady. But, that was 1996 and CL. Now it’s 2010 and Europa League. The underwhelming Italians against the wanna-be’s from Amsterdam.
I’d expected to see the difference [...]

Team manager Bert van Marwijk selected Ron Vlaar in the preliminary squad for the USA friendly in March. It’s the first time Van Marwijk called on the Feyenoord defender.
Van Marwijk – who worked with Vlaar at Feyenoord before – stated that he has been careful with Vlaar, due to his serious injuries. “I have watched [...]

Monza… A legendary name! Everyone gets goosebumps hearing sound of the Italian town… Everyone that loves motorsports, that is…

Clarence Seedorf is Holland’s record prize collector. He has a motor-cross team, invests heavily in sports-venues in Suriname and as if it’s not enough cheats on AC Milan by pouring his heart and soul into Serie [...]

Oranje always had players who could score a goal. And we had them in all sorts of sizes and types. Kees Kist the killer. Cees van Kooten the bulldozer. Ruud Geels the anti-football player, Peter Houtman the air-man, Pi-Air van Hooijdonk Mr Free-kick, Wim Kieft the near-post poacher, Nico Jansen the butcher, Klaas Jan Huntelaar [...]

I suppose I should give some attention to our new jersey… I personally don’t care what they wear. I mean, I do…but at the end of the day, I don’t. I remember not liking the 1988 AT ALL, but they did ok in them, didn’t they? I liked the 2006 retro-look, but I’m pushing 50, [...]

Since quite some time it’s relatively unknown Dutch sporters who top the list of best-buffalo hunters. Rik Smits was the best paid Dutch athlete for a while (Basketball) and Andruw Jones is the current top grabber. The Chicago White Sox baseball player won’t be adorning many a boys’ bedroom in Holland. He did have a [...]

I had to think about this when I wrote the piece on Arnold Muhren. In 1985, Kees Rijvers only selected players from Holland. My Goodness, what a time that was….

Kees Rijvers, played football in France and Italy but only wanted to select Eredivisie chaps…
What if Bert would do the same thing…. I don’t see a [...]

Last Ajax team winning the title: spot Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Pienaar and De Jong!
We pick up on Eredivisie action when the action deserves it and when I have the bloody time to cover it (or see it).
After 20+ games, there’s no hiding really. If you’re in the top 4, you’re probably doing ok, when [...]

The name Muhren is a famous one in the little fishing village of Volendam, just north of Amsterdam. Along with names like Tol, Veerman and Tuyp. You were either a famous musician ( The Cats) or a famous football player, if you were born with that surname.
Focusing on football here, the most famous Muhren was [...]

While we’re gearing up to the play the WC 2010 in South Africa and debating who should play on the right-wing, Kuyt or Castelen, the UEFA decided to get started with the EC2012 already…
As you know, Holland was in Pot 1 as group leader so all other teams in our group are actually minions…. But [...]