Inside Left 02 November @ 08:25 AM EST
I completely missed every single game of football across the British Isles at the weekend. I was
too busy to turn on the radio for the Scottish games, and I fell asleep somewhere during the
Arsenal-Spurs highlights on the Saturday evening. I was awake long enough to see van Persie
scoring, but the next thing I [.
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In these columns, we regularly discuss Ajax's history, importance for Dutch football and their
shonky management in recent times. The Sons of Gods had the most money to spend on the transfer
market in the last decade or so, but it hardly ever led to impressive results. The question that
keeps
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Nutmegged 24 September @ 11:26 AM EST
12 goals AND penalties decided this game between Haaglandia/Winston and Excelsior Rotterdam in the
KNVB Beker Tuesday.
This game was 2-2 at the half and then home side Haaglandia/Winston, went up 5-2, but anyone who
thought it would be over at that point was wrong.
Very, very, amazingly wrong.
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Dutch football is renowned for it's attacking skill. But apart from developing great creative
players, Holland also produced top goal keepers. Names like Heinz Stuy, Gert Bals, Frans de
Munnick, Eddy Pieters Graafland, Jan Jongbloed, Jan van Beveren, Hans van Breukelen, Joop Hiele,
Stanley Menzo, Edwin van der Sar, Ed
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Dutch football brought forward many great talents. The best of them all - and debatable: the world
- was Johan Cruyff. The Einstein of the pitch. Willem van Hanegem was arguable the second best
player ever to wear the Orange jersey, but the list of great names is endless: Piet
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MLS Rumors 05 August @ 11:29 AM EST
According to an article on Dutch football site Voetbal International the Dutch attackingmidfielder
may soon be all in red.
Dominique van Dijk gaat vanaf donderdag een proefperiode afwerken bij FC Toronto. De 29-jarige
aanvaller valt meteen met zijn neus in de boter, want de Canadese club speelt een oefenwedstrijd
tegen Real Madrid.
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FC Barcelona's official website has reported that FC Barcelona and Inter Milan have reached the
beginning of an agreement for the transfer of the Brazilian Scherrer Cabelino Maxwell Andrade
"Maxwell" for a fee of 4.5 million Euros with an additional 0,5 million in variable payments. Now
with that signing it is certain that we have neded our interest in Luis Fileppe of Deportivo.
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AZ beats Feyenoord.... In Dutch football, there really isn't a top 3 anymore. Nowadays, we talk
about the "traditional top 3" and in that case we mean Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV. But last season, AZ
was the number 1 and FC Twente the number 2 in the standings. In terms
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Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam's shirts for the 2009-10 Eredivisie season have officially been
released. Feyenoord, one of the big three of Dutch football along with PSV and Ajax, finished
seventh in the 2008-09 season of the Eredivisie. The new Feyenoord shirts are made by Puma, who
return as the club's kit makers after a gap of [.
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Just-Football's six part series looking at the winners and losers in 2008/2009 across European
football's major domestic leagues continues now with Part 4 - analysing the winners and losers
in...
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Dutch club football may not amount to much anymore in international football, but players and
coaches with a Dutch passport are still highly in demand. Success guaranteed. In Australia, they
know this already. In a recent daily article, Dutch football is named the most successful of the
last 40 years.
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Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhovenhave launched their Nike away kit for the 2009/10 Eredivisie season.
After a 4th place league finish for the 08/09 season, the Boeren will be looking to return to the
summit of Dutch football. The Nike 09/10 PSV kit features a simple design highlighted by a
checkered stripe on the left side of [.
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Rijkard and Ahmet Turgut back in 2003 when he was the coach of Barca....
Galatasaray appointed Dutch technical director Frank Rijkaard as their new coach.
The club stated on its website on Friday that they agreed with former Barcelona coach Rijkaard to
replace Bulent Korkmaz, according to the report.
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Rijkard and Ahmet Turgut back in 2003 when he was the coach of Barca....
Galatasaray appointed Dutch technical director Frank Rijkaard as their new coach.
The club stated on its website on Friday that they agreed with former Barcelona coach Rijkaard to
replace Bulent Korkmaz, according to the report.
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The Dutch football federation has published their strategic plan for the next 5 years, and in it
the KNVB states that one of it's goals is to reach a semi finals on one of the big tournaments.
Bert van Marwijk sees this as an exciting challenge. "I was surprised to
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The French city of Toulon is hosting a friendly Under 21 international tournament this month which
Sergio Batista's boys have travelled to, and on Wednesday they played their first match against the
Netherlands, and demonstrated after the embarrassment of the Under 20s' failure to qualify to
defend their crown at the the Egypt 2009 World [.
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Heerenveen celebrate sweet success, finallyJust what is it with the English and penalties?Steve
McLaren came within a penalty shootout of winning silverware with FC Twente in his first season
in...
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Stuff to read while you envelope yourself in the world of baldness...... Usain Bolt will teach
Cristiano Ronaldo to dive faster. (Unprofessional Foul) The Top 10 games from the 2008-09 Prem.
(The Spoiler) 18yo Aussie star charged for sex with a 13yo. (The Australian) Sponsors boycott FSC
due to Steve Cohen's Liverpool remarks.
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One point away...Last weekend our choices for 'Three to See' saw three action-packed and
potentially decisive games take place in Scotland, Argentina and England. Rangers beat Celtic 1-0
in the Old...
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In news that has left many unimpressed, Herenveen's Croatian winger Daniel Pranjic is being linked
with a move to Liverpool. Although signing a twenty-six year old from a small Dutch club might
mirror what Gerard Houllier did a decade ago with Sami Hyypia, it isn't something to look forward
to especially when other stories are mentioning the likes of Carlos Tevez and David Silva.
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Spot the moment multi-millionaire wishes he'd stayed retired Former Arsenal and Barcelona Marc
Overmars was a shining example of what footballers ought to do when they hang up his boots. No
sorry tales of drink, drugs and depression here, the Flying Dutchman did well out of football and
invested his money wisely.
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Fans pour onto the streets of Alkmaar to celebrate as news filters through confirming AZ Alkmaar as
champions of Holland for only the second time in their history. PSV Eindhoven's 6-2 win over
Ajax...
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EPL Talk 20 April @ 06:24 PM EST
More news seems to be filtering through over the continued rumours that Setanta Sports are in
financial difficulty here in the UK and are desperately trying to find some finance to help them
through after they only won one of the six Premier League Packages for the next deal that starts in
2010.
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i always say that barca play dutch football - in real madrid it can be 11 dutch players they even
wouldn't play as dutch football as barca do. the dutch tradition is always there even without any
dutch player. pep guardiola was johan cruijff's creation and he considers johan as
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In the last ten days, we've been focusing on Brilliant Orange! And what a news we had... But let's
quickly drum up all the news items we missed from other Dutch football topics... Fred Rutten is out
at Schalke and will be the new PSV coach. Dwight Lodeweges, currently in charge and
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Well that was a pretty eventful international week wouldn't you say? Sven sacked, Argentina
pummelled and the unveiling of England's new Real Madridesque kit were just some of the headlines
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Well that was a pretty eventful international week wouldn't you say? Sven sacked, Argentina
pummelled and the unveiling of England's new Real Madridesque kit were just some of the headlines
that dominated the football world over the past seven days.This weekend sees club football return
though. With many European leagues now at a key stage of their respective domestic seasons, here
are our 'Three
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Well that was a pretty eventful international week wouldn't you say? Sven sacked, Argentina
pummelled and the unveiling of England's new Real Madridesque kit were just some of the headlines
that... ...
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ADO's Lucky CharmsADO Den Haag 1:1 NAC Breda21st February 2009The Hague There are a couple of
things you should bear in mind before visiting ADO Den Haag.Firstly, take some form of ID. They
will insist on photocopying your passport or driving licence with your ticket. I didn't have any,
obviously, and had to beg to be let in.
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ADO's Lucky CharmsADO Den Haag 1:1 NAC Breda21st February 2009The Hague There are a couple of
things you should bear in mind before visiting ADO Den Haag.Firstly, take some form of ID. They
will insist on photocopying your passport or driving licence with your ticket. I didn't have any,
obviously, and had to beg to be let in.
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The Offside 13 March @ 10:30 PM EST
What#8217;s up with Serie A in Europe? And what#8217;s up with Gary Pallister#8217;s package?
Hunter Gilstrap wins Employee of the Week. Uzbekistan are training to be world powers. Room for
mercy in football? You can#8217;t fool us - there#8217;s no such thing as a Diter Hakrama The
fantasticness of Dutch football.
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Dutch goalie's anger rules him out for six weeks AZ Alkmaar keeper Sergio Romero broke his hand
after punching a door following his side's cup defeat to NAC Breda last week. The Argentinian - who
managed to keep his temper in check until he was in front of a camera - will now miss the
Eredivisie [..
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Bayern won the DFB Pokal in 2008, but they won't be celebrating this year.In Part 1 of our domestic
cup roundup we took a look at how the competitions were progressing in France and Spain. Now time
for Part 2, in which we assess the cups in Italy, Germany and Holland. And again, they have not
been without their upsets:In Italy, the Coppa Italia is presently at its semi-final stage.
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Bayern won the DFB Pokal in 2008, but they won't be celebrating this year.In Part 1 of our domestic
cup roundup we took a look at how the competitions were progressing in France and Spain. Now...
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