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Chasing the Big Leagues FC Zwolle (Dutch Eerste Divisie) is a post from: Just Football
Just Football's Tales from Tier Two series, in
association with @tiertwofooty, concludes now with a look at the runaway leaders of the Dutch
Eerste Divisie:
FC Zwolle
FC Zwolle are in pole position to return to the Dutch Eredivisie eight years
since they were cruelly relegated after both Volendam and Vitesse claimed rare victories as Zwolle
were being thumped 7-1 at Feyenoord.
Chasing the Big Leagues FC Zwolle (Dutch Eerste Divisie) is a post from: Just Football
Just Football's Tales from Tier Two series, in
association with @tiertwofooty, concludes now with a look at the runaway leaders of the Dutch
Eerste Divisie:
FC Zwolle
FC Zwolle are in pole position to return to the Dutch Eredivisie eight years
since they were cruelly relegated after both Volendam and Vitesse claimed rare victories as Zwolle
were being thumped 7-1 at Feyenoord.
"Stop loafing Frings, that windmill ain't gonna build itself!"The biggest investment in
Toronto FC this year will not come in the way of a Designated Player but in a group of buildings
and pitches in the city's north end. The new TFC training facility, due to open this May in
Downsview Park, will arguably be the finest club training facility in North American professional
football.
After watching this match I can see why dutch football is not where it was in the past. Although
both teams tried to play and open game most of the time the ball was played around in the midfield
and only on a few occasions, mostly on the counter, the ball reached a penalty box.
Feyenoord won the game with two goals to zero, both scored in counterattack situations and one of
them with a lot of help from a naive and very young PSV central defender.
Robin van Persie is the son of a sculptor and a painter and his inherited creative genius shines
through on the football pitch. Beginning his career at Excelsior Rotterdam, he moved on to
Feyenoord and earned caps for the Dutch u19 and u21 teams.
Robin always dreamed of playing for his hometown club and then moving on to Arsenal or a small
club in Catalonia to further his career.
Common sense has prevailed.
The Dutch football federation has rescinded the red card given to AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban
Alvarado in the aftermath of Wednesday's pitch invasion during a cup game against Ajax.
The goalkeeper was the target of a fan who ran onto the field right at the player in the 36th
minute of the match.
One to watch - Georginio Wijnaldum (now playing for PSV after coming from Feyenoord)
I always thought of the Eredivisie as a league with very attractive football, always
straightforward and with lots and lots of goals. Today I'm going to watch the match between
Feyenoord and PSV, two of the giants in dutch football.
Full Name: Robin van Persie
Date of Birth: August 6, 1983
Place of Birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height: 1.83 m (6 feet)
Weight: 71 Kg. (156.5 lbs)
Squad Number: 10
Robin van Persie was born on August 6, 1983 in the eastern district of Rotterdam, called
Kralingen.
The Noordwijk Experiment Ajax and the 3-4-3 is a post from: Just Football
by Mohamed Moallim
The last time Ajax regularly played three at the back, Sandra Bullock was one
of the hottest young actresses in Hollywood with a bright future ahead, and the same could be said
for Ajax who dined at the top of Europe's elite table.
The Noordwijk Experiment Ajax and the 3-4-3 is a post from: Just Football
by Mohamed Moallim
The last time Ajax regularly played three at the back, Sandra Bullock was one
of the hottest young actresses in Hollywood with a bright future ahead, and the same could be said
for Ajax who dined at the top of Europe's elite table.
Good Player Guide #17 Kevin Strootman is a post from: Just Football
Kevin Strootman
(PSV Eindhoven / Holland)
The town of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland doesn't hold many claims to fame but the
rise of one of their sons could put it on the map.
Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem which was founded on 14 May
1892. Commonly called just Vitesse or Vitesse Arnhem, the club currently competes in the Dutch
Eredivisie where it finished the 2010/11 season in 15th place. A regular qualifier for the UEFA Cup
in the 1990s and 2000s, Vitesse has [.
BARNSLEY v FEYENOORDSaturday 23rd July 2011
The above fixture has now been cancelled due to the thug element that follows the Dutch side. This
was what I read in yesterday's Sun at work. A bit pissed off now as I was looking forward to to
seeing one of the famous names in Dutch football in action.
BARNSLEY v FEYENOORDSaturday 23rd July 2011
The above fixture has now been cancelled due to the thug element that follows the Dutch side. This
was what I read in yesterday's Sun at work. A bit pissed off now as I was looking forward to to
seeing one of the famous names in Dutch football in action.
FC Utrecht is a Dutch football club founded on July 1, 1970 and based in the city of Utrecht. The
club is known to its fans as Utreg and currently campaigns in the top-tier of Dutch soccer the
Eredivisie. Notable former FC Utrecht players include Dirk Kuyt, Dick Advocaat and Michael Mols. FC
Utrecht has [.
One of the players that Newcastle could be interested in is Klaas-Jan Huntelaar currently of
Schalke 04. Huntelaar-Club career has gone wayward of late Huntelaar was the darling of Dutch
football back when he starred for Ajax where he scored an amazing 76 goals in 92 appearances for
the Amsterdam Club.
Simon Kuper's 1994 book 'Football Against the Enemy' hit just the right note in
English-language football literature just at the time the English game was beginning to open up to
the world.
The sports-travelogue cum cultural study tapped into a widespread desire for intelligent and
wide-ranging football writing that had yet to be properly satisfied by publishers.
Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven have launched their Nike home away for the 2011/12 season. After a
3rd place league finish for the second season in a row, the Boeren will be looking to return to the
summit of Dutch football and their first Dutch Eredivisie title since 2008. The Nike 2011/12 PSV
away kit will be [.
Sepp Blatter calls on opera star to aid FIFA - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked Spanish opera star Placido Domingo to join a new advisory
committee set up to aid the decisions of FIFA itself. Domingo will join Dutch football legend
Johann Cruyff and former American secretary of state Henry Kissinger to sit on the ‘council of
wisdom' at football's main governing body.
Edwin Van der Sar's heroic career has ended and we're proud to have two of the best experts
on Dutch football and Ajax, Mohamed Moallim and Babette van
Haaren, each pay their respect to one of Holland's greats. We start with the
biography-esque piece from Mohamed (Twitter / Personal Blog), who is a British freelance
journalist currently writing for publications such as World Football Columns and FourFourTwo
amongst many others on the brilliant world of Dutch football.
Washington, D.C. - In a mid-season international friendly at RFK, D.C. United played host to Dutch
football champions Ajax. Although D.C. forward Blake Brettschneider was able to score a goal
for...
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Ajax may won the Eredivisie this season, but the traditional powerhouses of Dutch football
were frozen out in the top goalscorers list where, as Luke Edwards explains, the
names at the top came from somewhat unexpected sources.
Normally, if you were to take a glance at the top scorers in the Eredivisie you would expect see
representatives from the big three of Ajax, PSV or Feyernoord.
Recently we have mentioned players who we'd like to see back at the club and Dimitar Berbatov,
Paul Robinson and Michael Carrick have all been considered. One player however who is unlikely to
get a mention is Mounir El Hamdaoui.
El Hamdaoui was born in Holland and began his professional career with Excelsior as a
teenager.
Nicolas Lodeiro The forgotten man of Ajax is a post from: Just Football
by Mohamed Moallim
Just the other day I was thinking of a possible future Ajax XI with the current
players available today. Yes, I understand given the recent history of the club some of the jewels
in the crown may not even be there after the summer, but it was looking at the squad to remind
myself who was available at my disposal that I saw one name I all but forgot about, a player that
the team could easily build around, Nicolás Lodeiro.
Nathan Ake's robbery resulted in questions in "Da House"
Youth development is the key for Dutch football. Money is not going to bring grace to the Low
Lands. There aren't enough people on the globe to want to pay for De Graafschap vs Excelsior. Which
is the equivalent of Wolves - [read more]
Surviving the times: How the Bosman killed Ajax is a post from: Just Football
by Mohamed Moallim
When Johan Cruijff left Ajax in 1988, after a falling out with the board over
Marco van Basten's departure to AC Milan, it would be easy to say that event overshadow the year a
precocious left-full back made his debut for the club.
New Liverpool signing Luis Suarez has pledged to make his move from Dutch football to the Premier
League a successful one.
The Uruguay international, who has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract after completing his
£22.8million move to from Ajax, scored 111 goals in 159 matches for the Dutch club.
The Dayton Dutch Lions of USL PRO are indeed an 'orange' club, the nickname and colors
of the Netherlands' national team that played in last year's FIFA World Cup final against Spain.
The imprint of Dutch football runs through the organization from top to bottom, and Dayton fans
will be treated to a club run by individuals with such strong backgrounds in the Dutch
game.
Liverpool midfielder Dirk Kuyt has revealed that he would welcome Luis Suarez's arrival from Ajax
with open arms, whilst claiming that the side desperately needs a new attacking prospect in order
to climb the back up the ranks.
Kuyt knows that Suarez is one of the club's key prospects for the winter transfer window,
especially as newly installed manager Kenny Dalglish looks to add to the Reds attack.
Dutch Eredivisie 2010/2011: The Story so far thrashings, biting and PSV Eindhoven is a post
from: Just Football
The league season in the Netherlands gets back on track this week. Here's Stephen Farrell to
bring you right up to speed with the Eredivisie.
With the Dutch Eredivisie set to restart again after its winter break this week, now seems a
good time to round up the important events of the first half of the season.
MOSCOW, Russia — Former Dutch international skipper Ruud Gullit was appointed on Tuesday coach of
Russian Premier League club Terek Grozny, local media reported. The 48-year-old has previously
coached English Premiership sides Chelsea and Newcastle United along with Dutch giants Feyenoord
and MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy.
Ricky van Wolfswinkel will be the 'first signing' of the new Kenny Dalglish reign at Anfield,
according to Metro.
The FC Utrecht frontman is one of the hottest prospects in Dutch football and has hit the ground
running this year with 11 strikes in 17 starts; adding to his tally of 10 goals last season in his
debut campaign at the Stadion Galgenwaard.
Polish-Canadian Dutch treat?
It's barely been 24 hours since Aron Winter was declared Toronto FC's head honcho but perhaps
the Dutch legend's links to his homeland may help the club land a new striker. Rumours from Holland
claim that Scarborough raised Andrew Ornoch, currently playing for Eerste Divisie (Dutch 2nd Tier)
side BV Veendam, will be leaving that club in the near future to join The Reds when training camp
opens in late January.
ROTTERDAM - Dutch football legend Coen Moulijn has passed away. The former player of Feyenoord
and the Dutch national team was 73. Considered one of the best ever Dutch players, Moulijn played
in the fifties, sixties and seventies as a left winger for Feyenoord. With the club from Rotterdam
in 1970 he won as first [.
A familiar sight - RVP nursing an ankle
Juventus is reportedly preparing a £20million bid for Robin Van Persie as a replacement for
Alessandro Del Piero, now 36 years and close to retirement. This might be a sick twisted attempt to
get Van Persie and Giorgio Chiellini reacquainted on the same side of the field.
