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WIN THE CHANCE FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE A McDONALD'S PLAYER ESCORT AT THE ENGLAND V HOLLAND MATCH

We've teamed up with McDonald's, the official Community Partner of The FA, to offer three lucky youngsters between the ages of 7 and 11 years old the chance to become McDonald's Player Escorts as England take on Holland in an international friendly on 29th February.

You could watch the World Cup '98 classic between Oranje and Argentina instead. Part 1 of 13...- Greg Seltzer

Hi guys... I'm pretty stoked...

Let's take a week or so to collate questions for Raf. I will most certainly have a number of questions ( about tactics at Oranje AND Spurs, about his past, his dreams, life in London, what it was like at Real Madrid, etc).

I'm sure you will [read more]

Rinus...

So, Bert van Marwijk extended his deal.

He might well become the longest serving national team manager we ever had but he could also end his career at Oranje with a termination letter. Who knows.

And while most media and fans ( and players) greeted the news with joy, we need to [read more]

After a couple of seconds of "WTF!?!?!!!??" the real Oranje fan shrugs his shoulders and cries: "We don't care! We want to win this! So if we have to beat them all to do so, we will!!".

And let's face it. We don't do well in friendlies or against minions. We [read more]

There have been many Dutchmen who have set the Premier League on fire in recent memory. Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink and his thunder thighs couldn't stop scoring for Leeds, Chelsea and Middlesbrough. Marc Overmars won the Premier League with Arsenal as ... Continue reading →

Oranje's defense has been a concern for quite some time. For years, every team manager puzzled and experimented. Van Gaal had to put Reiziger on the left, we had issues on the right full back and left full back spots and I remember Jaap Stam even being criticized.

Fact of the [read more]

Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous. A couple of days after Oranje concedes three goals is the news made public that Brazilian Douglas will be a Dutchman for the law. The Twente defender could well make the difference at the upcoming EC, according to the experts.

Oranje has many great [read more]

He was called the new Johan Cruyff when he made his debut. Now, Rafael van der Vaart ( 28) is closer to his final game for Oranje than his first, and despite his considerable skills, talent and ninety international games still not certain of a starting position in Oranje.

Wesley Sneijder [read more]

Getty Images/Getty Images (Bleacher Report) Both TalkSPORT and Givemefootball.com have issued reports that Chelsea have indeed agreed a deal with Ajax Amsterdam believed in the range of €32 million for wing back Gregory Van Der Wiel.
The Netherlands International has been on the Blues Radar before and with the possibility of Chelsea's Brazilian center back Alex moving to Juventus, the young starlet could be in line for a trip across the channel.

The Netherlands secured first position in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group E with an 11-0 win over minnows San Marino in Eindhoven on Friday. The win is the biggest in the Oranje's history and sees the team remain perfect with seven wins from seven matches in qualifying thus far. Arsenal captain Robin van Persie score [.

The Netherlands secured first position in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying Group E with an 11-0 win over minnows San Marino in Eindhoven on Friday. The win is the biggest in the Oranje's history and sees the team remain perfect with seven wins from seven matches in qualifying thus far. Arsenal captain Robin van Persie score [.

Ah, here's a photo you don't see everyday. A giggling Ibrahim Afellay (make what you want out of it) next to his teammates Dirk Kuyt, van Bommel and coach Bert van Marwijk at their friendly match against Uruguay in June. Interestingly, van Marwijk has given an interview admitting that the Oranje did find it hard to get over their World Cup finale loss against Spain last year, but are officially back in business!

Ah, here's a photo you don't see everyday. A giggling Ibrahim Afellay (make what you want out of it) next to his teammates Dirk Kuyt, van Bommel and coach Bert van Marwijk at their friendly match against Uruguay in June. Interestingly, van Marwijk has given an interview admitting that the Oranje did find it hard to get over their World Cup finale loss against Spain last year, but are officially back in business!

Bert van Marwijk is ready for the new competition. The team manager follows the Eredivisie, but from a distance. "It's good for Oranje that Wijnaldum and Strootman decided to move to the Dutch top. It's good for their development to have to carry a team with high expectations."

One year after [read more]

Peter van Vossen

Oranje doesn't play often in South America. This year, Van Marwijk took his squad over for two games. In 1999 Oranje played Brazil there as well. Peter van Vossen, former Ajax and Feyenoord man, looks back his time. "That was a great trip".

Peter van Vossen needs to work [read more]

I'm sorry guys, I'm simply not as interested in the off-season...

The transfer rumors are driving me nuts. Ajax winning 6-0 against Epe, who cares!

Tough talk by Wenger. Fabregas wants to go to Barca. Malaga wants to sign Sneijder.

It's all too much.

So I focus on re-hashing cool old Oranje [read more]

This article is from February 2009. In honor of Jan van Beveren...

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 keep on looking back to that ultimate WC in Germany, mainly because the Dutch [read more]

Holland Under 17 went to the World Cup in Mexico as a favorite for the title. Rightly so, after winning the European title earlier. But Congo was too strong for a sloppy Oranje and against North Korea, we weren't able to win. Coach Stuivenberg: "We were the better team and [read more]

Former Feyenoord youth coach Albert Stuivenberg

This article has been long in the making. Apologies. But Albert Stuivenberg's Under 17 Oranje has really made an impression in the world by serving up a huge defeat to the Germans in Serbian based European Championship ( 5-2).

I wanted some more meat to write [read more]

Mario Been

The Dutch Under 17 team is in Mexico now to go for gold.

28 Years ago, it seemed our Dutch youth team would do the same but they simply forgot to win it. The 85 year old Kees Rijvers (former Twente, PSV, St Etienne and Oranje coach) looks back.

The Dutch [read more]

Injuries for Maarten Stekelenburg and Michel Vorm meant that last Saturday young Tim Krul was making his debut in Oranje against Brazil, all of a sudden. The 23 year old wasn't impressed at all, even if the opponent was Brazil and Krul had a massive first game and kept a [read more]

Fanpage_uk Van Bronckhorst backing Netherlands to take final step - http://www.uefa.com/uefaeur... 8 hours ago from UEFA.com - News - Comment - Like A runner-up at last summer's FIFA World Cup in South Africa, former Netherlands captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst tells UEFA.com the Oranje can go one better at UEFA EURO 2012.

The season is over and we're all a bit low. So how about some international football news to cheer us all up?

First, Jack has not been called up to the England U21 team. It seems the coaching staff at Arsenal showed Jack a bunch of stats that indicated he needs a rest after playing so many games.

Louis van Gaal has quite a history of leaving clubs. His first exit at Ajax, his first real coaching job, was a normal one, but at Barca he never really clicked, with Oranje he left with a Mike Myers penned script while he got into another sh-mozzle when he left [read more]

It is crisis in Amsterdam. In the next couple of days, it's Oranje that will add some joy to the football fans, we hope, but the national pride in club teams, Ajax, is in a sorry state.

The JC Clan had a head-on collision with the powers that be. The explanation [read more]

Ok, Holland won the friendly with 3-1. Hurray. Goals by Sneijder, Hunter and Kuyt. What else is new?

But what did we learn?

We learned that a half volley by Wesley Sneijder in the 28th minute ended a post World Cup drought of the little big man, with probably one of Oranje's [read more]

Wesley Sneijder, Theo Janssen and Dirk Kuyt skipped the first training with Oranje in the run up to the Austria friendly. The three did some simple practices in the sports hall of the Oranje hotel but will be able to start coming Wednesday.

Sneijder and Kuyt both played with their teams [read more]

TFC unveil their new "Oranje" kit... and players

One of the hardest things for a new coach is getting to know his new charges on a personal level. Building those bonds between management and players can be the difference between early success and failure. For Aron Winter, it's that extra bit hard, what with having a foreign background to most of the established Toronto FC squad.

Nigel de Jong is back in Oranje. Since October, Van Marwijk allowed De Jong a rest after the humbug regarding De Jong's umptieth tackle on Ben Arfa in the EPL.

The former Ajax midfielder also broke the leg of American Holden in a friendly and did a Jackie Chan on Xabi [read more]

Another Top 11 story for ya. This time the lads who stop the ball from going in the net. Like we had many great strikers, we also had a number of great goalies in Oranje. Stanley Menzo and Joop Hiele are two iconic names that didn't make the cut. Menzo [read more]

Ball blows through the net, referee awards a goal kick. (Tis okay the player would get six goals anyway.)

• A Norwegian tour. (The Best Eleven)
• Mustache of the day, no doubt. (Three Match Ban)
• One of the many things Twitter is killing. (They All Count)
• Saving the FA Cup.