EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former FC Twente striker Billy Ashcroft
Posted by Michael Statham on December 20th, 2021 07:52 PM | No Comment
Football-Oranje's Michael Statham spoke with ex-Twente forward Billy Ashcroft, who tells exciting stories of Eredivisie football in the 1980s.
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“Van Hanegem was absolutely fabulous” – Former footballer describes playing against Feyenoord legend
Posted by Michael Statham on December 20th, 2021 05:24 PM | 1 Comment
In an exclusive interview with Football-Oranje, English striker Billy Ashcroft, who played for FC Twente during the 1980s, revealed what it was like to play against Dutch legend Willem van Hanegem.
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All-Time Greatest Dutch Eredivisie XI – Chosen by YOU – WATCH Goals and Best Bits from Dutch Legends
Posted by Michael Statham on February 20th, 2017 06:43 PM | 4 Comments
Over the past month on Twitter, we have been collecting your votes in order to assemble the greatest ever line-up of players to have graced the Dutch top flight. Below is a video featured on our YouTube channel detailing who ...
Flop or Flourishing? Past Eredivisie Top Goalscorers
Posted by Michael Statham on January 29th, 2017 05:13 PM | No Comment
Dutch football has a reputation of producing some of the best players in the world. Top goalscorers in particular tend to quickly earn a move away from the Eredivisie. Here is a Football-Oranje YouTube video featuring ten of the last ...
Hall of Fame: Mateja Kezman | Eindhoven’s Batman
Posted by admin on November 28th, 2016 10:31 PM | No Comment
Ex-PSV striker Mateja Kezman is the next to be inducted into the Football-Oranje hall of fame. Michael Bell takes a look back at his prolific four-year spell in Eindhoven.
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In the summer of 2000, PSV had a ...
Hall of Fame: Johnny Rep | De Blonde Engel
Posted by admin on November 22nd, 2016 12:47 PM | No Comment
The next Dutch footballing legend to be inducted into the Football-Oranje hall of fame is Johnny Rep. Michael Bell takes a look back at the career of "De Blonde Engel."
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The golden age of Ajax was already underway ...
Hall of Fame: Frank Rijkaard
Posted by Andy Booth on June 13th, 2015 07:18 PM | No Comment
Frank Rijkaard is the latest legend to be inducted into the Football Oranje Hall of Fame.
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Playing career
Born in Amsterdam on 30th September 1962, to a Dutch mother and Surinamese father, Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard would go ...
The flexible Dutchman: Ruud Krol
Posted by Chaka Simbeye on February 12th, 2015 05:25 PM | No Comment
A look back at the career of Ajax's legendary defender Ruud Krol, one of the most talented players to play the game at club and International level.
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In July 2011, it is midday in South Africa ...
Hall of Fame: Eric Gerets
Posted by Matthew Valler on July 3rd, 2014 08:34 PM | No Comment
PSV Eindhoven legend Eric Gerets is the latest player to enter the Football-Oranje hall of fame.
By M. Joseph Valler
F. Scott Fitzgerald once said ‘There are no second acts in American lives’. This rule does not appear to apply to Belgians, ...
Hall of Fame: Wim van Hanegem
Posted by Matthew Valler on June 25th, 2014 05:44 PM | No Comment
Wim van Hanegem is the latest Dutch football legend to enter our hall of fame.
By M. Joseph Valler
To the Dutch, Willem van Hanegem is considered to be one of the best players in their footballing history. When his name reaches ...
Hall of Fame: Mark van Bommel
Posted by Adrian Bucher on June 4th, 2014 12:01 PM | No Comment
With eight league titles and a Champions League winner's medal to his name across three countries, Mark van Bommel remains, undoubtedly, one of the finest and most intelligent midfielding generals to have come out of the Netherlands in recent years. ...
Hall of Fame – Faas Wilkes
Posted by Matthew Valler on March 26th, 2014 05:22 PM | No Comment
Legendary forward Faas Wilkes is the latest name inducted into the Football-Oranje hall of fame.
By M. Joseph Valler
The greatest Dutch player of all time?
The often cited Jopie seems to think so; going so far as to call him ‘my idol’. ...