Adrie Koster leaves Holland U21 post
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on October 23rd, 2014 09:22 PM | No Comment
Adrie Koster has resigned as Netherlands U21 boss after failing to qualify for next years European Championships.
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The former Excelsior, Club Brugge and Roda JC boss was appointed as Jong Oranje boss following Albert Stuivenberg's ...
No deal for Guyon Fernandez at Valladolid
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on October 23rd, 2014 04:06 PM | No Comment
Guyon Fernandez will not join Spanish second division side Real Valladolid after the club decided he did not impress enough during a trial.
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On their own website the club says it ended his trial prematurely. ...
FC Twente 1-1 Ajax Match Report
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on October 18th, 2014 11:13 PM | No Comment
FC Twente and Ajax have drawn one apiece at Grolsch Veste tonight to allow PSV to further extend their lead at the top of the table. The hosts opened the score after 17 minutes before Sigthorsson gave Ajax a well ...
Changes proposed to Dutch football pyramid
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on October 11th, 2014 05:14 PM | No Comment
More than forty years after the Dutch football league structure saw a massive change as a host of clubs were forced to return to the amateur ranks and the third tier of professional football was disbanded, there are plans to ...
Tobias Sana sees Aalborg move fall through – but he has other options
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on August 19th, 2014 06:23 PM | No Comment
Swedish Ajax winger Tobias Sana has seen a possible move to Danish champions Aalborg fall through.
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Speaking to Swedish media his agent Anders Karlsson has stated that Aalborg are now longer after Sana's services. The ...
Eredivisie Season Preview: PEC Zwolle
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on August 7th, 2014 05:06 PM | No Comment
Season preview of PEC Zwolle, who were definitely the surprise package of the Eredivisie during the last campaign.
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If there ever was a fairy tale in Dutch football, the story of PEC Zwolle last season ...
Are forty years of hurt about to come to an end for Oranje?
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on June 26th, 2014 03:32 PM | No Comment
Nick van Ruiven looks back at previous World Cups for Netherlands as they look to end forty years of hurt in Brazil this summer.
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On Sunday, July 13th it will be forty years and six days ago since ...
Daley Blind: From Zero to Hero
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on June 6th, 2014 07:57 PM | No Comment
Nick van Ruiven profiles the rise of Daley Blind from Ajax boo boy to Dutch player of the year and Netherlands favourite.
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Not too long ago Ajax fans were booing every time Daley Blind entered the field of ...
Guus Hiddink signs Oranje contract
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on March 24th, 2014 10:45 PM | 1 Comment
After months of speculation the Dutch FA (KNVB) and Guus Hiddink have finally put pen to paper on a deal which sees the 67-year-old return for a second spell in charge of the Dutch national team.
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Frank Rijkaard ends managerial career
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on March 18th, 2014 08:24 PM | 3 Comments
In an interview with Dutch football magazine Voetbal International former Ajax and AC Milan legend Frank Rijkaard announces he will not return to the world of football as a manager. The former Champions League winner with FC Barcelona has not had a ...
Survival of the fittest – Who has got what it takes to beat the drop?
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on March 13th, 2014 01:46 PM | No Comment
With just seven games to go in the Eredivisie campaign there are four sides within four points of each other at the bottom of the table fighting to beat the drop.
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It seems likely that ...
Injury crisis sees Eloy Room return to Vitesse
Posted by Nick Van Ruiven on January 29th, 2014 05:01 PM | No Comment
Goalkeeper Eloy Room has ended his loan spell with Go Ahead Eagles and returned to his parent club Vitesse after the Arnhem club lost Marko Meerits through injury.
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As back up keeper Meerits needs ...