Archive for the 'Holland' Category

October 8th, 2010

Moldova v Netherlands Highlights – 2012 Euro Qualifier

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gives the Oranje the lone goall in their troublesome 1-0 win over Moldova.
October 4th, 2010

Holland drops Nigel de Jong from National Team following Hatem Ben Arfa tackle

Holland manager, Bert van Marwijk, has removed the midfielder from his party for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Sweden and Moldova, while expressing deep concern over De Jong's conduct. "I just informed the squad and told him I saw no other possibility," said the Holland manager. "I've seen the pictures back. It was a wild and unnecessary offence. ...
September 2nd, 2010

Mark van Bommel Named Captain Of Holland

Holland head coach Bert van Marwijk has named his new Captain following the International retirement of Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Bayern Munich midfielder and Captain Mark van Bommel. The awkward part, van Bommel is married to van Marwijk's daughter (and Beans' former teammate and coach at Fortuna Sittard). "We discussed it with the technical ...
September 2nd, 2010

SkySports Football’s Greatest: Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit (born as Ruud Dil, September 1, 1962 in Amsterdam).  He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup.  He was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. Part 2 and 3 after the ...
August 31st, 2010

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Completes Move To Schalke

The merry go round of teams for Dutch International Klaas-Jan Huntelaar continues as the 27 year old made headlines for his Transfer Deadline move to Bundesliga side Schalke where he'll reunite with former Real Madrid strike partner Raul. 'The Holland international, 27, has made a €13m (£10.7m) switch to Gelsenkirchen - joining his former Real ...
August 8th, 2010

Royston Drenthe’s Karate Kick Challenge On LA Galaxy’s Juninho

Almost got real ugly last night at the Rose Bowl as Real Madrid's Royston Drenthe almost took Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Juninho's head off.
August 3rd, 2010

FIFA Announces Final Game Fines for 2010 World Cup

Wasn't the game played like a month ago?  How is this just getting announced? Anyways... from Sky Sports: The Dutch have received a £9,000 ($14,480) fine for their conduct in the match, which saw Johnny Heitinga sent off in extra-time for a second bookable offense and the Spanish received a £6,000 ($9,650) charge, due to Fifa's disciplinary ...
July 19th, 2010

Umbro’s Summer Fixtures – Final – Holland vs Spain

The final video from the Umbro Summer Fixtures screening of the Holland vs Spain game in Manchester. Featuring the track Atlantis by 1913. On a side note - I miss the World Cup...