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Author profile: Alun Goodmass

I grew up in the UK and have been a football fan for just about as long as I can remember, playing it as long as my legs held out and avidly watching it in the stadium, tv or pub. Somehow in my early twenties I ended up in Holland and have been here for a couple of decades since... I now think it is time to reveal to the English speaking world how the Dutch see football: internationally, at club level, how they talk about it, the youth setups - no stone will be left unturned! "The ball is round", as they say here (meaning anything could happen). Let it roll.....

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 26 (1)

Posted on 8 Mar 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

This was the week that PSV finally relented in their nearly error-free chase for the title. And it was of course FC Twente who were only too willing to take advantage with a hard-fought 0-1 away victory more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 25 (0)

Posted on 1 Mar 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

You can say many things about the top six in the Eredivisie but at present you cannot accuse them of inconsistency. All six of them won their matches, some with a bit more effort than others but the three points were more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 24 (0)

Posted on 21 Feb 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

This past Sunday saw a bout of horrible slushy, sleety weather in most of Holland and this of course resulted in some ‘interesting’ games as the the top four were all in action. more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 23 (0)

Posted on 14 Feb 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

After the games this weekend, it is as you were at the top of the Eredivisie. The top three – PSV, Twente and Ajax – all won but fourth place Feyenoord dropped two points to trail even further behind Ajax. more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match rounds 21-22 (0)

Posted on 7 Feb 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

(These blog posts are done on a strictly weekly basis after the weekend games so it is unfortunate but true that any extra match rounds or games during the week generally go unreported. But we can just tell you that Twente, more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 20 (0)

Posted on 31 Jan 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

On this twentieth match-day of the season, the most awaited was not one the top two were involved in but rather one of the ‘classic’ encounters in Dutch football, Feyenoord against Ajax. more »»

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