Being Scottish I am perhaps not really qualified to delve deep into the nature of World-cup winning potential and strategy as even in the good years we never got further than the first group stages of either the World Cup or the European Championship. more »»
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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 — promotion/relegation playoffs (0)
In this second post-competition blog report the story of the teams being relegated from the Eredivisie to the Jupiler League (second division) and the teams going up the other way.
Tags: Eredivisie, football
Dutch Eredivisie — European places & Europa League playoffs (0)
This is one of two blog posts intended to round off the reporting of the whole proceedings of the Dutch Eredivisie 2009/10. The other will list the final relegation news.
Tags: Eredivisie, football
Dutch Eredivisie — match round 34 — the climax! (2)
So this was it. Down to the last day of the competition and two possible candidates for the title. FC Twente and Ajax Amsterdam. And it nearly did go down to the wire. more »»
Tags: Eredivisie, football
Dutch Eredivisie — match rounds 32-33 (0)
Round 32 – summary
It was a tough week for the Eredivisie clubs. Midweek, they all had catch-up games to be played and given the stage of the season more »»
Tags: Eredivisie, football
Dutch Eredivisie — match round 31 (0)
Leaders Twente Enschede were at home to Heerenveen. The Fresians have not had the best of seasons and were not expected to form much of an impediment to Steve McLaren’s outfit’s title chances. more »»
Tags: Eredivisie, football
