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Reflecting life and interests in Holland

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A natural follow-on from the general articles on the main NL Planet website, these blogs reflect life and interests in Holland - up close and personal.

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Dutch Eredivisie — European places & Europa League playoffs Comments Off

Posted on 29 May 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

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.

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 34 — the climax! (2)

Posted on 2 May 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

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 »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match rounds 32-33 Comments Off

Posted on 18 Apr 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

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 »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 31 Comments Off

Posted on 11 Apr 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

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 »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 30 (5)

Posted on 4 Apr 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

Leaders FC Twente had the hurdle of VVV in Venlo to overcome and ended up overcoming them in a rather comfortable manner. In a game of few chances, more »»

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Dutch Eredivisie — match round 29 Comments Off

Posted on 28 Mar 2010. By Alun Goodmass. Filed under Orange Football

After various recent point-dropping performances by some of the top teams in the league, the big boys got their act together again this weekend and showed how serious they were about keeping up the pressure on each other. more »»

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