Goalkeepers: Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma), Michel Vorm (Swansea City), Jasper Cillessen (Ajax), Tim Krul (Newcastle United), Erwin Mulder (Feyenoord). Defenders: Nick Viergever (AZ), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax),Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB...
New Kuip on agenda
posted by ronny
After the unexpected rise of Feyenoord on the pitch this season, sensationally culminating in a ticket to the qualifying rounds of the Champions League, more good news came from the drawing boards. Two building consortia are working on plans for the New Kuip, which should hold about 65.000...
RKC up for Europe
posted by ronny
Today is the first leg of the final of the Europa League play-offs. Vitesse managed to throw out neighbours NEC in a hotly contested tie, but the big surprise is the advance of RKC Waalwijk, at least for the casual observer. RKC are on a spectacular roll since the start of 2011 in which they...
Complex play-offs
posted by ronny
The Fair Play ticket to the Europa League might make the play-offs in the Eredivisie to a farce. At first only FC Twente were involved. With Dutch Fair Play Cup winners Heerenveen already qualified, the team from Enschede may go into the first qualifying round of the UEL as the runners-up in...
Fiery derby in play-...
posted by ronny
The Eredivisie play-offs for European football start tonight with some extraordinairy fixtures. At RKC v FC Twente one of the participants may not be that interested, while in Nijmegen the European element of the game will take a backseat. This is regional rivalry at its hottest, some believe...
Tormented FC Twente
posted by ronny
“In a few weeks we’ve dropped from first to sixth place. I am glad the season is over. Another month and we would have been relegation candidates.”. That’s how Steve mcClaren described the collapse in Enschede after the painful 4-2 defeat at VVV-Venlo yesterday. Having...



