With victory of the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006 Frank Rijkaard won the biggest prizes as a coach of any of his teammates of 88 Euro winners. The first issue of Orange Crush featured an infographic on all of their careers after retirement. Still on sale on the App Store, along with...
The Dutch Gerd Mülle...
posted by ronny
With all the talk of Gerd Müller records, his Dutch equivalent Ruud Geels remains a shadow in football history. A prolific scorer who managed over one goal per game, but happened to be at clubs just before or after their peaks. A character of the Total Football era, yet never really a part...
iPad magazines ̵...
posted by ronny
Having invested in an iPad at the start of the year, it did not take long for me to acknowledge its large prospects and possibilities. The format enables journalists and bloggers to cut out the publisher, the printer and the distributor. It is much easier to make a magazine on the iPad than on...
Win back the pride
posted by ronny
It’s Bash the Dutch Team-day today, while all the fans of Orange football are ridiculed in offices around the world. Let’s just swallow the bitter truth and win back our pride by gliding away in history and reminisce on ‘what might have been’. Read about the glory days...
2-0 is enough (2)
posted by ronny
In the second edition of Orange Crush Harry Pearson explains insightful, what any Dutch national coach has to deal with. The Dutch press is not only reporting the games, but they are also reviewing the tactical acumen and the choice of players of the man in charge. When Holland reached the...
Guus Hiddink : The p...
posted by ronny
Guus Hiddink ranks among the top 10 coaches in the world since winning the European Cup with PSV in 1988, then reaching two semi-finals at the World Cup with different nations. But what do you know about his playing career? How many titles did he win and where were his heydays? How did he...
‘Dutch’ ...
posted by ronny
In the days of yore we may have sniggered over the title on this dvd-cover, being it a pleonasm, similar to ‘white snow’. In the first issue of Orange Crush famous Soccernet writer Uli Hesse will notice however, how Totalfootball has franchised to other footballing countries, most...
Harry Pearson in OC
posted by ronny
In our first issue Harry Pearson will discuss the Feyenoord team of 1970. Could they have won the Champions League today? Harry says no. Soon to be purchased from an iTunes Store near...

