Ajax vs Marseille, UEFA Cup 4th round second-leg, March 18, 2009 Two of the great names of European football meet at the Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday night, with Marseille looking in confident ...
Accusations really don’t get bigger than this. Willem II have thrown their support behind their Sierra Leone defender Ibrahim Kargbo after he accused FC Twente forward Marko Arnautovic ...
What a tool! Losing 2-1 at home against NAC Breda in the cup last week cost AZ Alkmaar more than just the result. Unable to control his frustration at seeing the domestic double slip through ...
AZ Alkmaar 1—NAC Breda 2 (KNVB Beker, March 5, 2009) Eredivisie leaders AZ Alkmaar crashed out of the Dutch Cup even after Moussa Dembele put AZ ahead on 13 minutes...
AZ Alkmaar 3 - Groningen 0 (Eredivisie, February 28, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Graziano Pelle netted twice to set Louis van Gaal’s team on their way, Moussa Dembele sealing matters ...
Amazing scenes from the Den Haag Stadion at the weekend, as a sniper in the crowd took out NAC Breda forward Fouad Idabdelhay as the young striker had outpaced the home defence and was found purposefully bearing down on goal...
Ajax 2 - Volendam 1 (Eredivisie, Feb. 22, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Ajax fell behind at home to Volendam when van Basten’s defence was once again torn open and Gerson Sheotahul arrived on the scene to stroke home the opener...
Man City survived a scare after 22 minutes at Anfield when a loose ball in their box was barely cleared to safety. At the other end Steven Ireland missed a glorious opportunity to give the Citizens ...
Heracles 0 - AZ Alkmaar 2 (Eredivisie, February 21, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Mounir El Hamdaoui was the hero for runaway leaders AZ as his brace in the 52nd and final minute gave the champions-elect a comfortable win at strugglers Heracles...
Ajax took a smash-and-grab win from their trip to Florence with a goal from Kennedy Bakircioglu giving Marco van Basten’s side a 1-0 win over last year’s semi-finalists Fiorentina...
Ajax 2, Feyenoord 0 (Eredivisie, Feb. 15, 2009): In the battle of the former heavyweights in Holland, Ajax broke the deadlock in the 51st minute when poor Feyenoord defending allowed a free kick to be converted by Thomas Vermaelen...
PSV 2, AZ Alkmaar 2 (Eredivisie, Feb. 14, 2009) (Longer highlights here): Stijn Schaars set up Gill Swerts for AZ’s opening goal in the 12th. Maarten Martens then doubled the lead for the visitors in the 29th...
A couple of days ago we brought you a trademark Dennis Bergkamp chip from an Ajax veterans match. Thanks to Tobias in the comments we now know that the game was against “De Kennemers 3″ and ...
Eredivisie Vitesse Arnhem 4 - Ajax 1 (Eredivisie, Feb. 8, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Lasse Nilsson opened for Vitesse after seven minutes with the Ajax defence hopelessly all at sea...
Unfortunately finding the details to contextualise when and against whom this footage came from is proving slightly taxing at present, so any information any of you have to help explain this video is welcome...
Times are tough for Marco van Basten at Ajax. Having picked up just four points in their last four matches, the Amsterdammers have seen their title challenge quickly dissolve, presently (before ...
Before we dip into our goals of the week list, as is standard, we highlight some of the bigger schmucks to have screwed up on the football field in the last seven days of world football...
There are several parts of the title above which may prove to be untrue. Many may have already seen this goal as English TV stations try and shine the light on the 2009 Women’s European Championship...
Holland Groningen 1—Ajax 0 (Eredivisie, Jan. 25, 2009) Ajax lost ground on leaders AZ, Danny Holla beating Maarten Stekelenburg with a low shot from 20 yards in the 39th minute. Heracles 1—FC Twente 2 (Eredivisie, Jan...
Everyone loves a good showboat. This footage comes from Sunday’s Eredivisie match between NEC and Ajax which the Amsterdammers won 4-2. Although six goals hit the back of the net, the goal-rush only kicked into life after the break...
Manchester United 4 - Derby 2 (Agg. 4-3) (League Cup, January 20, 2009) It took just 16 minutes for United to equalise on aggregate at home to Derby, Nani produced a terrific strike from distance for the first goal of the night...
Steve McClaren has delivered yet another PR disaster in his latest post-match interview at FC Twente, calling himself “crazy” and directly then contradicting himself within one minute ...
NEC Nijmegen 2 - Ajax 4 (Eredivisie, January 18, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) After a goalless first half (highlights here) Ajax took the lead away at NEC when Miralem Sulejmani’s free-kick evaded everyone to nestle in the net...
Martin Jol has a blind spot for Timothee Atouba. Tottenham fans will no doubt has less than fond memories of former Cameroonian left-back Timothee Atouba who spend the 2004/05 season at White Hart Lane...
Heerenveen 3 - Feyenoord 1 (Eredivisie, January 16, 2009) After Kristian Bak Nielsen’s 4th minute opener, Roy Makaay briefly restored parity for the visitors seven minutes before half-time, ...
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