July 7th, 2010 by Jamie Shaw
The Netherlands booked their place in their third World Cup final after overcoming a determined Uruguay side 3-2 at the Green Point stadium in Cape Town last night. The Dutch were strong favourites before kick-off and took an early lead through Giovanni van Bronkhorst’s stunning 40 yard strike. Arguably this world cup’s best goal however was [...]
June 16th, 2010 by gavh
Holland opened there 2010 World Cup account with a comfortable win over Morten Olsen’s Denmark. The men in Orange stuttered through the first half, but found rhythm in the second, as an own goal from Daniel Agger and a tap in from Dirk Kuyt sealed all three points. The first half was a bit of [...]
June 13th, 2010 by gavh
Holland and Denmark will kick start Group E into action on Monday night, as both teams will be looking for a three point start to this summer’s 2010 Fifa World Cup. Bert Van Marwijk’s Holland side were a dominate force in qualifying and so were opponents Denmark. Morten Olsen’s side topped Group A with a [...]
June 6th, 2010 by gavh
There were no surprise inclusions in Bert Van Marwijk’s Dutch squad. The former Feyenoord coach announced his 23 man World Cup squad on the 27th of May; the squad included the usual World Class names such as Wesley Sneijder, Robin Van Persie and Arjen Robben. However only days ago the Bayern Munich winger suffered a [...]
May 31st, 2010 by gavh
Over the past decades the Netherlands have produced some legends of the footballing game, Johan Cruyff took the World alight with his goal scoring record and quick feet. Marco Van Basten was the next big name to put on a Holland shirt, the skill and the technique of the 45 year old was phenomenal to [...]
May 24th, 2010 by gavh
Holland or known by many as the Netherlands have always been a colourful outfit whatever stage they play on. The team in orange qualified comfortably for this year’s World Cup, after topping there qualifying group with a total of 24 points. However for the fans they will be hoping for a repeat of the 1970′s [...]
May 4th, 2010 by FootballBlog.co.uk Editor
Former Manchester United and Real Madrid front man Ruud van Nistelrooy is the big name missing from the Netherland’s training squad, the players will meet with coach Bert van Marwijk in two sessions next week, ahead of an announcement of the provisional Holland World Cup squad. Rudd to miss the trip to South Africa 2010 [...]
April 23rd, 2010 by leewilson
A leaked rumoured image of the new Holland home shirt for the 2010 World Cup has been released over the internet before the May 1st release date. The Dutch have quite often flattered to deceive at major tournaments with numerous exits in the knock out stages after tending to peak early. The only event that they have [...]
February 12th, 2010 by leewilson
Following the release of their white away shirt earlier this year, Holland have unveiled their 2010 home kit design that will later be manufacturerd into a shirt for them to wear at the 2010 World Cup. The Dutch have quite often flattered to deceive at major tournaments with numerous exits in the knock out stages after [...]
February 3rd, 2010 by leewilson
Group E Netherlands Denmark Cameroon Japan With a large hoard of creative players at their disposal, very few would write the Netherlands off from going all the way at South Africa 2010. However, the Dutch have never actually won the biggest tournament in World football despite possessing some of the best players of all [...]