“Dad, your record’s gone.” Roy Makaay couldn’t believe it. For four years, his opportunistic strike…
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De Klassieker: the Ajax-Feyenoord rivalry
TRADITIONALLY, ‘while Amsterdam dreams, Rotterdam works’ – or so the saying goes. Extending the stereotype,…
In Ronald’s shadow: the story of Erwin, the other Koeman
IT MAY HAVE BEEN RONALD whose dreams to eventually coach Barcelona seemed to spectacularly combust…
Jerzy Dudek and the heroics of an underrated goalkeeper
JERZY DUDEK WILL FOREVER BE A LEGEND ON MERSEYSIDE. His heroics in Istanbul have gone…
Where do the disputed talents of Jon Dahl Tomasson rank?
Illustration by Federico Manasse “MY BIGGEST DREAM is to play for the national team, to…
Sparta and Xerxes: an ancient conflict that lies dormant in Rotterdam
When the monstrous army of Persia trampled over the slaughtered remains of a patchwork Greek…
How Feyenoord are changing the fortunes and future of Dutch football
DUTCH FOOTBALL IS CHANGING. Following the dismal qualification campaign for the now mostly-forgotten (everywhere except…
Dirk Kuyt: a selfless hero for all the ages
ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGES of Rotterdam’s eclectic centre, deposited between train tracks and the River…
Robin van Persie: a striker of astounding flair and capability
Dutch football and those that hail from its shores are known to have little cutting edge,…
Can a Dutch club win the Champions League again?
The goal was scrappy. Patrick Kluivert, on as a late substitute, slipped and stumbled through the…
When Ajax didn’t want Johan Cruyff he left for Feyenoord … and won the double
As featured on Guardian Sport IT WAS WITH A FIT OF PIQUE, REVENGE IN MIND…
Ernst Happel: the Feyenoord years
“Future: Feyenoord?” Those two humble words were the last to leave the medium-build Austrian’s pen as…
The Harvey Esajas story of hope
FOOTBALL IS A FICKLE GAME. For every promising youngster that makes the grade, there are twenty who…