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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

 

 

Eredivisie, day 13: some facts

Friday 28 November 2008

Ahead of round 13 in the Dutch Eredivisie we have a look at some remarkable feats.

• FC Utrecht has never had much success in Amsterdam against Ajax. The Amsterdammers won on 33 occasions, there were three draws and only twice FC Utrecht left with a victory

• The last three encounters between Vitesse and Feyenoord in Arnhem ended in a 0-1 victory for the Rotterdammers. In the last two it was a former Vitesse player who scored the only goal: Pierre van Hooydonk and Nicky Hofs.

• Matches of Heerenveen are usually a guarantee for goals. The Friesians scored 25. Only AZ, Ajax and FC Groningen scored more. Feyenoord also scored 25. However Heerenveen also conceded 28 only Sparta Rotterdam and FC Volendam conceded more.

Longest without...    
Victory De Graafschap 9
Home victory De Graafschap 4
Away victory De Graafschap 14
Defeat AZ 10
Home defeat Ajax 12
Away defeat NAC Breda 8
Draw PSV 13
Goal scored Heracles 4
Clean sheet FC Volendam 22
0-0 Sparta Rotterdam 53
Goal conceded Willem II Tilburg 2

• FC Volendam are looking for their first points away from home when they travel to NEC Nijmegen this weekend. They are also still waiting for their first goal away from home this season.

• Ajax and FC Groningen haven't dropped a point in a home game this season. Ajax scored 16 and conceded only three in their six games in Amsterdam. The Groningers are doing even better: they scored 19 and only allowed André Bahia of Feyenoord to get one passed net minder Luciano

• Referee Pol van Boekel might have a busy afternoon when he leads Heracles Almelo-Willem II. The team from Tilburg have committed no less than 204 fouls so far this season. Heracles put 202 fouls against that. No other team in the Eredivisie even comes close to these numbers.

Source: VI

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