12
May

Mark van Bommel fittingly sent off in last game of career

Never has there been a more appropriate finish to a career than Mark van Bommel’s.

The Dutchman’s 20-year professional career came to a close after his PSV side fell to FC Twente 3-1. The tough midfielder, known for his strong tackles, received a red card in the 71st minute after a vicious challenge on Duasn Tadic’s ankle. It’s hard to imagine van Bommel’s exit from the game any other way — well, other than with a win.

We’re thankful this tackling machine left us with such an emphatic exclamation mark on a fantastic career.

9
May

16 fans hospitalized after eating space cake in corporate box

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In a seemingly ordinary Dutch Eredivisie match, home side ADO Den Haag picked up a 2-0 victory over Feyenoord. The real noteworthy event though, was happening upstairs.

Sixteen fans fell ill during the match, including the owner of the box, and passed out in the stands. Ambulances were called to the stadium and tests revealed that the fans had eaten space cake.

A club spokesman told the press they have no clue how these space cakes made it into the corporate box. An investigation is currently underway to find out how the marijuana got into the fans’ systems.

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1
Nov

Check out this well-thought of commercial from the Dutch federation promoting the acceptance of gay footballers, by also helping combat homophobia from the beautiful game. We couldn’t have said the message better ourselves.

Here’s the official mission statement from KNVB.

Big ups Dutch football!