During a (very) recent visit to Tokyo I saw some flashes of the annual Tennoohai Zen Nippon Sakkaa Senshuken Taikai – also known as the Emperor’s Cup – on the Japanese television. The Emperor’s Cup is a tournament next to the regular J-League competition designed to annually decide which team is the best football team in Japan with the tournament being open to every member club of the Japan Football Association (JFA). Thus, even high … Continue reading
Posts about: Feyenoord
10-0: de bekroning van (ruim) tien jaar wanbeleid
wanbeleid wan – be – leid het -woord slecht beleid wanbeleid 1) Mismanagement 2) Wanbeheer = wanprestatie wan – pres – ta – tie [-(t)sie] de -woord (vrouwelijk) wanprestaties 1 slechte prestatie; 2 recht het niet nakomen van de overeengekomen verplichtingen wanprestatie gehele of gedeeltelijke niet-nakoming van contractuele verplichtingen
The Death Of A Sleeping Giant (?)
A few months ago Sport.co.uk published an article, presenting a top ten of so-called ‘sleeping giants’ in European football. They defined a sleeping giant as ‘a team which has enjoyed significant periods of dominance, and now find themselves struggling for the silverware and success, and instead clinging to old VHS videos of the glory years’.1 Their top ten indeed featured big clubs (or former big clubs) who mostly rely on their reputation and history instead … Continue reading
Feyenoord Open Dag 2009
As some of you may know, one of my hobbies is football. Besides playing football myself (occasionally) I have been a supporter of Feyenoord Rotterdam since I was a kid. For years I visited virtually every homegame, but I will miss most of the upcoming season because I will be in Japan. But that’s OK, can’t be in two places at the same time Anyway, yesterday (22-07-2009) I visited the Feyenoord Open Dag together with … Continue reading