Post by Mr. Steve on Mar 21, 2010 22:59:31 GMT
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES
On the first day we will be playing 4 Dutch sides: D.C.G., Olympia Haarlem, I.J.V.V. StormVogels and AFC DWS. The top two then go through to the A Cup Finals on the Sunday along with the 2 best scoring 3rd placed teams. The remaining teams go into the B Cup Finals on the Sunday. No idea for sure on the standard of these teams but here’s a little about them:
IJVV Stormvogels - Formed when professional team Telstar, who play in the Dutch second tier, split due to financial problems. Based in Velsen, they have age groups right the way through from kids to senior team. They have ex-PSV player Arvid Smit (not that well known admittedly) playing for their senior side whilst are are most famous for having Louis Van Gaal and Arjan de Zeeuw playing for them in the past.
DCG - The Amsterdam based club has close links with Ajax who use their club to blood in youngsters and try out kids without having to sign them so they’re likely to be good....very good!
AFC DWS - Famous for having helped produce Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, AFC DWS are based in Amsterdam and were a large club until the 70s when they began to slip away and turned amateur.
Olympia Haarlem - A massive club in the city of Haarlem having age groups right the way through from the young kids to adults. Formed only 2 years ago from the merging of a number of smaller clubs in the area to bring all the football in the area under one roof in a purpose built facility.
On the first day we will be playing 4 Dutch sides: D.C.G., Olympia Haarlem, I.J.V.V. StormVogels and AFC DWS. The top two then go through to the A Cup Finals on the Sunday along with the 2 best scoring 3rd placed teams. The remaining teams go into the B Cup Finals on the Sunday. No idea for sure on the standard of these teams but here’s a little about them:
IJVV Stormvogels - Formed when professional team Telstar, who play in the Dutch second tier, split due to financial problems. Based in Velsen, they have age groups right the way through from kids to senior team. They have ex-PSV player Arvid Smit (not that well known admittedly) playing for their senior side whilst are are most famous for having Louis Van Gaal and Arjan de Zeeuw playing for them in the past.
DCG - The Amsterdam based club has close links with Ajax who use their club to blood in youngsters and try out kids without having to sign them so they’re likely to be good....very good!
AFC DWS - Famous for having helped produce Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, AFC DWS are based in Amsterdam and were a large club until the 70s when they began to slip away and turned amateur.
Olympia Haarlem - A massive club in the city of Haarlem having age groups right the way through from the young kids to adults. Formed only 2 years ago from the merging of a number of smaller clubs in the area to bring all the football in the area under one roof in a purpose built facility.