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Johan Cruyff has died







5mins-from-amex

5mins-from-amex

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Sep 1, 2011
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coldean
He was in the youth team at Ajax and used to have lunch at my wife's granddad's house while he was manager of Ajax, Great player R.I.P
 


aolstudios

aolstudios

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Braggfan said:
I’ve always hugely admired Cruyff for choosing Barcelona over Real Madrid because he could never play for a team linked to Franco. It would have been easier to play for a club doing better at the time, but he lived by his principles.
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& naming his son Jordi, as two fingers to Franco's regime. Catalan names were illegal at the time
 








aolstudios

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el punal said:
I, too, had that privilege. Back in 1970 (71?) I was at Wembley to watch England v Holland (or the Netherlands, I never know which is correct), Cruyff played. It was the start of the reign of the Dutch Masters who introduced "total football" to the world. Amazing talent.
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Netherlands is correct - Holland is part of the Netherlands
 


Superphil

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
aolstudios said:
Netherlands is correct - Holland is part of the Netherlands
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When I lived there all the locals called it Holland, don't recall people referring the Nederland or Netherlands. Even when I bought an orange adidas shirt (they didn't sell official replicas back in those days) and had it printed they printed 'Holland' under the lion emblem.

I should point out I didn't live in the areas of North or South Holland, but in Limburg in the very south.
 


Green Cross Code Man

Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006
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Superphil said:
When I lived there all the locals called it Holland, don't recall people referring the Nederland or Netherlands. Even when I bought an orange adidas shirt (they didn't sell official replicas back in those days) and had it printed they printed 'Holland' under the lion emblem.
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I have a Dutch mate, Watford fan (I know!). He always refers to the country as Holland.
 












kevo

kevo

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Mar 8, 2008
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I'm in a quizzing mood tonight, so tell me NSCers:

What honour does Peter Ward share with Johan Cruyff, Pele and Franz Beckenbauer?
 








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dangull

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Feb 24, 2013
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Agree with all the accolades. Also a man who sent out adverts against the danger of smoking. Something I am trying to give up.
 




Beach Hut

Beach Hut

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Jul 5, 2003
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Living In a Box
Magnificent player, he was a football legend

RIP
 


Baldseagull

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Jan 26, 2012
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Crawley
I think I saw an interview with him where he claimed he had not invented, practised or rehearsed the turn that he is famous for on the training ground, he saw it in his mind a moment before he showed it to the world, and just did it.
 




portlock seagull

portlock seagull

Why? Why us?
Jul 28, 2003
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Has anyone done the TURN for the worse gag yet?
 


Elvis

Elvis

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Viva Las Hove
Peter Grummit said:
When he went to Barca they hadn't won the League for 14 years. Franco was still repressing the Catalans. They were 2nd bottom in the League. They didn't lose a match the rest of the season and won the League including a 5-0 win in the Bernabeu.

That (Richie Reynoulds) is a Legend.

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THIS, THIS and THIS. A true legend as a player and a morally upstanding man.

and to think he was one of the greatest whilst smoking 20 a day!!!
 


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