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| Van
der Weerden signs with Twente |
28 June 2001
|
| As
we reported earlier, the clubs were already in agreement over the
transfer, and now Chris van der Weerden has agreed his own personal terms
with Twente and the 28 year-old defender leaves PSV to join up with the
"Tukkers" for 3 years. |
| Twente
sign PSV's Chris van der Weerden |
26 June 2001
|
| Twente
and PSV have agreed to the transfer of Chris van der Weerden from
Eindhoven to Enschede - now it's up to him to negotiate terms with his new
club. The 28 year-old right-back was not seeing regular action for the
champions who can field André Ooijer, Ernest Faber and Rob Wielaer
(recently returned from Den Bosch) in the same position. |
| Serious
fire strikes Twente's Arke Stadium |
25 June 2001
|
| Twente's
Arke stadium was seriously damaged by fire yesterday - two skyboxes were
completely destroyed while some the supporting structure for the roof and
parts of the main stand underneath were also subject to severe water
damage. It's not known how much it will cost to repair the damage but the
club hopes the stadium will be ready for theng match of the
'Tukkers' new
season on July 28th against Anderlecht. |
| PSV
sign Vennegoor of Hesselink |
14 June 2001
|
| PSV
have finally agreed terms with Twente (who've been paid in the region of
€9,08 million Euros) and have signed Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink on a
contract for 5 years. The 22 year-old had been with the Tukkers for the
last 5 seasons, and will be reunited with his buddy Arnold Bruggink. |
| Twente
sign Austrian striker Ronald Kollmann |
13 June 2001
|
| Twente
have signed the successor to Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Austrian striker
Ronald Kollmann. The 24 year-old, nicknamed "Roli", is a
former FC Tirol Innsbruck player and has been bought from Austrian
Champions and Cup Winners FC Kärnten where he scored 27 league and 13 cup
goals. |
| PSV
and Vennegoor of Hesselink close to deal |
11 June 2001
|
| PSV
and Twente are close to agreeing the transfer of the Tukkers'
international striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink to Eindhoven. It's going
to cost the champions between €9,8 and €11,34 million Euros to sign
their replacement for Ruud van Nistelrooy (off to Manchester United).
They're also looking to beat Anderlecht to the gun and add Michael Lamey
to the squad, allowing him to ripen for another year at his current club
RKC (as they're also doing with Groningen's Arjen Robben) before bringing
him to Eindhoven. |
| Vennegoor
move to PSV looks unlikely |
08 June 2001
|
| The
current negotiations between PSV and Twente concerning the transfer of the
Tukkers' Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink looks to have reached stalemate. The
champions are simply unwilling to meet the price asked for the tall
international striker and the deal could fizzle out in the next week or
so. |
| Feyenoord
target Sander Boschker |
30 May 2001
|
| Feyenoord
have officially informed Twente that they are interested in buying
goalkeeper Sander Boschker, the star of their Cup Final victory against
PSV. The 30 year-old is seen as the replacement for Jurek Dudek if/when he
leaves for Aresenal this summer. He has played for "The Tukkers"
all his career, making his debut in 26th November 1989 against HFC
Haarlem. |
| Vennegoor
too expensive for PSV |
29 May 2001
|
| Twente
win Cup Final after penalty shootout |
24 May 2001
|
| Today's
Cup Final is the golden opportunity for the
"Tukkers" to sneak into the UEFA Cup and
simultaneously thwart PSV's attempt at the double. 32,000 Twente fans had
travelled to the Kuip for the match and there had been the predictable
pre-match clashes in the streets of Rotterdam. The match got off in
beautiful sunshine with the vocal enthusuiasm of the Twente fans marred
only (at least for the tv-viewing public) by the sound of what sounded
like something rattling it's cage (it was a sound to recur throughout the
match - boring!). Waterreus showed why he needed to play/was needed today
with a great 3rd minute save of a Scott Booth shot and there were a couple
of early chances for Van Nistelrooy (plus a couple of yellow cards for
PSV). Some of the Twente tackling was also verging on the illegal and it
was clear that this was going to be a tough match. On the half hour
Waterreus saved another Scott Booth advance, smothering the ball and, soon
after, Kezman had a go with his right foot. The game flowed backwards and
forwards with plenty of attacking moves on both sides - Twente did well to
absorb so much of the Eindhoven attack while still creating its own
chances. Hofland missed narrowly with a header close to the end of the 1st
45 minutes ... halftime 0 - 0.
Twente had started the match in
confident mood and did the same in the 2nd half but PSV picked up their
pace once more and Van Nistelrooy missed narrowly as the champions
launched a series of menacing attacks. He then hit the dirt in the
box as Sander Boschker dived for the ball but there was no penalty given.
Twente came back with counters - Van der Laan had a clear shot but it went
wide. With half an hour to go the match was reaching a peak both on
(in terms of the on pitch struggle and niggling between the players) and
off (in terms of thethroats and deep lungs of the Tukker legions).
PSV exerted increasing pressure on the 'Tukkers' during the remainder of
the 90 minutes - Van Nistelrooy played a long and deep ball through to
Rommedahl who returned the favour with a cross which Ruud headed almost
into the Twente goal. Kolkka (substituting for Mateja Kezman who'd been
wasted on the wing) had a great close range shot turned away by the
lightning reflexes of Boschker. Both goalies were on real good form today.
As the match went into injury time Rommedahl went on a solo mission on the
edge of the area, letting fly with a blast which went over and Kolkka went
just wide seconds later.
Extra time - PSV threw everything
into the search for the Golden Goal and dominated extra time - of the many
chances Van Bommel's shot past the post was the best. It seemed to be
simply a question of time now before PSV would deliver the killer punch.
Van Nistelrooy went down again in the box and again he
didn't get a penalty - it just wasn't his day (Twente's Spira Grujic had
done a great job during the match of neutralizing him and Ruud himself
seemed to be in search of too much personal glory). 120 minutes of
football wasn't enough and so, for the first time since 1964, the Cup
Final was going to be decided by penalties. Vennegoor of Hesselink missed
the 1st for Twente, Heubach missed the 3rd (Twente were now 1 - 3 down and
it looked impossible for them to come back - but they did), Boschker
stopped De Jong's shot and now it was Waterreus who was going to take the
last and possible winning spot-shot ...Boschker stops it!!!! The shots go
on and Boschker saves the next one to give the Tukkers the
cup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brriilliiaanntt!! Three terrific saves from
Sander Boschker give the 'Tukkers' a dramatic Cup victory. I usually
hate penalty shoot-outs but this was a great one.
|
| Zwolle
sign Käre Becker |
19 May 2001
|
| Zwolle
have signed Käre Becker on a contract for 2 years. The technically gifted
player turned out for Feyenoord and De Graafschap (as well as for Jong
Oranje) - this season he's been playing with Heracles, on loan from
Twente. |
| Vennegoor
decides on future after FA Cup |
18 May 2001
|
| Feyenoord
talk to Vennegoor of Hesselink |
12 May 2001
|
| FC
Twente have given Feyenoord the official go-ahead to talk terms with Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink. He's one of the strikers on trainer Bert van
Marwijk's wanted list but it could cost the Rotterdammers €9,08 million
Euros to buy the striker (who has scored 15 goals this season). |
| Twente
beat Fortuna 0 - 2 |
11 May 2001
|
| Unfortunate
Fortuna would have liked a win tonight in their battle to stay clear of
the danger zone (they are only 4 points ahead of 17th placed Sparta and
still 2 points behind De Graafschap). The visitors needed only un
point to make sure they wouldn't have to undergo the indignation of the
end-of-season playoffs. A Thijs Houwing pass gave Scotsman Scott Booth the
chance to put the Enschede team
ahead after 20
minutes. The Sittardians couldn't come up with a reply and Chris de Witte made certain
Twente went home with 3 points when he scored a 2nd goal in the
89th minute. Frans Thijssen will be hoping that their
rivals-for-survival at the bottom of the table will drop some points in
the last few matches of the season. Maybe today's match between Sparta and
AZ will bring some last-minute hope for the Limburgers. |
| Feyenoord
join the race for Vennegoor |
09 May 2001
|
| Feyenoord
have told Twente that they would like to buy Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
They join the queue of clubs waiting to do business with the
most-wanted-striker in Holland - PSV made an official approach last
week , Ajax's Co Adriaanse made it known last month that he'd like to
add the 22 year-old to his squad while there are also foreign
clubs waiting in the wings. |
| Twente
bury RBC 4 - 1 |
05 May 2001
|
| History
was repeated this evening as Twente
put another nail in RBC's coffin ( as they were handed out their 25th defeat of
the season - something which has only happened once before in the history
of the Ere Divisie) thanks to a hattrick from Thijs
Houwing. The home team went two goals up within 10
minutes of the whistle - Houwingd in the 4th and Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink was also quick off the mark in the 8th. Houwing got
his 2nd in the 25th while Marcel Cas got
one back for the Roosendaalers in the 36th. Houwing got himself his
3rd in the 71st to practically dash any hopes RBC may have had of staying
up and escaping relegation. If Sparta manage a draw with Groningen
tomorrow then the Roosendaalers are certain to go down to the Toto
Division. |
| Utrecht
want Van der Laan |
01 May 2001
|
| Utrecht
would like to buy Twente's Arjan van der Laan. The 31 year-old
midfielder's place is threatened by new arrival Björn van der Doelen
and he may well grab the chance to leave. |
| Twente
beat AZ 1 - 0 |
28 Apr 2001
|
| Twente
(14th) and AZ (13th) are neighbours, 2 of 3 clubs with 31 points (12th
placed Groningen being the 3rd). In a middle-of-the-road match AZ had the
early chances and looked to have the edge over their opponents for most of
the match. The Alkmaarders' Van Galen and Dries Boussata missed 1st half
opportunities and, after the break, Boussata hit the bar in the 61st
before Simon Cziommer scored a beauty for the home team in the 64th. AZ only took home a red card - Jan Kromkamp got
his marching orders in the
87th as the match ended with angry scenes, tempers out of control. Twente
will be happy for the lift into 12th place while AZ will be disappointed
not to have salvaged at least un point and slide to 14th. |
| Twente's
Fred Rutten new PSV youth trainer |
23 Apr 2001
|
| 2
for Promes as De
Graafschap beat Twente 4 - 0 |
21 Apr 2001
|
| De
Graafschap, along with Fortuna, are hovering above Sparta with 1 point
between them and the no.17s. Twente are in 12th and would clearly like to
improve their placing before the end-of-the-season final whistle sounds -
there's 6 points between them and no.11 side NEC. Marino Promes gave
the home team a good 1st half start with goals in the 32nd and 39th minutes. Milan
Berck Beelenkamp and John van der Brom added a one-two in the 82nd and
84th to give them 3 points extra distance from the bottom 3 clubs.
Twente's performance was poor and, although De Graafschap's wasn't pretty
to look at, the home team get their 2nd consecutive win (after last week's
surprise win in the Kuip). After their semi-final Amstel Cup win against
Vitesse Twente are looking ineffective and will have to work hard to avoid
the end-of-season playoffs. |
| John
van 't Schip gets Twente job |
17 Apr 2001
|
| As
we reported earlier, John van 't Schip was reported to be
man-most-likely to take over from Fred Rutten at Twente next season. The
37 year-old ex-international (41 caps), former Ajax ) and Genoa
) player has been looking after Ajax's A1 Juniors since 1999 and
has been asssistant to Co Adriaanse this season. He's signed a contract
with the "Tukkers" for two years. |
| Ellery
Cairo injured |
17 Apr 2001
|
| Twente's
striker Ellery Cairo has dislocated his shoulder in yesterday's match
against Utrecht. He'll be examined today to determine how long he'll be on
the injured list. |
| Twente
and Utrecht in goalless draw |
16 Apr 2001
|
| Twente
have slid to 12th place in the table, their place in the Amstel Cup Final
a more than decent consolation with it's promise of European football next
season, while Utrecht have been slowly but
surely improving their ranking and are now in equal 7th with Willem II
(who earlier this afternoon were beaten by NAC). A win for them would take
them to within 3 points of 6th placed Vitesse (who face stiffer
competition in their reamaining matches) and still have a game in
hand! Not only that but they can begin to dream of European football
next season. They drew in this afternoon's 'hard' match (pushing
Willem II into 8th place) - the home
team had plenty of chances to score - a shame that Van der Paar, Thijs
Houwing, van der Laan, Heubach and Vennegoor of Hesselink were lacking
that extra bit of alertness when given the opportunity to put one
away. |
| Twente
in Cup Final after penalty shoot out against Vitesse |
12 Apr 2001
|
| Tonight's
semi-final contrasted the rather physical style of Twente, making good use
of the wings and crosses, with the more elegant Vitesse, moving forward
through the centre - the potential reward for the winner is European
football next season. Both teams were in serious mood and committed to
winning as the game got off in high tempo with plenty of early chances on
both sides and a fair dose of dodgy tackles and short fuses -
Peeters and Claessens, and Booth and De Witte had the best earlyngs,
respectively, for Vitesse and Twente during an action-packed 1st half.
There could have been a couple of goals scored on both sides but the
finishing lacked sharpness - Peeters and Vennegoor of Hesselink
missed the last chances for their teams just before halftime. The 2nd half
started in the same hard working fashion, Vitesse launched a series of
attacks and threatened to score - Twente's goalie Sander Boschker had
plenty to do and he did it to perfection under pressure. The Arnhemmers
looked more in control of the play and their opponents created fewerngs than in the 1st 45 minutes. Peters was replaced by Mbamba in the
70th. Tempers flared as the frustrations of the lack of goals set in -
there was a lot of honour, extra European matches and extra income at
stake (not that the players necessarily had that on their mind). Both
goalkeepers performed well during the 90 minutes (one reason why noone had
scored) and sudden-death extra-time was looking inevitable. After a quick
breather Fortes broke free down the left to give Mbamba the first chance
of extra-time, followed by a Claessens header that went wide and Mbamba
again with a close call a couple of minutes later. In the 2nd extra 15
minutes the tiredness set in along with the long, hopeful balls -
penalties were looming large. Scott Booth's substitute Heubach shot, which
went just over, was the last thrill - penalties would decide the victor.
Kreek, Vennegoor, Diarra, they all go in but De Witte makes the 1st
mistake - a complete miss, followed by Mbamba's which hit the post, Van
der Leegte's goes in, Van Hintum's misses, Heubach's hits the back of the
net - it was now down to Van de Schaaf to give Vitesse their last chance
with Polak getting the chance to put Twente in the final and Europe
......iiiiiiiiiiiitttttttsssss Twente!!!!!!!. |
| Twente
sign Vitesse's Pothuizen |
10 Apr 2001
|
| Twente
are on the point of signing Vitesse's 28 year-old defender Patrick Pothuizen who's been
playing for them on hire for the last few months. |
| One-a-piece
as Twente draw with RKC 1 - 1 |
07 Apr 2001
|
| Twente
deservedly went ahead in the 21st minute when Chris de Witte tapped in
Vennegoor of Hesselink's header. They kept up the pressure during the 1st
half but had a Scott Booth 'goal' disallowed (offside). After the break
RKC woke up and started to play better football but it wasn't until the 77th
minute that Iwan Redan
equalized for the Waalwijkers to bring them level. Minutes
later it looked as if Ellery Cairo had scored the winner for the home team
but it was disallowed - the no.4 side go home to Brabant with a point
and are almost certain now of their best table ranking ever (previous best
was 7th in the 1990/1991 season). |
| Blind
not bound for Twente |
29 Mar 2001
|
| Danny
Blind will not be FC Twente's new trainer - the 39 year-old Ajax A1
trainer was linked earlier this week to the vacancy but has turned down
the club's offer. Is Ruud interested? |
| Lodeweges
calls of Twente move |
22 Mar 2001
|
| Dwight
Lodeweges, currently trainer of Toto division side FC Zwolle, has called
off his move to Twente where he was to become the new trainer, succeeding
Fred Rutten. The talks were apparently taking too long for Lodewges and
have come as a complete surprise for Twente, whose technical director Jaap
Uilenberg explained that they had already talked once and another
round-the-table session was planned for the coming week. |
| Feyenoord
too strong for Twente 5 - 1 |
18 Mar 2001
|
| Bert
van Marwijk must have been a happy man - finally being able to call on the
services of his favourite widemen Leonardo and Kalou this afternoon. The
home team were inspired by the reacquaintance, Leonardo causing all kinds
of problems down the left. Substituting Erik ten Hag for El Brazi helped a
bit to curb the Brazilian's advances but it wasn't what you'd call a total
success. Although Scott
Booth boosted the visitors into the lead in the 3rd minute, Kalou
snatched it away a minute later. Paul Bosvelt scored from a penalty in the
15th to give Feyenoord the lead. David Connolly converted a Jon Dahl
Tomasson pass for a 3rd in the 64th and the Dane got his own, the 4th a minute later.
Ebi Smolarek got the 5th in the
78th. |
| Lodeweges
new Twente trainer |
13 Mar 2001
|
| FC
Zwolle's trainer Dwight Lodeweges is to take over at FC Twente from Fred
Rutten (who leaves at the end of this season). |
| Uilenberg
new technical director Twente |
12 Mar 2001
|
| Referee
Jaap Uilenberg starts immediately as the new technical director at FC
Twente, succeeding Theo Vonk who left the club earlier this season. |
| Twente
and NEC draw 1 - 1 |
10 Mar 2001
|
| NEC
are now 9 games without a win and have lost the momentum of their strong
start to the season. Tonight's was their 13th draw of the season - the
last time they got 3 points was coincidentally against today's
opponents in Nijmegen (of course!). Chris
de Witted the score for the home side in the 27th minute. Peter
Wisgerhof equalized in the 61st, showing why NEC are so keen to sign him -
he's on loan from Vitesse. |
| Van
Gaal advises Vennegoor of Hesselink to leave Twente |
08 Mar 2001
|
| Louis
van Gaal has advised Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink to leave his current club
Twente at the end of the season. The advice came during the preparations
for last week's friendly between Holland and Turkey and it looks certain
that he will indeed make a move this summer (Tottenham Hotspur have
expressed interest as well as Ajax and PSV). The striker has stated his
preference to remain in Holland - so now the chase is on! |
| Tottenham
eye Vennegoor of Hesselink |
05 Mar 2001
|
| Tottenham
manager George Graham took a peek at striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
during Saturday's match between Sparta and Twente - Jan felt flattered at
being the subject of the London Premier League side's interest. He's also
on the shopping list (as a possible buy) of several clubs - Ajax, PSV,
Feyenoord and, of course, Twente themselves would like to keep him in
Holland, while others such as Glasgow Rangers and Schalke 04 are said to
be interested in tempting him abroad. Whether they will swoop for him at
the end of the season remains to be seen - certainly Tottenham could do
with the extra firepower at the moment (Sergei Rebrov has still not
settled in, Chris Armstrong and Stefan Iversen have had fitness problems
and Les Ferdinand's future with the club is uncertain - he's yet to sign
his new contract). What will they ever make of his name over there
though!!??!! |
| Sparta
beat Twente 5 - 1 |
04 Mar 2001
|
| Sparta
are of to a terrific start under new trainer Wim hanegem with their 2nd
consecutive win - and what a win! Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink gave the visitors the lead in the 1st minute but
that was a mere distraction - Silvan Inia equalized for Sparta in the 22nd minute and John
Nieuwenburg put them ahead in the 28th. Erik ten Hag scored an own goal to
make it 3 - 1 for the Rotterdammers in the 54th and Michel Langerak made
it 4 - 1 in the 69th. That man Elkhattabi was there again in the
88th to make it 5 - 1 for Sparta - a great start for Wim Hanegem! |
| Rutten's
last season as trainer Twente |
27 Feb 2001
|
| This
is to be Fred Rutten's last season as trainer of Twente. The 38 year-old
played for the club between 1979 and 1992, went to work as assistant
trainer between 1993 and September 1999 before taking over as trainer. A
(substantial) difference of opinion with the board of directors is the
reason for him stepping down, although he expects to stay with the club in
another capacity, perhaps working with the youth squad. |
| Twente
beat Vitesse 2 - 1 |
24 Feb 2001
|
| Twente dominated the 1st half with flowing football
and could have been several goals up before halftime - Zoetebier had just
managed to push Scott Booth's header away, Sjaak Polak's corner found Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink waiting to put away his 12th of the season (after only 4 minutes
play), while Cairo missed minutes later. Vitesse seem to
have lost their self belief and look powerless to do anything about it.
Trainer Koeman knows it's all in the mind and tried out a couple of 2nd
half substitutions but without much success,
Didier Martel (back after a long absence) was off again after 7 minutes
with a head wound, and the game looked over once Ellery Cairo made it 2 - 0
in the 67th.
Vitesse had made 3 substitutions when Mahamadou Zongo left injured,
reducing them to 10 men - Twente's Fouzi El Brazi
being sent off (after only 7 minutes on pitch) evened things out again for Vitesse in numbers.
only they didn't have the fight left to turn things around, although Gert Claessens got a
consolation goal in the 85th. Vitesse are now 6 games without a win and
are fighting it out for 4th place with Ajax. |
| NAC
and
Twente in goalless half hour |
21 Feb 2001
|
| NAC
and Twente have ended the match began on February 10th, but brought to a
halt when the floodlights went out, in a goalless 31 minutes football this
evening. |
| Groningen
beat Twente 2 - 0 |
18 Feb 2001
|
| This
was a match full of sloppy play and careless fouls, Twente being the
better team technically but unable to profit from thengs when they
came. Scott Booth was the main mover for Fred Rutten in midfield, but the
trainer saw Ellery Cairo, Booth and Chris de Witte's goal attempts stopped
by Roy Beukenkamp. Groningen did more with the fewer opportunities that
came their way and two
2nd half goals, a Peter Hoekstra shot in the 47th and Hugo's header in the 90th,
clinched the match to the approval of the Oosterpark stadium fans this
afternoon. Twente fans were less pleased and pelted the pitch with
whatever was at hand. Groningen leapfrog Twente in the table and are well
clear of the danger zone. |
| NAC
- Twente match suspended as lights go out |
10 Feb 2001
|
| After
58 minutes of play the match between NAC (in which Bryan Roy was making
his debut) ended abruptly as the floodlights gave up the ghost and refused
to illuminate any further footballing minutes. The match will be decided
at a later date. |
| Zwolle
lose by a whisker to Twente 3 - 4 |
07 Feb 2001
|
| Twente
were in a generous (or careless) mood tonight. Within the first minute a
mistake by Dennis Hulshof allowed John den Dunnen tothe score. They
pulled alongside within a couple of minutes through Jan Vennegoor of
Hesselink in the 5th. Another defensive error by the visitors gave Zwolle
their 2nd goal - an own goal by Jeroen Heubach in the 23rd. Arjan van der
Laan got an equalizer in the 27th and Scott Booth put them ahead before
halftime in the 39th, 2 - 3. Zwolle worked hard in the 2nd half and there
was little to choose between the teams. Henk van Steeg missed an equalizer
for them while Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink made it 2 - 4 in the 77th.
Martijn Abbenhuës gave Zwolle some hope with a beautifully struck 3rd in
the 83rd but, despite a final assault on the visitors' goalmouth, it was
Twente's night. |
| Fortuna
lose out to Twente 1-2 |
27 Jan 2001
|
| Twente
get their 2nd Amstel Cup win of the week - after taking out the last
amateur side Achilles '94 on Wednesday they went home from Limburg with a
quarter final place. Thijs Houwing scored in the 9th minute but Fortuna
came back with a goal in the 30th by hired gun Nenad Bjekovic (confirming
trainer Frans Thijssen's choice) to even things up. Scott Booth got what
turned out to be the match winner early in the 2nd half, an efficient
Twente kept the lid on the match till the final whistle. They now meet
Zwolle who knocked out Heracles in a decisive 5-1. |
| Twente
win scramble for Sjaak Polak |
26 Jan 2001
|
| Twente
have won the scramble to sign young defender Sjaak Polak in a surprise
move, outflanking Groningen (who were rumoured to be the most likely to
sign him) and beating AZ and RKC into the bargain. Polak could leave
Rotterdam's Excelsior (who've confirmed that an agreement has been reached
between the clubs) for Enschede as early as Monday, although he's yet to
agree on personal terms with his new club. |
| Twente
interested in Ajax's Pique and Volendam's Kras |
24 Jan 2001
|
| Twente
are interested in signing two new players - Ajax's Mitchell Pique,
currently on loan to the Enschede club (Ajax have a month to decide) and
18 year-old Ruud Kras, the Dutch Under 18 defender. |
| Twente
eliminate last amateurs Achilles 6 - 1 in FA Cup |
23 Jan 2001
|
| Twente
saw off the last amateur club in the Amstel Cup Achilles '94 by 6-1. The
amateur side had fought hard for the right to play the match after problems
with agreeing a date for it but were, on the day, no match for the
Premier division side. Harold Wekema gave the profs an own goal advantage
which they built on to have a 3-0 lead by halftime (Scott Booth and Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink the scorers). Arafat Heuvel restored a little
honour for Achilles in the 2nd half but Jan got another 2 and Ellery Cairo
got one to make clear the difference between the two teams. |
| Twente
say goodbye to Hilgerink |
11 Jan 2001
|
| Twente
FC are releasing Edwin Hilgerink from his contract and allowing him to
leave. The 27 year-old defender returned to the club in Enschede, where he
began his footballing career, last season but has struggled to hold onto a
place in the 1st team lineup (playing only 11 games last season and none
at all since August). |
| Pothuizen
on loan to Twente |
06 Jan 2001
|
| Vitesse
defender Patrick Pothuizen is to go on loan to Twente for the rest of the
season. This makes him the 2nd player to leave Arnhem in recent days, John
van Brom being the other (he's gone to De Graafschap). Do you get the idea
Vitesse need some money? |
| Achilles
'94 and Twente finally meet January 23rd |
21 Dec 2000
|
| After
all the wrangling and court appearances the FA Cup match between amateurs
Achilles '94 and Twente will finally take place on January 23rd at 2.30
(in the afternoon?!). |
| Sander
Boschker cleared of red card offence |
20 Dec 2000
|
| Twente
goalie Sander Boschker has been cleared of the red card offence
'committed' against Cedric van der Gun in last Sunday's match against Ajax
due to insufficient evidence. |
| Ajax
stun Twente 5 - 1 |
17 Dec 2000
|
| The
Amsterdammers were given a helping hand when Twente goalie Sander Boschker
got sent off after only 7 minutes to reduce Twente to 10 men. He rushed
out and floored Cedric van der Gun in an attempt to collect a terrible
back pass by Kandelaar - the referee didn't have to think twice. Machlasd the score in the 15th minute and Rafael Van der Vaart got a header
in the 22nd. It was Ajax all the way from then on - a penalty by
Chivu (back after injury), Machlas with his 2nd, a header (he was as
unmarked as Rafael was earlier). The Greek was instrumental in the 5th as
his pass gave Galásek the chance to join in the fun. Jan Vennegoor of
Hesselink got one in for Twente but this was an unhappy 90 minutes for the
team from the province of Enschede. Ajax should have got even more on the
board but the finishing too often lacked finesse. Nonetheless, Co
Adriaanse was more than pleased with his team and also showing interest in
Mitchell Piqué, currently hired out by Ajax to Twente, who's betting he
won't be back in town soon? |
| Achilles
'94 wins court case over FA Cup match |
17 Dec 2000
|
| The
amateur club Achilles '94 has won its court case to set a new date for its
FA Cup meeting with FC Twente. The Dutch FA (KNVB) had given the match to
Twente after the amateur side refused to play an afternoon fixture - for
the obvious reason that the team have daytime jobs. The court has decided
that the FA should have looked at another date for the match before
handing victory on a plate to Twente. It has suggested January 23rd as a
possible new date for the match - either in the afternoon in Assen (been
here before?) or in the evening in Twente's stadium. |
| Twente
lose to Roda 0 - 2 |
13 Dec 2000
|
| Yannis
Anastasiou made Roda fans happy with 2 goals that hit Twente between the
eyes, one 4 minutes before halftime and a 2nd 9 minutes into the 2nd half.
Twente will be wishing they'd never heard of him - he scored twice against
them when they played away against Roda. The home team dominated theng half hour, the only thing missing was a goal. Chris de Witte
should have scored and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink gave unmarked Erik ten
Hag a chance but he blasted over the bar. Instead it was Anastasiou who
delivered the first of his blows in the 41st minute. Eric van der Luer's
free kick gave him the chance to show what he's good at, evading his
marker and turning to slip the ball past keeper Sander Boschker. Van der
Luer's pass gave Ellery Cairo the chance for another Roda goal early after
the break but it went over. Another Van der Luer freekick gave Anastasiou
his chance for a repeat performance in the 54th, his shot bouncing in off
the underside of the bar. Vennegoor of Hesselink's freekick missile was
blocked by keeper Kalac and the rebound to Van der Paar failed to go in,
hitting the woodwork. Another last scramble in front of goal gave Twente a
last chance to pull one back but Cairo's strike was cleared by a defender.
After 3 consecutive defeats by Willem II, PSV and Vitesse Roda will
undoubtedly be encouraged by this evening's performance. |
| Achilles
'94 gets last chance to play FC Twente |
09 Dec 2000
|
| The
amateur club Achilles '94 from Assen has been given a last chance to
rearrange their cancelled FA Cup match against FC Twente II. They went to
court to fight the Dutch FA's decision to allow Twente free passage to the
next round of the cup after the mayor in Assen decided to ban the match on
the original date because of possible crowd problems. The court has ruled
that the club may organise a date either just before Christmas or halfway
through January. |
| NEC's
Janssen in 350th gets winner against Twente 1 - 0 |
03 Dec 2000
|
| In
his 350th professional appearance Anton Janssen scored NEC's winner
against FC Twente for their first premier division home win against the
visitors since 1981. Janssen made his debut for the club against Ajax on
25th September 1982 when NEC lost 5 - 0. Despite missing De Gier, Hristov
and Koning (all with match suspensions) as well as goalie Gentenaar and
Patrick Ax through injury NEC delivered another competent performance.
Janssen will be grateful to the absent for the chance to put a cherry on
his celebration cake. They played better than their guests, after a
hesitant start, and 'dominated' for most of the match. Only at the end,
after 3 changes had been made by Twente trainer Fred Rutten
(Chris de Witte, Tommie van der Leegte and Kevin van de Paar) did they
really exert any pressure on NEC but, apart from a post tester by Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink, nothing came close. The home team's Pieter Collen
threatened to score 2 closing counters but the scorenoard was reserved for
"good old" Anton. NEC
are now 5th and breathing down 4th place Ajax's neck, only 4 points behind
and with a game in hand. |
| Twente
in 3 - 0 victory over Groningen |
26 Nov 2000
|
| Twente
needed their points to keep themselves afloat in the middle of the table.
Groningen wanted a win to stay clear of the relegation zone - only having
12 points from their last 13 games. Unfortunately they created few
attacking moves in the 1st half - one was when Curovic shot over the bar.
In the 2nd half they had more men in front of Twente's goal but Broerse,
Leonardo and Hoekstra all failed to put one away. Twente's goalie Sander
Boschker was voted man of the match. If it hadn't been for his skills the
scoreline would have told a different story. Trainer Rutten decided to
reward some "Tukkers" (Twente players) for hard work in training
by giving them some action. The substitutions proved a good move -Thijs
Houwing scored in the 78th from Erik ten Hag's freekick and 10 minutes
later Chris de Witte ( substituting for Boudewijn Pahlplatz) scored a 2nd
for the home team. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (fresh from his
international debut) scored the 3rd in the last minute. Rutten was
satisfied after the match but well aware that he had much to thank his man
of the match Boschker for! |
| Twente
hires out Jan Verlinden to Lierse SK |
24 Nov 2000
|
| FC
Twente have hired out the 23 year-old midfielder Jan Verlinden to the
Belgian club Lierse SK ,who have an option to buy his contract (which runs
until 2003). They had no room for him in their squad. Before moving
to Twente he'd played for KV Mechelen. |
| Willem
II and FC Twente evenly matched 2 - 2 |
19 Nov 2000
|
| A
lack of finishing skills and sheer cold blooded goal scoring meant the
team from Tilburg had to share the honours with the visitors. Trainer Hans
Westerhof gave his Argentinian striker Mariano Bombarda a place on the
bench as a reward for his lack of goals in the last few games. Who exactly
he thought was going to do the scoring was unclear - it was Twente who
went ahead in the 23rd minute when a long throw in was headed on by Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink for Pahlplatz to head away. Minutes later (26th)
Yassine Abdellaoui got the well deserved equalizer for the home team.
Willem II remained dominant in the 2nd half, only they couldn't translate
that into goals. Twente relied on effective counters and were first to
strike in the 56th minute through Arjan van der Laan. At that point
Westerhof suddenly decided that it was time to let Bombarda have a go and
this time the Argentinian didn't disappoint, scoring in the 71st minute. |
| Twente
thrash NAC 4 - 0 |
12 Nov 2000
|
| FC
Twente has seen turbulent times recently. Lack of success and unhappy fans
had led to the departure of technical director Theo Vonk. The friction
between the trainer Fred Rutten and the newly departed Vonk was public
knowledge.Their last matches they lost (to PSV and AZ) and that had pushed
them back down to the lower half of the table. Today's victory will be
good for the team moral as well putting the number 6 place back in reach.
Rutten was relieved that for the first time this season they had not
conceded a goal and hoped it would lift spirits after all the recent
unrest. Arjan van de Laan scored for them in the 30th minute in a match
where they showed gutsiness and aggression - sufficient ingredients
for success today. NAC had a really off day and couldn't get into the
match at all. Jan Vennegoor of
Hesselink scored a second in the 48th and the 4th from the penalty spot in
the 74th minute after the offender Neblosja Gudlej got his second yellow
card. Their 3rd came from Van der Leegte in the 71st. |
| FC
Twente through in FA Cup without touching ball |
11 Nov 2000
|
| Twente
go through to the next round of the Dutch FA Cup (Amstel Cup) without
having to touch the ball. Their opponents, Achilles'94 (the last amateurs
in th etournament), have been disqualified because they couldn't provide
an alternative date for the cancelled fixture of October 16th. |
| Theo
Vonk resigns as director Twente FC |
07 Nov 2000
|
| Theo
Vonk has handed in his resignation to the board of directors at Twente FC.
He has been technical director at the club for the last year and a half.
There has been a lot of criticism directed at him, some of it nasty, as a
result of Twente's ranking in the Premier Division (currently in 12th
place). He is responsible for the buying and selling of players which fans
believe to be the root cause of the club's lack of success so far this
season. |
| PSV
win against FC Twente 2 - 0 |
05 Nov 2000
|
| PSV
began the match without Arnold Bruggink and Matja Kezman but were still
too strong for Twente. They dominated the early part of the match and
could have scored several times - Van Bommel, Rommedahl and De Jong had
their chances but failed to make use of them. Joonas Kolkka and Dennis
Rommedahl on the wings were constantly racing past their opponents and
causing problems in front of the Twente goal. It wasn't long though before
Ramzi scored the first goal in the 10th minute. Almost immediately Jan
Vennegoor of Hesselink had the chance to equalize but was denied by Chris
de Witte's excellent defending. The home team then concentrated on keeping
Twente well away from their goal area, leaving Ramzi and Rommedahl to
occasionally have a go in attack. In the 2nd half, substituting Brazi for
Van der Paar, Twente made a better job of controlling the PSV forwards.
After an hour's football Brazi almost scored for the visitors from a
corner and Cairo saw his shot miss by a whisker. Kolkka missed a chance
for the home side before getting his second in the 67th minute and the
rest of the match was PSV's. Matja Kezman got a yellow card for handling
the ball which was the only blemish on a sound performance by PSV |
| FC
Twente win 3 - 1 against Sparta |
21 Oct 2000
|
| Twente's
victory didn't come easy, so they will be happy that the result looks good
on paper and that they have their 3 points. Twente started strongly and
Vennegoor of Hesselink almost had a goal after 6 minutes. Tommie van
der Leegte scored in the 14th minute, Ali Elkhattabi answering back with a
goal for Sparta 5 minutes later. Sparta played well but compliments do not
deliver points and a climb up the table. Elkhattabi was Sparta's best and
most threatening player, proving too much for Twente's young African
defender (from Burkina Faso) Ouedraego. He was replaced by Fouzi El Brazi
who had just as much trouble keeping up with Elkhattabi. In the second
half Scott Booth scored Twente's 2nd goal in the 58th minute and Van der
Leegte got his second goal to make it 3 - 1 in the 81st. |
| FC
Twente and Fortuna draw 1 - 1 |
15 Oct 2000
|
| Fresh
from his international debut Jan van Venegoor of Hesselink scored ther for Twente in the 32nd minute and the equalizer came in the
46th minute from Gerritsen. Fortuna's trainer Rutten was not happy
with his team's performance while it was a shot in the arm for Twente's
trainer Henk Duut. |
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