R.I.P. Johan Neeskens, Dutch football legend dies aged 73.

[mexico1970]

Part of the great Dutch and Ajax sides, always remember him for his battling qualities, got the same feeling when he was on the ball as I did when our Asa got on the ball, dynamic.

RIP.

 

[RodneyRodney]

Heel goed gespeeld, en tot straaks , Johann

 

[bluemoon32]

Wonderful player, i still remember how gutted i was when that dour West German side beat them in the 74 final.
R.I.P Sire

 

[Mike N]

Me and my mate used to play football against each other and use two sheds as goals when we were kids.

We’d do the old commentary bit, usually City v United. Sometimes we’d be international teams and I clearly remember shouting out ‘Neeskens!’ when I’d rifle one in! He was such a classy player and legend.

 

[Frank the Yank]

He played with the New York cosmos in the late 70s. I remember him as a solid, physical, tough as nails midfielder who took. I prisoners. I would compare him to Nigel de jong but he was more creative and skillful. That’s how remembered hm all those years ago when I started watching football.

IIRC correctly he was a heavy smoker like Cryuff was. It’s hard to believe but many top players back in the 60s and 70s were heavy smokers.

 

[bennyboy]

He played with the New York cosmos in the late 70s. I remember him as a solid, physical, tough as nails midfielder who took. I prisoners. I would compare him to Nigel de jong but he was more creative and skillful. That’s how remembered hm all those years ago when I started watching football.

IIRC correctly he was a heavy smoker like Cryuff was. It’s hard to believe but many top players back in the 60s and 70s were heavy smokers.

Did he play alongside Dennis Tueart at New York.

 

[Frank the Yank]

Did he play alongside Dennis Tueart at New York.

Yes he did. Neeskans played in New York from 1979-84. The king of all Geordie’s came in 1980 IIRC.

 

[BELFAST_BLUE_BOY]

What a player he was.......I wanted to be him playing footy in the street in 1974/75.....loved that whole Dutch team.... RIP

 

[Norman kneejerk]

What a player he was.......I wanted to be him playing footy in the street in 1974/75.....loved that whole Dutch team.... RIP

Me too we even used to do the klaxons/sirens getting louder and louder as the impetus of the attack built.
Hard to accept when a seemingly immortal hero departs

 

[malg]

People of my generation will fondly remember this guy. That Ajax side were outrageously good and they had the best football top in the 70s The Dutch side were just magical. For all the England fans who talk about golden generations, take a look back at the Dutch in the 70s - that was a Golden Generation.

Sad loss.