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His father's last name is Dil. So when he was coming through the youth ranks at Haarlem he was actually knows as 'Ruud Dil'. The manager of Haarlem at the time (Barry Hughes) told the little prodigy he needed a 'flashier' name to really catch the eye of the 'Top 3'. He therefore adopted his mother's last name 'Gullit.'


And Ruud Gullit was (re)born

:hypocrite:

And what are YOU doing here...? :evildr:

;)

You're f#cking kidding me! I never knew that. Great story... Amazing.

K.

Actually, I stand corrected:

Ruud's father's name is George Gullit. He had, though, never been married to Ruud's mother, Ria Dil. Ruud therefore took on the last name Dil.

Afterwards at Haarlem, blablabla...see my former posting.

I saw the two sites referenced on a CelticFC website.Ironic to hear Celtic supporters talk ill of dutch hooligan behaviour in light of the always calm ,cool, and collected... ;) ...behaviour of sections of the Celtic and Rangers support.The next installment of that rivalry is 24.4.05.

But Gullit's real first name is Rudy, I happen to know. (I scanned his cousin at the OLVG about 15 year ago, and he told me.).

But when he was married his current wife, he didn't use either Gullit or Dil - it was Rudy Somethingelse, I've forgotten now. So he has a third family name.

The plot thickens.

[I shall be listening in at 22:40 Ko, good luck!]

Had a Ko sighting,or rather hearing your name mentioned,on Newstalk 106.Damn Menno, figures that Lance Armstrong announces his retirement on the same day as your interview occurs.Never mind,black smoke at the Vatican .Mere amateurs compared to Ko.

Phew... Speaking in English is harder on the phone than it is in real life.

Did it make any sense?

K.

Kudos..perhaps I should change that to KOdos...for an interview well done. The quip about" have you got an hour?" was priceless.Very informative ,despite having only a short time to talk.I always forget that english is your second language. Actually,it seems to me,dutch is 1A and english 1b.

It made a lot of sense Menno.

I thought you did a great job. Way more articulate than I was when I was on the show - and I'm English!

I think your previous media experience on AT5 stood you in good stead.

Pity about the American accent though.

(Just kidding)

The Purple Cow schreef:It made a lot of sense Menno.

I thought you did a great job. Way more articulate than I was when I was on the show - and I'm English!

I think your previous media experience on AT5 stood you in good stead.

Pity about the American accent though.

(Just kidding)

Shit I missed that..... What was it about ? Did someone have a record or something ?

good show menno... be sure to have me on when you get your own radio program

Gee, I guess in light of the cowardly collapse of the home side, authorities have decided to rename Feyenoord's home stadium:

"Police arrested 43 people as seven officers were injured in violent riots around Rotterdam's football stadium, De Kip, on Sunday as Amsterdam club Ajax defeated home team Feyenoord 3-2 on Sunday."

Full credit to the authorities for making the arrests (Sunday) on the same day as the game (Sunday).

Expatica

Carcajou schreef:

The Purple Cow schreef:It made a lot of sense Menno.

I thought you did a great job. Way more articulate than I was when I was on the show - and I'm English!

I think your previous media experience on AT5 stood you in good stead.

Pity about the American accent though.

(Just kidding)

Shit I missed that..... What was it about ? Did someone have a record or something ?

Yeah. Is there a recording of Ko's moment of glory anywhere? I'd like to hear it too. :xyxthumbs:

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