My favorite sports teams are:
- Dutch National Footbal Team
- Ajax Amsterdam
- Montreal Canadiens
Being a football fan, the first two are obvious I suppose. I started to follow football with closer attention in the mid 60-ies. At that time a game on tv was a rarity here and I saw an Ajax -Feijenoord game with a 16-year old Johan Cruijff. He was awesome already at that age. No wonder he develloped into one of the best 3 players the world ever saw (with Pele and Maradona).
Since that day I am an Ajax fan and when time allows me I like to go to the Arena.
Also I like Ice hockey. When my dad was still alive, we used to go to the local team once in a while. Ice hockey is not a big sport here at all. Late I saw the old Soviet team demolishing the Dutch with 1-17 in a demo game in The Hague. At that time they had al their stars like Michailov, Charlamov, Petrov and Tretjak.
I listed the Montreal Canadiens, because while working in Montreal Canada some 15 years ago, I was lucky enough to be able to watch a number of games in the Montreal Forum. Later I also saw some games in the Bell Center.