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	Sparta Rotterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888.
		Sparta was promoted to the highest league of Dutch football on April 23, 1893.
		However, the club continued the exist, and in 1899, the board of Sparta visited a match of Sunderland A.F.C. Impressed with the red-white jersey of the English club, the board decided that Sunderland's colours (red-white striped jersey, fl shorts) would henceforth be the colours of Sparta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sparta_Rotterdam (326 words)

	Sparta, Greek Mythology Link.
		Sparta is a city of Laconia in the Peloponessus.
		This Oeonus, son of Licymnius, had once visited Sparta with Heracles 1, and was killed by the sons of Hippocoon 2, for having himself killed their dog that had attacked him.
		Orestes 2 also succeeded to the throne of Sparta, for the Lacedaemonians considered his claim to the throne prior to that of Nicostratus and Megapenthes 1, these being sons of Menelaus by one or perhaps two slave women, whereas Orestes 2 was the son of one of the daughters of King Tyndareus.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Sparta.html (1510 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam
		Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established in 1888.
		Until the 2002/2003 season it had always played at the highest level, but it relegated from the premier division in 2002.
		It is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior (est.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fc/FC_Sparta.html (50 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam Football Club FC Rumours, News and Transfers
		Sparta pulled a goal back through Danny Schenkel 16 minutes from time but it was not enough to prevent his side from slumping to defeat in front of their own fans.
		Sparta had to wait until the stroke of half-time before seriously threatening the Vitesse goal, when Haris Medunjanin can consider himself unlucky not to have reduced the arrears with a shot that went narrowly wide of the post.
		Sparta did manage to get a goal back in the 74th minute through Schenkel but the home side were unable to build on that and net an equaliser.
	www.football-rumours.com /spartarotterdam.html (948 words)

	Sparta :: Clubs
		Sparta (Doric: Σπάρτα, Attic: Σπάρτη) is a city in southern Greece.
		Sparta is now normally used for both.) The Spartans were believed to be children and descendants of Herakles.
		The city of Sparta lies at the northern end of the central Laconian plain, on the right bank of the river Eurotas.
	sports.gourt.com /Soccer/UEFA/Netherlands/Clubs/Sparta.html (235 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam Football Betting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta Rotterdam coach Wiljan Vloet has admitted he will be satisfied with a point in his side`s clash against fellow strugglers Heracles Almelo.
		Sparta Rotterdam continue to feel the pressure at the wrong end of the Eredivisie after falling to another defeat at Vitesse on Friday.
		Sparta's fans must have feared the worst at that point but they were able to breath a sigh of relief six minutes later when speed merchant Bouaouzan got in behind the Willem defence before finishing in style with a chip over the advancing goalkeeper.
	www.slickblogs.com /sparta (3084 words)

	Take a look at Sparta Group! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta felt that an effort was necessary to recover her position, and Pausanias, the victor of Plataea, was sent out as admiral of the Greek fleet.
		For Sparta the long era of war and internal struggle sparta government had ceased and one of peace and a revived prosperity took its place, as is witnessed by the numerous extant inscriptions belonging to this period..
		The final success of Sparta and sparta group the capture of Athens in 405 were brought about partly by the treachery of Alcibiades, who induced the state to send Gylippus to conduct the defence of Syracuse, to fortify Decelea in northern Attica, and to adopt a vigorous policy of aiding Athenian allies to revolt.
	watchpage.t35.com /sparta/group.html (5671 words)

	Sparta -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SPARTA is unusual for a U.S. defense contractor in that it is 100% employee-owned.
		Tradition relates that Sparta was founded by Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete, who called the city after his wife, the daughter of Eurotas.
		Sparta has won 6 national titles (1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915 and 1959) and 3 national cups (1958, 1962 and 1966).
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/139/sparta.html (1257 words)

	Sheffield United \| Match \| Sparta Rotterdam 1-1 Blades - match report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta had so far failed to mount a serious threat anywhere near goal and Ifill and Armstrong easily opened up the home defence in the 12th minute but the final cross just fell unkindly for Webber and then Unsworth.
		Ifill and Unsworth were replaced at the interval and Sparta immediately went on the attack, pinging in three shots in rapid succession that were blocked and finally put well over the top.
		In terms of meaningful opposition Sparta were, as expected, proving to be just what the doctor ordered and a real step up in technique and sophistication, but United were staying compact and well-organised as a unit from front to back.
	www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/MatchAction/0,,10418~877618,00.html (659 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Because they just can't!" The previous version of this Sparta Rotterdam club profile ended with these words, but the summer of 2002 made painfully clear how untrue they were.
		Sparta had to add the city name to their official club name as a forfeit.
		Sparta's 5-2 defeat against PSV in the cup final of 1996 hardly hurt the Sparta faithful, who were still over the moon about their unforgettable triumph over Feyenoord in the semi-final, which had already made their season.
	www.ajax-usa.com /teams/sparta.html (632 words)

	Ancient Greece: Sparta
		In the eighth century BC, Sparta, like all her neighbors, was a monarchy with a limited oligarchy.
		The marriage ceremony had an unusual ritual involved: at the end of the ceremony, the man carried his wife off as if he were taking her by force (this did not mean, however, that the status of women was bad in Sparta, as we shall see later).
		In a short time, Sparta had formed alliances with a huge number of states in the southern part of Greece (called the Peloponnesus), and had become the major power in Greece when the Persians invaded in 490 BC.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/GREECE/SPARTA.HTM (1602 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Rotterdam grants coach's release
		AMSTERDAM -- Sparta Rotterdam coach Frank Rijkaard has quit as coach after the club was relegated from the Dutch first division.
		Sparta accepted this and decided not to stand in his way," the club said on its Web site.
		Sparta dropped out of the Dutch first division for the first time since the introduction of professional soccer in the Netherlands in 1956 during relegation playoffs earlier this month.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0531/1389155.html (137 words)

	Feyenoord Rotterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch football club from the city of Rotterdam.
		It was previously named Feijenoord, after the Feijenoord district of south Rotterdam, but the club internationalised its name in 1973.
		Although Ajax have fought with PSV for the championship in recent years, their main rivalry remains with Feyenoord, culminating every year in the "Klassieker" ("The Classic").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Feyenoord_Rotterdam (481 words)

	uefa.com - Football Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta Rotterdam have returned to the Eredivisie as RBC Roosendaal held on to their place in the Dutch top flight.
		Sparta Rotterdam and RBC Roosendaal are each one draw from next season's Eredivisie but De Graafschap are down.
		Sparta Rotterdam moved to the top of their group in the Eredivisie play-offs with victory against De Graafschap.
	www.uefa.com /footballEurope/Club=64209/news/index.html (196 words)

	0723.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta got relegated last season and immediately found itself in apparently fatal financial trouble.
		Nourdin Boukhari, of 30 June 1980, is of Moroccan origin, but was born and raised in the Sparta neighborhoods of Rotterdam.
		After Sparta's relegation, Boukhari's departure from Rotterdam was inevitable, but he was never linked with Ajax.
	www.ajax-usa.com /news/02-03/0723.html (355 words)

	Derby Win With Ghaly Netting!
		Sparta were relegated during the 2001/2002 season to the 1st division, but clinched a promotion place last season after the promotion/relegation play-offs were played.
		After 18 minutes it was Sparta who got in front, which was completely deserved at this point in the match, and it was Ricky van den Bergh who shot from 16 metres.
		Feyenoord were nowhere, with Sparta being close to increasing the one-goal gap to a two-goal gap.
	www.egyptianplayers.com /Ghaly/articles-Ghaly193.htm (886 words)

	Van den Bergh shoots FC Utrecht past Sparta
		This chance was initiated by a sizzler of Tom Caluwé which the goalkeeper of Sparta Rene Ponk could not hold on to.
		It was again FC Utrecht who took the initiative in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, but although the possibilities for a second goal were there, they forgot to enlarge the lead.
		Sparta started to play opportunistic football with a lot of long distance shots and fighting spirit.
	www.fc-utrecht.nl /english/matches/2005-2006/spartaUit.html (541 words)

	FootballDerbies.com - Feyenoord - Sparta Rotterdam
		Rotterdam boasts an extensive system of busses, trams and metros.
		With a day ticket you can use any form of public transportation that will enable you to reach all places that are included in the program as well as any other place in Rotterdam you might want to visit.
		Rotterdam has the second largest airport of the country, Rotterdam Airport (formerly known as Zestienhoven), which is located north of the city.
	www.footballderbies.com /city/index.php?id=46 (260 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam News
		Sparta Rotterdam's Anthony Obodai is available to face former club Ajax on Sunday.
		STERDAM: A Sparta Rotterdam player who broke an opponent's leg during a match last December has been given a six-month jail sentence suspended for two years, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Wednesday.
		A Sparta Rotterdam player who broke an opponent's leg during a Dutch soccer match last December is to be prosecuted for assault.
	www.topix.net /world-soccer/sparta-rotterdam (268 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Europe \| Rijkaard quits Sparta Rotterdam
		Former Holland coach Frank Rijkaard has quit the Sparta Rotterdam hotseat after the club was relegated from the Dutch First Division.
		Sparta dropped out of the top Dutch league for the first time since the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands.
		That was in 1956, and the Rotterdam club went down following the relegation play-offs at the beginning of May.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/europe/2019297.stm (197 words)

	uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sparta Rotterdam have returned to the Eredivisie after a three-year absence, while RBC Roosendaal preserved their place in the top flight despite defeat in the sixth and final round of promotion/relegation play-off matches in the Netherlands.
		Sparta went into the final fixtures with a three-point lead at the head of Group B, but travelled to nearest challengers Helmond Sport.
		The Rotterdam club, who will coached by Wiljan Vloet, currently in charge of Roda JC, next season, had been one of only four sides - the others are AFC Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven - who had played in the Eredivisie continuously since the competition was created in 1956, before their relegation in 2002.
	www.uefa.com /FootballEurope/news/Kind=16/newsId=308707.html (403 words)

	Netherlands First Class West Champions 1891-1950
		In 28 of those, two separate sections were in operation; this does not include the "Margarine Eerste Klasse" of 1917/18 and 1918/19, twice won by A.F.C., as this consisted of Tweede Klasse clubs of 1916/17 only, which all (except for A.F.C., who were promoted) went back to the "intermediate class" of 1919/20.
		Rotterdam, Den Haag and Haarlem are the only cities to have had eerste klasse teams in every season since 1890/91, 59 seasons in all.
		Of those, Dordrecht and Hilversum never saw a derby at the highest level, despite having two teams at the highest level at once (8 consecutive seasons for 't Gooi and Hilversum for instance), as the clubs were always kept apart and assigned to different groups.
	www.rsssf.com /tablesn/nedwest.html (451 words)

	A betting preview for Feyenoord v Sparta Rotterdam played on 2006-02-19 in the Dutch EreDivision
		Sparta is currently on the 15th place with 24 points out of 24 games and 6 points clear of the number 16 ADO Den Haag and a place in the relegation play-offs.
		Sparta's away record this season is 1-6-5, with 4 times a 0-0 draw against Willem II, NEC, NAC Breda and SC Heerenveen.
		Since 8 out of the last 10 games from Sparta resulted in unders, this shows that they are very capable of defending, but their scoring power is very weak.
	www.goonersguide.com /match_detail.php?matchID=1004 (870 words)

	A betting preview for FC Twente v Sparta Rotterdam played on 2005-11-26 in the Dutch EreDivision
		Sparta are currently on the 15th place with 12 points out of 12 games and probably will stay in those regions for the rest of the season.
		Sparta felt quite unlucky last week against Heerenveen and found themselves "robbed" of three points according to their trainer Wiljan Vloet.
		Last year Sparta was a real goal machine in the Gouden Gids Divisie with their three strikers Van den Bergh, Mustapha and Koevermans all scoring more than 20 goals.
	www.goonersguide.com /match_detail.php?matchID=532 (908 words)

	Sparta Rotterdam finally strengthen their midfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		That’s what Sparta Rotterdam proven as after Yuri Rose refused their first offer they continued to talk to the player and at the end he agreed to the terms and signed a contract.
		Sparta Rotterdam, the newly promoted club, had their eye on him for some time now and it was only logical that these two sides get in touch.
		Rose who played only one year for SC Heerenveen signed a 3-year deal at the second best club of Rotterdam while no comments are made about the transfer sum SC Heerenveen got for this former FC Volendam and Heracles Almelo player.
	www.jadransport.org /articles/1414.html (348 words)

	az online - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Rotterdam- For a long time, it did not look as if AZ would take the full three points, but a goal by Kenneth Perez in overtime led to considerable relief for AZ.
		Sparta’s defence deserved a compliment, because even with one man sent off, the Rotterdam team seemed capable of withstanding AZ.
		Louis van Gaal: “The red card did not make much of a difference, because the problem was our attacks and not the defence.” It is a known fact that the defence is Sparta’s secret weapon, because it already kept its goal clean in ten matches this season.
	www.az.nl /index.php?module=news&articleID=18467 (517 words)

	.:: Yanks Abroad ::.
		PSV were aggressive from the kickoff, stealing the ball immediately and launching their attack on the Sparta defense.
		Sparta had a couple quasi-chances just before the half, notably when a bad clearance attempt from Alex left Sparta midfielder Anthony Obodai with a chance to punish Eindhoven.
		The PSV pressure was persistent as Sparta pitched their tents and were lucky to see Vennegoor's attempt hit Ponk's gloves.
	www.yanks-abroad.com /content.php?mode=reports&id=001209 (1081 words)

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