Every little thing is gonna be alright

By Babette van Haaren, writing from Holland. We started our tribute to Edwin with Mohamed Moallim’s biographical piece on VdS and now we finish with a wonderful piece from Babette, one of the most passionate and knowledgeable Ajax fans around…

Despite Edwin van der Sar never won a European Championship or World Cup with Holland, he enjoys the status of a secular saint in his country. The born Voorhouter is simply the best goalkeeper the Netherlands ever had. That is not only because of his sticky hands, his masterful technique, his ability to precisely place defenders in position and his love for the beautiful game. The most important part of his saint status is that he is a true, loyal and caring family man. Edwin ‘Ice Rabbit’ van der Sar is a gentleman. A jewel as a person and as a footballer.

When he made his debut for Ajax in 1990, people looked at each other with raised eyebrows. This was the man that would become Ajax’s future goalkeeper (he started playing regulary in 1994)? A young man with clumsy, long legs, ‘Flappie’ ears and awkward hair wasn’t what the fans saw as a trustworthy goalkeeper. Edwin marched on, despite the critics, and proved them all wrong.

This pict I made for my Ajacieden fellas. Sorry, it didn’t turn out exactly as planned. At first, I want to draw a face of you all in cartoon but when I’m halfway done, I discovered more and more Ajacieden and my paper won’t fit cause I want to include all of you in this pict, the same thing happened when I want to put your url beside this logo..hahaha. Sorry again if it’s bad.. but I made this for you all, my Ajacieden love ;)

-ingrid-