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60 Edition

The ADO Den Haag Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad20 Sep 2027

The knee: Sky Heesen out for 16 days

16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. ADO Den Haag lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Jesse Bal says ADO Den Haag went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Kilian Nikiéma keeps ADO Den Haag in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Real improvement from Louka Vanderbruggen at ADO Den Haag

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Louka Vanderbruggen is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad20 Sep 2027

A falling-out at ADO Den Haag

Jan Žambůrek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match18 Sep 2027

PSV take the points off ADO Den Haag

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Jan Žambůrek

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jan Žambůrek, and the manager let it.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

A masterclass from Jalen Hawkins

Marked 8.01 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Loan watch20 Sep 2027

The goals keep arriving from Luka Reischl’s exile

10 goals in 7 games at Malavan — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at ADO Den Haag updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

Back issues
59 Edition

The ADO Den Haag Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 Sep 2027

The knee: Sky Heesen out for 24 days

24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. ADO Den Haag lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match11 Sep 2027

ADO Den Haag leave it late against Roda

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 85th, and Roda spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Market13 Sep 2027

Daryl van Mieghem puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ADO Den Haag, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market13 Sep 2027

Donát Bárány’s move to Zwolle falls through

The deal that would have taken Donát Bárány to Zwolle has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to ADO Den Haag with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Player ratings13 Sep 2027

No sign of nerves from Jesse Bal at 20 — 7.72

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jesse Bal did not need any: 7.72, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Anas El Mahboubi says ADO Den Haag went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad13 Sep 2027

The step up is real for Illaijh de Ruijter

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Words exchanged at ADO Den Haag

Jan Žambůrek and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Kilian Nikiéma has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief

58 Edition

The ADO Den Haag Chronicle

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

The interim tag comes off Quincy Gravenberch

ADO Den Haag interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Quincy Gravenberch keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.

Squad6 Sep 2027

The knee: Sky Heesen out for 32 days

32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. ADO Den Haag lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market6 Sep 2027

Terms done: Jesse Bal is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Penafiel waiting with a shirt. Nobody at ADO Den Haag is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Match4 Sep 2027

A hiding for ADO Den Haag

Beaten 0‑5 by Heerenveen, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Donát Bárány says ADO Den Haag went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A one-man rearguard from Kilian Nikiéma

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market6 Sep 2027

Sekou Sylla hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ADO Den Haag can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

ADO Den Haag close the window on a squad of their own making

25 in and 8 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Tempers go at ADO Den Haag

Sergiño Dest was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief