The VPS Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Simon van Duivenbooden takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market10 Aug 2026
VPS say no — this time
The offer from HJK for Will Wilson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Olavi Keturi stays at VPS
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Ilves had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at VPS
Simon van Duivenbooden and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
VPS get the job done against FF Jaro
A 3‑1 win over FF Jaro, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jayden Turfkruier was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Simon van Duivenbooden at his very best
Marked 9.19. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at VPS.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
HJK tell VPS: Ville Tikkanen is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
VPS supporters have found a favourite in Jayden Turfkruier
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jayden Turfkruier has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Tim Taylor steps up from the VPS academy
- Market One of our own: Juha Karjalainen joins the VPS first team
- Squad Luka Nuorela out for 19 days