The Zwolle Herald
Market15 Feb 2027
Nick Fichtinger 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 Zwolle can pretend not to have heard.
Match13 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Zwolle
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Seth Annink keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zwolle may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Zwolle
Nick Viergever and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Ibrahim Cissoko was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Sydney van Hooijdonk’s goal not enough for Zwolle
Sydney van Hooijdonk scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Twente, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Tom de Graaff
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Zwolle
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Iliass Bel Hassani was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Marten Depay answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 2‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Market Zwolle sign Daniel Mabomba, one for the future
- The dugout Ibrahim Cissoko knocks on the manager's door
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Tom de Graaff