The De Graafschap Post
Market30 Nov 2026
Levi Schoppema 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 De Graafschap can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Nic Hartgers: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” De Graafschap have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Reuven Niemeijer in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at De Graafschap this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Robin Schouten
“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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Helmond Sport take the points off De Graafschap
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at De Graafschap
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Familia-Castillo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad30 Nov 2026
De Graafschap count the cost of losing Nick Huls
42 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Donny Wijnaldum faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Donny Wijnaldum after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 86% of the De Graafschap income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
In brief
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Milan Smits
- Player ratings Ibrahim El Kadiri runs at them all day
- Squad The room hears from Danny Bakker