Casper Roelfsema

Goalkeeper - Groningen
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64 Edition

The Groningen Courier

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match16 Oct 2027

Steve N'Goura breaks Telstar hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Steve N'Goura scored in the 87th minute, Telstar had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Groningen took the lot.

Market18 Oct 2027

Casper Roelfsema 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 Groningen can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings18 Oct 2027

Pharell Nash was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 25. 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.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Tempers go at Groningen

Etienne Vaessen 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.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Oskar Zawada falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces18 Oct 2027

Groningen supporters have found a favourite in Steve N'Goura

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Steve N'Goura 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.

Match16 Oct 2027

Groningen get the job done against Telstar

A 1‑0 win over Telstar, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Loan watch18 Oct 2027

Lovro Štubljar counts the days

“I watch every Groningen game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Emmen runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings18 Oct 2027

Marvin Peersman was the difference for Groningen

Marked 7.52. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

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Back issues
57 Edition

The Groningen Courier

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout30 Aug 2027

Jakub Moder says Groningen 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.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Door shut on Mojmír Chytil

Groningen asked and Bournemouth said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Groningen agree $3.1M for Ilano Silva Timas

The clubs have shaken hands with MVV Maastricht; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at Groningen

Etienne Vaessen 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.

Squad30 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Groningen

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thijmen Blokzijl was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces30 Aug 2027

One of their own: Wouter Prins

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match28 Aug 2027

Oskar Zawada the difference as Groningen beat Go Ahead Eagles

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Oskar Zawada. 1‑0 against Go Ahead Eagles, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Casper Roelfsema stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Casper Roelfsema and Groningen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings30 Aug 2027

Oskar Zawada was the difference for Groningen

Marked 7.66. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief