The Cambuur Post
Match20 Mar 2028
A European night to remember for Cambuur
0‑0 against Feyenoord, under lights, against people who do not speak the same language as the crowd. These are the evenings a club measures its decade in, and there are never as many of them as anybody expects.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Nicky van der Kerk breaks a bone — 35 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 35 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Thijs Jansen keeps Cambuur in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Cambuur
Abdón Prats 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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Words at Cambuur training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kiliann Sildillia is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market27 Mar 2028
Rick De Vrij steps up from the Cambuur academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rick De Vrij has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market27 Mar 2028
One of our own: Joel Bergwijn joins the Cambuur first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joel Bergwijn is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Mar 2028
Denzel Simons steps up from the Cambuur academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Denzel Simons has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market27 Mar 2028
Cambuur promote Justin Dijks from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Justin Dijks has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Cambuur find a way past AZ
- Player ratings One of those days for Marcos Leonardo
- Player ratings Chardi Landu misses from twelve yards