The ADO Den Haag Chronicle
Market15 Mar 2027
Sam Kersten puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ADO Den Haag, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Sam Kersten keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” ADO Den Haag may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
No sign of nerves from Illaijh de Ruijter at 20 — 7.84
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Illaijh de Ruijter did not need any: 7.84, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at ADO Den Haag
Stije Resink 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.
The terraces15 Mar 2027
One of their own: Yannick Eduardo
He is 21 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.
Match13 Mar 2027
ADO Den Haag find a way past Twente
Twente made ADO Den Haag work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Match13 Mar 2027
ADO Den Haag keep winning on the road
3 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Market15 Mar 2027
ADO Den Haag promote Arnaut Lang from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arnaut Lang 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.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Jasper Hateboer joins the ADO Den Haag first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jasper Hateboer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Joel Xavi Simons steps up from the ADO Den Haag academy
- Squad A row about effort at ADO Den Haag
- The dugout A promise honoured for Mees de Wit