The De Graafschap Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniël Deen gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Daniël Deen has just signed for De Graafschap, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at De Graafschap
Reuven Niemeijer 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kyano Kwint signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kyano Kwint commits to De Graafschap for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
De Graafschap rebuffed over Enoch Mastoras
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AZ have kept their man, and De Graafschap go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Steven Weghorst joins the De Graafschap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steven Weghorst is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
De Graafschap promote Jasper Dost from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jasper Dost 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daley De Jong joins the De Graafschap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daley De Jong is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Strootman joins the De Graafschap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Strootman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Dave Bulthuis behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. De Graafschap will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Transfer targets De Graafschap try to borrow Esmir Bajraktarević
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at De Graafschap
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tim Braem