The Telstar Herald
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 Telstar, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marco Frimpong steps up from the Telstar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Frimpong 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Denzel Timber joins the Telstar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denzel Timber 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: Ryan Babel joins the Telstar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Babel 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: Steven Berghuis joins the Telstar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steven Berghuis 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
Jelani Seedorf stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jelani Seedorf and Telstar agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Telstar
Rashaan Sewrutton 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Telstar try to borrow Shedrach Ebite
Utrecht have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Telstar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rojendro Oudsten was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jelani Seedorf
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Telstar
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for Telstar