The Telstar Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Thomas Beelen due for a Telstar medical
Everything agreed with Feyenoord, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Tristan Schenkhuizen
Telstar asked and Fortuna Sittard said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jordy Timber steps up from the Telstar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jordy Timber 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
Telstar promote Guus Blind from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guus Blind 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
Telstar promote Denzel Dijks from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denzel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ryan Hateboer joins the Telstar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Hateboer 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
A row about effort at Telstar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anass Achahbar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Patrick Brouwer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Patrick Brouwer commits to Telstar for another 4 years.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Anass Achahbar behind
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Telstar
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for Telstar