The Telstar Herald
The terraces14 Aug 2028
The mood at Telstar has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Rojendro Oudsten damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market14 Aug 2028
Jermain Fernandes 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 The request is on a desk at Telstar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Aug 2028
Luca Plogmann attracts admirers
The name of Luca Plogmann has come up in conversations Telstar were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Ties Kramer: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Telstar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match12 Aug 2028
The drought breaks for Telstar
8 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and FC Eindhoven were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Match12 Aug 2028
Still nobody has beaten Telstar
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Telstar
Will Hughes 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.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Telstar
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- The terraces One of their own: Tim van der Leij
- Market Ryan Wijnaldum steps up from the Telstar academy
- Market Telstar promote Bas Lang from within