The Vitesse Sentinel
Squad17 May 2027
85 days out for Martijn Berden after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Vitesse will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match17 May 2027
The season ends: position 14 for Vitesse
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 54 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Yoël van den Ban scores twice — 8.87
Two goals and a mark of 8.87 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad17 May 2027
A falling-out at Vitesse
Roy Steur and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 May 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Vitesse and De Graafschap in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match15 May 2027
De Graafschap take the points off Vitesse
Beaten 2‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Maher is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The terraces17 May 2027
Vitesse supporters have found a favourite in Yoël van den Ban
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Yoël van den Ban has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Bas Van Dijk joins the Vitesse first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bas Van Dijk 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 Jordy Brobbey steps up from the Vitesse academy
- Market Steven Depay steps up from the Vitesse academy
- Market One of our own: Ryan Berghuis joins the Vitesse first team