The Volendam Post
Match14 Aug 2027
11 matches without a win for Volendam
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Volendam are no longer polite ones.
Match14 Aug 2027
Volendam cannot find the net
9 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Ozan Kökçü says Volendam went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market16 Aug 2027
Volendam may not be able to give Lucas Rosa what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Lucas Rosa wants continental football; whether Volendam can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Volendam
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Volendam
Gibson Yah 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 targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Ben Davies
Volendam asked and Tottenham said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Sem Westerveld
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sem Westerveld, and the manager let it.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Aurelio Oehlers was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Arnaut Aké joins the Volendam first team
- Market Volendam promote Calvin Dost from within
- Market Nathan Hateboer steps up from the Volendam academy