The Utrecht Gazette
Match14 Aug 2027
Utrecht tear NEC apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against NEC, and it could have been more.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Ángel Alarcón was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
3 goals for Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
The match ball belongs to Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Alexandre Stanić: 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.” Utrecht have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match14 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Utrecht
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Utrecht
Jerry St. Juste 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Utrecht
7 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.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
One of their own: Ángel Alarcón
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market16 Aug 2027
Kenneth Lang steps up from the Utrecht academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenneth Lang 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.
In brief
- Market Utrecht promote Justin Bergwijn from within
- Market Utrecht promote Justin Brobbey from within
- Market Utrecht promote Patrick Simons from within