The Groningen Courier
Match15 Feb 2027
Groningen are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 63 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market15 Feb 2027
Mats Seuntjens is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Groningen is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Tika de Jonge says Groningen 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
Groningen to lose Mats Seuntjens for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Mats Seuntjens has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Jacob Ondrejka in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match13 Feb 2027
Whatever happens, Groningen do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Kenneth Dijks joins the Groningen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kenneth Dijks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Rick Lang joins the Groningen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rick Lang is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
Groningen promote Wesley Strootman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wesley Strootman 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.
In brief
- Squad Jacob Ondrejka is in the form of his life
- Match The run is over for Groningen
- Looking ahead The big one: Utrecht come into view