The ADO Den Haag Chronicle
Squad26 Apr 2027
At 20, Illaijh de Ruijter is already the best thing here
An average of 7.08 in a first team he is several years too young for. ADO Den Haag have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Jonas Jensen-Abbew signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonas Jensen-Abbew and ADO Den Haag agree another 4 years.
Market26 Apr 2027
Guus Berghuis steps up from the ADO Den Haag academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guus Berghuis 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Donny Strootman joins the ADO Den Haag first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Donny Strootman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Apr 2027
ADO Den Haag promote Cody Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cody Simons 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Quincy Dumfries steps up from the ADO Den Haag academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Quincy Dumfries 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.
Match24 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for ADO Den Haag against De Graafschap
0‑1 to De Graafschap, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at ADO Den Haag training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luka Reischl 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 dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Jonas Jensen-Abbew's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout Memphis Klaassen: “No excuses”
- The dugout Matteo Waem knocks on the manager’s door
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Jonas Jensen-Abbew