Patrick Dijks

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The Go Ahead Eagles Sentinel

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

The season ends: position 6 for Go Ahead Eagles

The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 57 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.

The dugout

Vince Gino Dekker: 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.” Go Ahead Eagles have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Go Ahead Eagles

Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

One of their own: Armin Ćulum

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.

Match

Richonell Margaret the difference as Go Ahead Eagles beat Fortuna Sittard

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Richonell Margaret. 2‑0 against Fortuna Sittard, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market

Bas Lang steps up from the Go Ahead Eagles academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bas 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.

Market

Go Ahead Eagles promote Kenneth Clasie from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenneth Clasie 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.

Market

One of our own: Justin Dumfries joins the Go Ahead Eagles first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Justin Dumfries is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Go Ahead Eagles promote Patrick Dijks from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Dijks 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