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In the wake of some recent developments, we are having a slight restructure regarding the players involved.
Due to the lack of an internet connection, Dan has had to pull out, and NEC will become controlled by whoever is appointed in-game.
Due to a complete disregard for any sort of courtesy, the decision has been taken by the majority to relieve Sean Harris (Top Gun) of his managerial duties, and his replacement, Yossi, will start tomorrow at Willem II.
Also, I would really appreciate it if everyone would try to make notes (at least match reports), so I can compile something worth reading in the wake of each session.
It's quite a lot of work, and I don't have time to make stuff up every week!
See you all tomorrow.
Due to the lack of an internet connection, Dan has had to pull out, and NEC will become controlled by whoever is appointed in-game.
Due to a complete disregard for any sort of courtesy, the decision has been taken by the majority to relieve Sean Harris (Top Gun) of his managerial duties, and his replacement, Yossi, will start tomorrow at Willem II.
Also, I would really appreciate it if everyone would try to make notes (at least match reports), so I can compile something worth reading in the wake of each session.
It's quite a lot of work, and I don't have time to make stuff up every week!
See you all tomorrow.
Nifty1Pound50
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Update
Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th August
Ajax 1 (Manucharyan 90) NEC 0
AZ 2 (Dembélé 12, Ari 60) FC Twente 1 (Huysegems 33)
De Graafschap 1 (Viđarsson 47) Sparta 1 (Dissels 37)
FC Groningen 2 (Levchenko 33, Kruiswijk 76, Sankoh injured) Willem II 0 (Grégoire injured)
FC Utrecht 1 (Vandenbergh 69) Roda JC 1 (Ouattara 73, de Jong s/o 49)
Feyenoord 1 (Sahin 6) NAC Breda 0 (Penders s/o 76)
Heerenveen 3 (Sibon 29, 49, Dingsdag 52) VVV 1 (Calabro 88)
Heracles 4 (van den Bergh 29, 39, Bridji 44, Everton 45) Excelsior 4 (Rojer 45, 52, 63, Tjeerd Korf 89, Seyfo Soley injured)
PSV 4 (Farfán 13, 42, 45, Sansoni o/g) Vitesse 0
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th August
Excelsior 3 (Rossini 45, den Ouden 63, Pardo 85) AZ 2 (Ari pen 11, Dembélé 50)
FC Twente 2 (N'Kufo 11, Denneboom 59) FC Groningen 0
NAC Breda 2 (Kalou 40, Csaba Fehér 90) De Graafschap 0
NEC 0 Heerenveen 1 (Sibon 61)
Roda JC 0 PSV 2 (Afellay 57, Farfán 67)
Sparta 1 (Dissels 16) Ajax 0
Vitesse 3 (Oper 5, Janssen 50, 71) Feyenoord 1 (Slory 6)
VVV 2 (van Dommelen 52, Amrabat 83) Heracles 2 (van den Bergh 22, 70)
Willem II 2 (Poepon 14, Cristiano 49) FC Utrecht 1 (Caluwé 50)
Transfer Ins and Outs
SBV Excelsior
In – Giuseppe Rossini (FC Utrecht, loan), Salvatore Fresi (Battipagliese, free), Esmir Sabic (FC Baulmes, free), Seyfo Soley (free), Piotr Czaplinski (Jagiellonia Bialystok, free), Luca Santonocito (Celtic, £12k), Vagner Gomes (Yverdon-Sports FC, £55k), Carlos Fortes (free), Yassine Abdellaoui (free)
Out – Jörg van de Nieuwenhuijzen (released), Daniel Guijo-Velasco (Roda JC, £250k), Arjan van Dilk (Ijsselmeervogels, loan)
NAC Breda
In – René Higuita (free), Marío Jardel (free), Dion Esajas (free), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (Heerenveen, free), Bonaventure Kalou (free), Marko Matic (AZ, loan), Wilmer Aguirre (FC Metz, loan), Ludovic Genest (AJ Auxerre, loan), Matthew Spiranovic (1.FC Nürnberg, loan)
Out – Rogier Veenstra (Grasshopper-Club Zürich, loan)
Roda JC
In – Victor Anichebe (Everton, loan), Moussa Ouattara (Kaiserslautern, £60k), Daniel Guijo-Velasco (SBV Excelsior, £250k), Kévin Mirallas (LOSC Lille, loan), Lubos Loucka (Jablonec, £700k)
Out – Andres Oper (Vitesse, loan), Pascal Muller (SV Darmstadt, loan), Kadir Erciyas (FC Den Bosch, free), Boldizsár Bodor (Reading, £2m)
Vitesse
In – Andres Oper (Roda JC, loan), Guirane N’Daw (FC Sochaux, 3 month loan), Alessandro (free), Loris Arnaud (Paris-SG, loan), Reinhard Breinburg (FC Dordrecht, £500k)
Out – Abubakari Yakubu (Panathinaikos, £1.4m), Jaap Davids (RAEC Mons, £170k), Paul Verhaegh (Buraspor, £550k), Claudemir (Go Ahead, loan), Yu Hai (Go Ahead, loan)
Willem II
In – Leroy George (FC Utrecht, loan), Mark van den Boogaart (NEC, loan), Florin Soava (Spartak Moscow, £180k), Gonzalo Galindo (The Strongest, £30k), Charles (Pontevedra C.F, £26k), Victor Cáceres (C. Libertad, £180k)
Out – Bram Weyten (released), Wim Kustermans (released), Peter Zoïs (released), Bart Biemans (released), Jurgen Gijzen (released), Lars Lambooy (released)
Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd September
Ajax 5 (Manucharyan 9, Sarpong 13, Huntelaar 18, 78, Gabri 38) De Graafschap 0
AZ 1 (Pellé 21) VVV 1 (Ofrany 7)
FC Groningen 2 (van de Laak 7, 23) Excelsior 2 (Fresi 70, Rojer 84)
FC Utrecht 1 (Caluwé 86) FC Twente 1 (N'Kufo 59)
Feyenoord 3 (Sahin 64, de Guzman 69, Makaay 90) Roda JC 1 (Anichebe 1, Anouar Hadouir injured, De Fauw injured)
Heerenveen 0 Sparta 0
Heracles 1 (van den Bergh 51) NEC 1 (Vadócz 17)
PSV 4 (Koevermans 1, 45, Alcides 50, Edison Méndez 81) Willem II 1 (Cristiano 42)
Vitesse 3 (Janssen 22, Pryor pen 60, Breinburg 63) NAC Breda 0
League table
Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th August
Ajax 1 (Manucharyan 90) NEC 0
AZ 2 (Dembélé 12, Ari 60) FC Twente 1 (Huysegems 33)
De Graafschap 1 (Viđarsson 47) Sparta 1 (Dissels 37)
FC Groningen 2 (Levchenko 33, Kruiswijk 76, Sankoh injured) Willem II 0 (Grégoire injured)
FC Utrecht 1 (Vandenbergh 69) Roda JC 1 (Ouattara 73, de Jong s/o 49)
Feyenoord 1 (Sahin 6) NAC Breda 0 (Penders s/o 76)
Heerenveen 3 (Sibon 29, 49, Dingsdag 52) VVV 1 (Calabro 88)
Heracles 4 (van den Bergh 29, 39, Bridji 44, Everton 45) Excelsior 4 (Rojer 45, 52, 63, Tjeerd Korf 89, Seyfo Soley injured)
PSV 4 (Farfán 13, 42, 45, Sansoni o/g) Vitesse 0
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th August
Excelsior 3 (Rossini 45, den Ouden 63, Pardo 85) AZ 2 (Ari pen 11, Dembélé 50)
FC Twente 2 (N'Kufo 11, Denneboom 59) FC Groningen 0
NAC Breda 2 (Kalou 40, Csaba Fehér 90) De Graafschap 0
NEC 0 Heerenveen 1 (Sibon 61)
Roda JC 0 PSV 2 (Afellay 57, Farfán 67)
Sparta 1 (Dissels 16) Ajax 0
Vitesse 3 (Oper 5, Janssen 50, 71) Feyenoord 1 (Slory 6)
VVV 2 (van Dommelen 52, Amrabat 83) Heracles 2 (van den Bergh 22, 70)
Willem II 2 (Poepon 14, Cristiano 49) FC Utrecht 1 (Caluwé 50)
Transfer Ins and Outs
SBV Excelsior
In – Giuseppe Rossini (FC Utrecht, loan), Salvatore Fresi (Battipagliese, free), Esmir Sabic (FC Baulmes, free), Seyfo Soley (free), Piotr Czaplinski (Jagiellonia Bialystok, free), Luca Santonocito (Celtic, £12k), Vagner Gomes (Yverdon-Sports FC, £55k), Carlos Fortes (free), Yassine Abdellaoui (free)
Out – Jörg van de Nieuwenhuijzen (released), Daniel Guijo-Velasco (Roda JC, £250k), Arjan van Dilk (Ijsselmeervogels, loan)
NAC Breda
In – René Higuita (free), Marío Jardel (free), Dion Esajas (free), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (Heerenveen, free), Bonaventure Kalou (free), Marko Matic (AZ, loan), Wilmer Aguirre (FC Metz, loan), Ludovic Genest (AJ Auxerre, loan), Matthew Spiranovic (1.FC Nürnberg, loan)
Out – Rogier Veenstra (Grasshopper-Club Zürich, loan)
Roda JC
In – Victor Anichebe (Everton, loan), Moussa Ouattara (Kaiserslautern, £60k), Daniel Guijo-Velasco (SBV Excelsior, £250k), Kévin Mirallas (LOSC Lille, loan), Lubos Loucka (Jablonec, £700k)
Out – Andres Oper (Vitesse, loan), Pascal Muller (SV Darmstadt, loan), Kadir Erciyas (FC Den Bosch, free), Boldizsár Bodor (Reading, £2m)
Vitesse
In – Andres Oper (Roda JC, loan), Guirane N’Daw (FC Sochaux, 3 month loan), Alessandro (free), Loris Arnaud (Paris-SG, loan), Reinhard Breinburg (FC Dordrecht, £500k)
Out – Abubakari Yakubu (Panathinaikos, £1.4m), Jaap Davids (RAEC Mons, £170k), Paul Verhaegh (Buraspor, £550k), Claudemir (Go Ahead, loan), Yu Hai (Go Ahead, loan)
Willem II
In – Leroy George (FC Utrecht, loan), Mark van den Boogaart (NEC, loan), Florin Soava (Spartak Moscow, £180k), Gonzalo Galindo (The Strongest, £30k), Charles (Pontevedra C.F, £26k), Victor Cáceres (C. Libertad, £180k)
Out – Bram Weyten (released), Wim Kustermans (released), Peter Zoïs (released), Bart Biemans (released), Jurgen Gijzen (released), Lars Lambooy (released)
Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd September
Ajax 5 (Manucharyan 9, Sarpong 13, Huntelaar 18, 78, Gabri 38) De Graafschap 0
AZ 1 (Pellé 21) VVV 1 (Ofrany 7)
FC Groningen 2 (van de Laak 7, 23) Excelsior 2 (Fresi 70, Rojer 84)
FC Utrecht 1 (Caluwé 86) FC Twente 1 (N'Kufo 59)
Feyenoord 3 (Sahin 64, de Guzman 69, Makaay 90) Roda JC 1 (Anichebe 1, Anouar Hadouir injured, De Fauw injured)
Heerenveen 0 Sparta 0
Heracles 1 (van den Bergh 51) NEC 1 (Vadócz 17)
PSV 4 (Koevermans 1, 45, Alcides 50, Edison Méndez 81) Willem II 1 (Cristiano 42)
Vitesse 3 (Janssen 22, Pryor pen 60, Breinburg 63) NAC Breda 0
League table
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Nifty1Pound50
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I haven't finished. That's part one only. :mellow:
Yossi, you must swiftly learn that I don't do half-arsed jobs.
Yossi, you must swiftly learn that I don't do half-arsed jobs.
Phatmann
HGW XX/7
Breaking News: Vitesse manager Matt Connolly is closet Roda JC fan.
According to an anonymous source, Matt Connolly holds a season ticket in the Theo Pickée Stand and never misses a game. He can often be heard singing his favourite chant: "Piangerelli...woah...Piangerel li...woah...He's just a poor man's Claude! He plays like he's a fraud! Piangerelli...woah!" in anticipation of the arrival of the great Luigi Piangerelli. This news will come as a surprise to everyone, in particular the Vitesse fans, who may be a little suspicious about the recent loss to Roda JC where Vitesse were all over Roda in the first half, and really should have won the game. 
Nifty1Pound50
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You are such a cunt.
Nifty1Pound50
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Power-cut. :'-(
I had nothing all day yesterday, hence not being available. Is everyone around tonight so we can make up for it?
EDIT: Update!
Eredivisie
Saturday 15th September
Excelsior 3 (Vagner Gomes pen 4, Rojer 67, 76) FC Utrecht 1 (Nelisse 65)
NAC Breda 2 (Sikora 37, Kalou 73) Ajax 3 (Suárez 14, Huntelaar 63, Emanuelson pen 88)
Roda JC 2 (Cissé 56, 85) Vitesse 1 (Gommans 5)
VVV 1 (Amrabat 78) FC Groningen (van de Laak 3)
Sunday 16th September
De Graafschap 2 (Johnson 34, de Groot 87) Heerenveen (Poulsen 14, Sulejmani injured, Sabah injured)
FC Twente 0 PSV 0
NEC 3 (Janssen 28, 69, van Beukering 59) AZ 1 (Ari 16)
Sparta 1 (Dissels 55, Chiritã s/o 85) Heracles 1 (Everton 79)
Willem II 0 Feyenoord 0
Saturday 22nd September
AZ 4 (Dembélé 16, 68, Agustien 25, Ari 69) Sparta 0 (Promes injured)
Heerenveen 1 (Steur 51) Ajax 1 (Leonardo 84)
Heracles 2 (García 59, Everton 89) De Graafschap 1 (de Groot 68)
PSV 4 (Koevermans 33, Väyrynen 63, Lazovic 69, Zonneveld 75) Excelsior 1 (Vagner Gomes 72, Pardo s/o 73, Rossini injured)
Roda JC 0 NAC Breda 2 (Kalou 2, 60)
Sunday 23rd September
FC Groningen 0 NEC 2 (Vadócz 9, Janssen 22)
FC Utrecht 3 (Caluwé pen 11, Nelisse 74, Loval 85) VVV 1 (Ofrany 27, Auassar injured)
Feyenoord 3 (Slory 72, Makaay 78, 84) FC Twente 1 (N'Kufo 34)
Vitesse 3 (Junker 9, Janssen 53, Arnaud 63) Willem II 2 (Soava 4, Cristiano 69)
Dutch Cup Second Round
Tuesday 25th September
Baronie 2 (van Galen 67, Willemse 75, Rombouts injured) Roda JC 4 (Van Tornhout 4, 50, Mirallas 35, Anichebe 37)
ADO Den Haag 5 Zwolle 0
AFC 0 FC Den Bosch 3
Babberich 0 Heerenveen
Emmen 1 RKC 0
Haarlem 1 Ajax Reserves 4
Kozakken Boys 1 Be Quick 1887 1 (Kozakken Boys win on penalties)
MVV 1 Go Ahead 1 (MVV win on penalties)
SC Cambuur 3 Volendam 2
WHC 4 Bennekom 2 (AET)
WKE 0 De Graafschap 4
Wednesday 26th September
Argon 1 (de Man 38) NAC Breda 5 (Kalou 23, 46, Sikora 25, Boukhari o/g 28, Stam 70)
SC Genemuiden 1 (van Gils 29) Vitesse 3 (Oper 12, 37, Keizer 34)
Willem II 1 (Demouge 41) VVV 2 (Reekers 5, van Dommelen 33)
Capelle 1 Sparta 2 (AET)
De Treffers 0 Feyenoord 4
DWV 1 FC Groningen 2
GVVV 2 Türkiyemspor 0
Quick Boys 0 Ajax 3
TOP 1 Dordrecht 2
Veendam 1 AGOVV 2 (AET)
VVOG 1 FC Omniworld 2
Thursday 27th September
ROHDA 0 Excelsior 2 (den Ouden 33, Edílson 40, Fresi injured)
Vitesse Reserves 1 (Lorca 2) FC Twente 5 (N'Kufo 24, 55, El Ahmadi 30, Denneboom 63, Wilkshire 90)
AZ 3 Heracles 0
Be Quick '28 0 Spakenburg 3
Eindhoven 2 Stormvogels Telstar 1 (AET)
FC Utrecht 1 PSV 3
Geldrop/AEK 0 Helmond 2
Gemert 1 Hoek 2
ONS 1 Fortuna Sittard 4
RBC 1 NEC 2
The third round draw threw up a number of interesting encounters. NAC Breda travel to FC Den Bosch, current leaders of the Dutch First Division, whilst ADO Den Haag - who are second - will host Vitesse. Roda JC will be confident they can overcome a potential banana-skin and beat Dordrecht, whilst Excelsior face SC Cambuur, who are currently 14th in the Dutch First Division.
There are four top-flight ties, with the pick of the bunch seeing Ajax welcome AZ for a game that will see the leaders play fifth place. Also, expect fireworks in the other stand-out game, which has Sparta make the short trip across Rotterdam to visit Feyenoord - who have made a bright start to their league campaign.
Third-round games are scheduled to be played on 30th-31st October.
Eredivisie
Saturday 29th September
NAC Breda 1 (Kalou 7) Heerenveen 1 (Sabah 20)
Sunday 30th September
Ajax 3 (Sarpong 26, Huntelaar 79, 86) Heracles 1 (Everton 8, Bosnar injured)
De Graafschap 1 (Schøne 90) AZ 2 (Cziommer pen 70, Dembélé 83)
Excelsior 1 (Vagner Gomes 9) Feyenoord 3 (Piqué o/g 15, Makaay 40, 71)
FC Twente 4 (N'Kufo 1, 8, El Ahmadi 6, Zomer 90) Vitesse 1 (Gommans 77)
NEC 2 (Sibum 23, Janssen 80) FC Utrecht 0
Sparta 1 (Rose 79) FC Groningen 1 (Berg 15)
VVV 0 (Mampuya injured) PSV 0
Willem II 0 Roda JC 2 (Ouattara 45, Anichebe 46)
Saturday 6th October
AZ 1 (Dembélé 37) Ajax 2 (Huntelaar 4, 24)
Heracles 1 (Everton 13) Heerenveen 1 (Paulo Henrique 7, Dingsdag s/o 64)
PSV 3 (Lazovic 11, Zonneveld pen 39, Čulina 66) NEC 1 (Janssen 72)
Roda JC 4 (Mirallas 10, Anichebe 25, 48, 61) FC Twente 2 (Braafheid 20, Huysegems 69)
Sunday 7th October
FC Groningen 4 (Lovre 20, van de Laak 29, 74, Kolder 90) De Graafschap 2 (Tarvajärvi 23, de Groot 32)
FC Utrecht 1 (Kruys 57, Somers injured) Sparta 2 (Elkhattabi 6, 65)
Feyenoord 1 (Slory 23) VVV 2 (van Dommelen 8, 20)
Vitesse 4 (Janssen 16, van der Schaaf 19, Arnaud 65, 79, Gommans injured) Excelsior 3 (Pardo 9, Vagner Gomes 71, Edílson 74)
Willem II 0 NAC Breda 0 (Sikora injured)
Saturday 20th October
Excelsior 3 (Edílson 60, 85, Kah o/g 87) Roda JC 3 (Kah 17, Mirallas 20, Cissé 81)
Heerenveen 2 (Paulo Henrique 11, 73, Breuer injured) AZ 2 (Dembélé 29, Cziommer 32)
NAC Breda 4 (van Gessel 3, Amoah 12, 16, Kalou 28) Heracles 3 (Everton 59, Klavan 62, Schilder 76)
VVV 3 (Ofrany 43, Amrabat 53, Linssen 90) Vitesse 3 (Arnaud 22, Kolk pen 68, Janssen 79)
Sunday 21st October
Ajax 2 (Huntelaar 17, Gabri 19) FC Groningen 1 (Tettey 69)
De Graafschap 2 (Tarvajärvi 65, Schøne 88) FC Utrecht 2 (Nelisse 22, 32, Caluwé s/o 45)
FC Twente 2 (Huysegems 12, N'Kufo 41) Willem II 3 (Cristiano 59, 79, Demouge 86)
NEC 1 (van Beukering 17) Feyenoord 1 (Makaay 32, Makaay injured)
Sparta 0 PSV 0
The story so far
Excelsior have scored at least three goals on five occasions already this season.
PSV have drawn three leagues games 0-0 (as well as one Champions' League game) thus far - more than throughout the entirety of last season.
Bonaventure Kalou has scored in 5 of his last 6 outings - scoring a total of 7 times during that period.
PSV are yet to concede a goal away from home.
Heracles drew their first four games of the season, equalling a Dutch league record.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar leads the scoring charts, with 8 goals in only 6 starts, while Theo Janssen has been directly responsible for more goals than anyone else. The talismanic Vitesse midfielder has scored 6, and assisted a further 7 in just 8 games this season.
Excelsior and Vitesse boast the most lethal goal-threats, the former having netted 20 times and Vitesse bagging 18 in their 8 games so far. They do also, however, boast the worst defensive records in the league. Excelsior have conceded 23 times, and Vitesse have shipped 19 goals so far.
Sparta provide the least entertainment of all the clubs - their 8 games so far have produced only 14 goals in total.
Excelsior have salvaged 6 points from positions where they were losing at half-time - most notably, coming from 4-0 down on the opening day.
I had nothing all day yesterday, hence not being available. Is everyone around tonight so we can make up for it?
EDIT: Update!
Eredivisie
Saturday 15th September
Excelsior 3 (Vagner Gomes pen 4, Rojer 67, 76) FC Utrecht 1 (Nelisse 65)
NAC Breda 2 (Sikora 37, Kalou 73) Ajax 3 (Suárez 14, Huntelaar 63, Emanuelson pen 88)
Roda JC 2 (Cissé 56, 85) Vitesse 1 (Gommans 5)
VVV 1 (Amrabat 78) FC Groningen (van de Laak 3)
Sunday 16th September
De Graafschap 2 (Johnson 34, de Groot 87) Heerenveen (Poulsen 14, Sulejmani injured, Sabah injured)
FC Twente 0 PSV 0
NEC 3 (Janssen 28, 69, van Beukering 59) AZ 1 (Ari 16)
Sparta 1 (Dissels 55, Chiritã s/o 85) Heracles 1 (Everton 79)
Willem II 0 Feyenoord 0
Saturday 22nd September
AZ 4 (Dembélé 16, 68, Agustien 25, Ari 69) Sparta 0 (Promes injured)
Heerenveen 1 (Steur 51) Ajax 1 (Leonardo 84)
Heracles 2 (García 59, Everton 89) De Graafschap 1 (de Groot 68)
PSV 4 (Koevermans 33, Väyrynen 63, Lazovic 69, Zonneveld 75) Excelsior 1 (Vagner Gomes 72, Pardo s/o 73, Rossini injured)
Roda JC 0 NAC Breda 2 (Kalou 2, 60)
Sunday 23rd September
FC Groningen 0 NEC 2 (Vadócz 9, Janssen 22)
FC Utrecht 3 (Caluwé pen 11, Nelisse 74, Loval 85) VVV 1 (Ofrany 27, Auassar injured)
Feyenoord 3 (Slory 72, Makaay 78, 84) FC Twente 1 (N'Kufo 34)
Vitesse 3 (Junker 9, Janssen 53, Arnaud 63) Willem II 2 (Soava 4, Cristiano 69)
Dutch Cup Second Round
Tuesday 25th September
Baronie 2 (van Galen 67, Willemse 75, Rombouts injured) Roda JC 4 (Van Tornhout 4, 50, Mirallas 35, Anichebe 37)
ADO Den Haag 5 Zwolle 0
AFC 0 FC Den Bosch 3
Babberich 0 Heerenveen
Emmen 1 RKC 0
Haarlem 1 Ajax Reserves 4
Kozakken Boys 1 Be Quick 1887 1 (Kozakken Boys win on penalties)
MVV 1 Go Ahead 1 (MVV win on penalties)
SC Cambuur 3 Volendam 2
WHC 4 Bennekom 2 (AET)
WKE 0 De Graafschap 4
Wednesday 26th September
Argon 1 (de Man 38) NAC Breda 5 (Kalou 23, 46, Sikora 25, Boukhari o/g 28, Stam 70)
SC Genemuiden 1 (van Gils 29) Vitesse 3 (Oper 12, 37, Keizer 34)
Willem II 1 (Demouge 41) VVV 2 (Reekers 5, van Dommelen 33)
Capelle 1 Sparta 2 (AET)
De Treffers 0 Feyenoord 4
DWV 1 FC Groningen 2
GVVV 2 Türkiyemspor 0
Quick Boys 0 Ajax 3
TOP 1 Dordrecht 2
Veendam 1 AGOVV 2 (AET)
VVOG 1 FC Omniworld 2
Thursday 27th September
ROHDA 0 Excelsior 2 (den Ouden 33, Edílson 40, Fresi injured)
Vitesse Reserves 1 (Lorca 2) FC Twente 5 (N'Kufo 24, 55, El Ahmadi 30, Denneboom 63, Wilkshire 90)
AZ 3 Heracles 0
Be Quick '28 0 Spakenburg 3
Eindhoven 2 Stormvogels Telstar 1 (AET)
FC Utrecht 1 PSV 3
Geldrop/AEK 0 Helmond 2
Gemert 1 Hoek 2
ONS 1 Fortuna Sittard 4
RBC 1 NEC 2
The third round draw threw up a number of interesting encounters. NAC Breda travel to FC Den Bosch, current leaders of the Dutch First Division, whilst ADO Den Haag - who are second - will host Vitesse. Roda JC will be confident they can overcome a potential banana-skin and beat Dordrecht, whilst Excelsior face SC Cambuur, who are currently 14th in the Dutch First Division.
There are four top-flight ties, with the pick of the bunch seeing Ajax welcome AZ for a game that will see the leaders play fifth place. Also, expect fireworks in the other stand-out game, which has Sparta make the short trip across Rotterdam to visit Feyenoord - who have made a bright start to their league campaign.
Third-round games are scheduled to be played on 30th-31st October.
Eredivisie
Saturday 29th September
NAC Breda 1 (Kalou 7) Heerenveen 1 (Sabah 20)
Sunday 30th September
Ajax 3 (Sarpong 26, Huntelaar 79, 86) Heracles 1 (Everton 8, Bosnar injured)
De Graafschap 1 (Schøne 90) AZ 2 (Cziommer pen 70, Dembélé 83)
Excelsior 1 (Vagner Gomes 9) Feyenoord 3 (Piqué o/g 15, Makaay 40, 71)
FC Twente 4 (N'Kufo 1, 8, El Ahmadi 6, Zomer 90) Vitesse 1 (Gommans 77)
NEC 2 (Sibum 23, Janssen 80) FC Utrecht 0
Sparta 1 (Rose 79) FC Groningen 1 (Berg 15)
VVV 0 (Mampuya injured) PSV 0
Willem II 0 Roda JC 2 (Ouattara 45, Anichebe 46)
Saturday 6th October
AZ 1 (Dembélé 37) Ajax 2 (Huntelaar 4, 24)
Heracles 1 (Everton 13) Heerenveen 1 (Paulo Henrique 7, Dingsdag s/o 64)
PSV 3 (Lazovic 11, Zonneveld pen 39, Čulina 66) NEC 1 (Janssen 72)
Roda JC 4 (Mirallas 10, Anichebe 25, 48, 61) FC Twente 2 (Braafheid 20, Huysegems 69)
Sunday 7th October
FC Groningen 4 (Lovre 20, van de Laak 29, 74, Kolder 90) De Graafschap 2 (Tarvajärvi 23, de Groot 32)
FC Utrecht 1 (Kruys 57, Somers injured) Sparta 2 (Elkhattabi 6, 65)
Feyenoord 1 (Slory 23) VVV 2 (van Dommelen 8, 20)
Vitesse 4 (Janssen 16, van der Schaaf 19, Arnaud 65, 79, Gommans injured) Excelsior 3 (Pardo 9, Vagner Gomes 71, Edílson 74)
Willem II 0 NAC Breda 0 (Sikora injured)
Saturday 20th October
Excelsior 3 (Edílson 60, 85, Kah o/g 87) Roda JC 3 (Kah 17, Mirallas 20, Cissé 81)
Heerenveen 2 (Paulo Henrique 11, 73, Breuer injured) AZ 2 (Dembélé 29, Cziommer 32)
NAC Breda 4 (van Gessel 3, Amoah 12, 16, Kalou 28) Heracles 3 (Everton 59, Klavan 62, Schilder 76)
VVV 3 (Ofrany 43, Amrabat 53, Linssen 90) Vitesse 3 (Arnaud 22, Kolk pen 68, Janssen 79)
Sunday 21st October
Ajax 2 (Huntelaar 17, Gabri 19) FC Groningen 1 (Tettey 69)
De Graafschap 2 (Tarvajärvi 65, Schøne 88) FC Utrecht 2 (Nelisse 22, 32, Caluwé s/o 45)
FC Twente 2 (Huysegems 12, N'Kufo 41) Willem II 3 (Cristiano 59, 79, Demouge 86)
NEC 1 (van Beukering 17) Feyenoord 1 (Makaay 32, Makaay injured)
Sparta 0 PSV 0
The story so far
Excelsior have scored at least three goals on five occasions already this season.
PSV have drawn three leagues games 0-0 (as well as one Champions' League game) thus far - more than throughout the entirety of last season.
Bonaventure Kalou has scored in 5 of his last 6 outings - scoring a total of 7 times during that period.
PSV are yet to concede a goal away from home.
Heracles drew their first four games of the season, equalling a Dutch league record.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar leads the scoring charts, with 8 goals in only 6 starts, while Theo Janssen has been directly responsible for more goals than anyone else. The talismanic Vitesse midfielder has scored 6, and assisted a further 7 in just 8 games this season.
Excelsior and Vitesse boast the most lethal goal-threats, the former having netted 20 times and Vitesse bagging 18 in their 8 games so far. They do also, however, boast the worst defensive records in the league. Excelsior have conceded 23 times, and Vitesse have shipped 19 goals so far.
Sparta provide the least entertainment of all the clubs - their 8 games so far have produced only 14 goals in total.
Excelsior have salvaged 6 points from positions where they were losing at half-time - most notably, coming from 4-0 down on the opening day.
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