How it all starts: in our favorite amateur club jersey

Privileged to be involved in all flavors of football and sports, both at the amateur and professional level.

Regardless of the level we play, coach and/or work. The lessons learned are for life. How to help and develop your pupils and teammates and yourself. Working together, using each other's strengths, covering each other's weaknesses. And often also a stage for the bigger life events, both happy and sad.

At the beginning of this year, we said farewell to our beloved masseur with a unique service at our amateur club home, celebrating his life in the place he felt at home. Unfortunately, next year we have to say farewell to our favorite green jersey as well as we will unite with other clubs in the region.

However, the memories will remain. And currently still creating great memories on and around our field.

My 20-month-old nephew’s focus and coordination (kicking balls into the air from his hands repeatedly) makes some of my current teammates jealous. My 3-year-old son is still mostly interested in everything around the game. Try not to make him wear long pants pair in winter, bacause "real football players have bare knees".??He immensely enjoyed being the final ‘Player of the Week’ at our last competitive home game for our 77-year-old club. Being able to show him our ‘rituals’ during the talks, the time in the locker room, during warm-up and game was both fun and priceless.

Fortunately, our hearts are big enough for multiple jerseys, so after next year he will shout ‘come on those blacks’ at me. And a year or so later I will shout it at him and his teammates as well.

But for upcoming year it still will be familiar: ‘Come on those greens! Come on EWC!'

Enjoy your ‘(Dutch) National Football’ Weekend!