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Telstar: How a club named after a satellite reached the Eredivisie

Michael Yokhin explains how a tiny Dutch club named after a satellite reached the top flight.

Michael Yokhin explains how a tiny Dutch club named after a satellite reached the top flight.

There is no other scoreboard in the world like the one at Sportpark Schoonenberg, the tiny ground of Telstar in the Dutch town of Velsen-Zuid. People who are not familiar with it might not even be able to guess its purpose. A massive white pole stands there, with woven fishing baskets placed nearby.
For every goal scored by the hosts, a basket goes up on one side of the pole. For every goal by the visitors it goes up on the other side. That is how they count them.
Jeroen Schoonakker, a 50-year-old ...

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