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scan matchday programme (programmaboekje) 08.02.2015 | Groningen — AZ Alkmaar (NL Eredivisie 2014/15) Nick van der Velden on cover.

Official matchday programme (programmaboekje) 08.02.2015 | Groningen — AZ Alkmaar (NL Eredivisie 2014/15)

FC Groningen printed matchday programmes regularly that season. For this match a 72-page A5 programme was issued.

Snapshot of the Era: Match Almanac

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📜 The Matchday Migration: Arriva’s P&R Network to Euroborg

Moving twenty thousand people in and out of the Euroborg area on a matchday has always been…

📜 The End of TicketBox and the Northern Pipeline to FC Emmen

A football matchday programme is often a quiet ledger of how a club operates behind…

📜 Fortress Euroborg: Chasing the Ghosts of Ron Jans

There are periods in a football club's history where their home ground ceases to be…

📜 Fighting for the Top Spots: John van den Brom’s Resurgence at AZ

On the opposing bench for the clash at the Euroborg was a familiar face in Dutch football….

📜 Continuing the Momentum: Erwin van de Looi on the KNVB Beker Dream

As FC Groningen prepared to face AZ in February 2015, the atmosphere around the Euroborg was electric. In his regular pre-match…

📜 “Nu een andere rol”: Nick van der Velden and the Genesis of the 2015 Cup Dream

In February 2015, the atmosphere around the Euroborg was electric with a very specific, long-dormant type of…

📜 Fueling the Future: Gasunie’s Optimism Before the Quakes

A matchday programme is more than a football schedule; it is a time capsule of…

📜 The Whopper Deal: Fast Food and Matchday Rituals

Football fandom is built entirely on rituals, and for many supporters, the culinary traditions of…

📜 Heavy Metal and Football: The Aesthetic of Northern Machinery

There is a distinct, unfiltered charm in opening a sports magazine and being greeted by…

📜 The Arteries of the North: Groningen’s Transport Backbone

A football club is often a reflection of its region’s economic foundation. In the Northern…

📜 The Pre-Match Ritual: FEBO on the Vismarkt

Attending a football match in the Netherlands is inextricably linked to specific gastronomic rituals, and…

📜 Scoring Like the Best: CSG Wessel Gansfort

A football matchday programme in Groningen is not just a platform for industrial giants and…