1996/1997 Season

The position of the dutch championship after 26 rounds:

#  Name            Games Win Draw Lost Points G+ G-

01 PSV             26    18   4    4   58     67 18
02 Feijenoord      26    18   4    4   58     47 24
03 FC Twente       26    17   4    5   55     45 19
04 Ajax            25    12   9    4   45     35 21
05 Vitesse         25    12   6    7   42     42 30
06 SC Heerenveen   25    10  10    5   40     42 31
07 Roda JC         25    11   6    8   39     36 35
08 NAC             26    10   6   10   36     34 38
09 de Graafschap   25    10   4   11   34     38 38
10 Willem II       25     8   5   12   29     29 39
11 FC Volendam     26     7   8   11   29     26 41
12 FC Utrecht      25     6  10    9   28     30 33
13 Fortuna Sittard 26     8  10   10   28     23 39
14 Sparta          24     7   4   13   25     27 34
15 FC Groningen    26     5  10   11   25     29 48
16 AZ              26     5   5   16   20     20 34
17 NEC             26     4   8   14   20     25 49
18 RKC             26     4   7   15   19     25 49

The remaining matches of NAC in this season:

Sunday     06 April       NAC           - PSV            14.30 h
Sunday     13 April       De Graafschap - NAC            14.30 h
Saturday   19 April       NAC           - Vitesse        19.30 h
Sunday     04 May         NAC           - Fijenoord      14.30 h
Friday     09 May         Roda JC       - NAC            18.00 h 
Saturday   17 May         NAC           - RKC            19.30 h
Sunday     25 May         FC Twente     - NAC            14.30 h
Sunday     01 June        NAC           - Fortuna Sitard 14.30 h

The last matches:

Feb/15-16th.

Roda JC           1 x 3  FC Twente
SC Heerenveen     0 x 0  AZ'67
Willem II         3 x 1  NEC
FC Utrecht        0 x 1  Fortuna Sittard
FC de Graafschap  0 x 2  Ajax
RKC               1 x 1  FC Groningen
Vitesse           1 x 0  PSV
FC Volendam       0 x 2  Feijenoord
Sparta            2 x 4  NAC

Feb/22-23th.

NAC               2 x 2  SC Heereveen
Roda JC           2 x 1  Willem II
PSV               2 x 1  Az'67
FC de Graafschap  1 x 2  FC Twente
RKC               3 x 1  NEC
FC Utrecht        0 x 1  Sparta
Volendam          2 x 0  Fortuna Sittard
Vitesse           6 x 0  FC Groningen
Ajax              3 x 0  Fijenoord

Comment:
I think Fijenoord has a very good position. They lost the last game but they are just 3 points after PSV.
Ajax x Fijenoord was a good match. Two beautiful goals: one from Kluivert and the other from Litmanen. No problems with the hooligans. Ajax is not the team who beated Gr�mio in Tokyo (1995) anymore but it's not a weak team.
NAC x Heereven was a great game. Stewart and Staurvik scored for NAC. NAC has good chances to get some places in the table. The next game with Az can be a good test to the defence. Az lost the game against PSV. I'm sure they will want to win.
NAC be careful please!!!

Mar/1st.-2nd.

Fortuna Sittard   2 x 0  Willem II
SC Heerenveen     3 x 1  Roda JC
Feijenoord        2 x 0  NEC
Sparta                   Ajax (postponed)
FC Twente         1 x 0  Vitesse
FC Groningen      1 x 1  FC Volendam
AZ                0 x 1  NAC
FC de Graafschap  1 x 2  FC Utrecht
RKC               1 x 4  PSV

Comment:
A very good result for NAC but they played very bad. I think we had luck! Now the next team will be Volendam. They have a win, a draw and a lost game in the last 3 games. NAC has a better position and they will play in the Fuji-Film Stadium.
Please people we need a good result!

Mar/7th.-8th.

NEC               3 x 1  RKC
NAC               3 x 0  FC Volendam
Willem II         2 x 2  AZ
Fortuna Sittard   0 x 3  Roda JC
Sparta            1 x 1  FC de Graafschap   (Good for NAC!)
FC Groningen      2 x 1  FC Twente
Ajax              1 x 0  FC Utrecht
Feijenoord        0 x 0  PSV

Comment:
A good weekend for NAC. They got a very good result and the de Graafschap got a draw. Now NAC has the 8th. position.
The players who scored: van Galen, Roelofsen and Stewart.
The game against Willem II will be in the Fuji-Film Stadium again. Willem II is a direct opponent but they are 9 points far from NAC. My best wishes people!

Mar/14th.-16th.

Ajax        3 x 1  Roda JC
NAC         0 x 1  Willem II
Feijenoord  5 x 0  RKC
PSV         1 x 0  Fortuna Sittard
NEC         0 x 0  FC Groningen
FC Twente   4 x 0  FC Volendam
FC Utrecht  2 x 0  AZ
Vitesse     3 x 2  FC de Graafschap

Comment:
I can't believe NAC lost this game! Marcel from De RAT magazine had asked me some defence players. Now I know what is the reason!
OK You can say Stewart didn't play. I think a team can't expect everything from only one player.
This Friday NAC will play against FC Groningen. The problem: the game will be in Groningen! Groningen has a brazilian player: Magno Morcelin. It doesn't mean too much. Magno didn't have a great performance in Flamengo. But everything is possible when you play for your fans. Groningen doesn't have a good season. They lost for Vitesse by 6x0.
Please NAC be careful!

Mar/21th.-23th.

FC Groningen    2 x 2 NAC
Fortuna Sittard 2 x 1 Sparta
PSV             0 x 1 SC Heerenveen
FC Volendam     2 x 1 Roda
AZ              0 x 2 Feijenoord
FC Twente       3 x 0 NEC
RKC             1 x 2 Ajax

Mar/26th.

Roda JC         1 x 1 FC Utrecht
NEC             3 x 0 FC Volendam
Sparta          0 x 3 SC Heerenveen
de Graafschap   1 x 1 AZ

Comment:
Stewart scored 2 times in the 1st. half. A very nice result out of home. BUT the referee pointed a penalty in the beginning of the 2nd. half. There are much questions about this penalty. Bombarda scored. There was a stop due to a board invasion. The referee distributed 7 yellow cards and 3 red cards (one of them for Brusselers - he could not enter this confusion!!!).
Bombarda scored again in the end of the game! I can't believe.

I think NAC can't be so dependent from Stewart. It's a very important point for Mr. Rijsbergen. The NAC defence is not so good as I would like but ...

This weekend NAC will play with PSV. This match will be supported by myself in the De RAT Magazine. PSV lost the last game. They are equal with Feijenoord. Off course they will try to win this game. It's the only way for PSV. NAC can use it to play with counterattacks. It depends on the defence. So everything is possible.
What can I say for the NAC players?

I trust you men!


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