Sir Didier Drogba
Head Official
I September of this year it is looking likely that I will be moving to Maastricht, Netherlands for at least three years. I don't know much about Dutch football and I need help choosing a football team to support. Once I have made my choice I will need some basic background information and pointers to assist my fandom.
My priorities are:
A) proximity to Maastricht. I want to be able to just go on a Saturday afternoon without any pre planning. For this reason Amsterdam is definitely out.
quality of football team, which considering that is limited in Holland anyway means I may really need to be looking at only top division teams.
C) ease of access - I don't want a team that sells out the stadium, even for when the big opponents come to town, or charges high ticket prices. Like I said, I want to just be able to buy a ticket at the ground on the day.
So, the choices are MVV Maastricht, which is obviously by far the most convenient and easy but are second division. How bad actually are they?
Then there is Roda - they look close enough though I don't know exactly how far and are top division - but do they sell out that small stadium when Ajax comes to town?
And then there is PSV - they don't look too far on the map and are obviously a big team - but how close actually is it and are there ever problems getting tickets and are they expensive?
Or are there any other teams I am missing? Please advise....
My priorities are:
A) proximity to Maastricht. I want to be able to just go on a Saturday afternoon without any pre planning. For this reason Amsterdam is definitely out.
quality of football team, which considering that is limited in Holland anyway means I may really need to be looking at only top division teams.
C) ease of access - I don't want a team that sells out the stadium, even for when the big opponents come to town, or charges high ticket prices. Like I said, I want to just be able to buy a ticket at the ground on the day.
So, the choices are MVV Maastricht, which is obviously by far the most convenient and easy but are second division. How bad actually are they?
Then there is Roda - they look close enough though I don't know exactly how far and are top division - but do they sell out that small stadium when Ajax comes to town?
And then there is PSV - they don't look too far on the map and are obviously a big team - but how close actually is it and are there ever problems getting tickets and are they expensive?
Or are there any other teams I am missing? Please advise....