This Friday, the KNVB appeals committee will consider the decision of the License Committee to deprive Vitesse the license because, in the eyes of the supervisors, the club is “the licensing system structurally and overwhelmes and continues to do so over a longer period”.
Under the head ‘for football’ the advertisement is stated: “With Haarlem, FC Wageningen and AGOVV, too many folk clubs have disappeared from professional football. So we have to get up for football. Because a club is so much more than a stadium and a budget. It stands for connection, togetherness, for the identity of the city. “
The advertisement was signed by Prominents as national coach Ronald Koeman, Dick Advocaat, Guus Hiddink, Arnhem mayor Ahmed Marcouch, Roy Makaay, Ruud Gullit, Theo Janssen, Hans van Breukelen, Willy van de Kerkhof, Pierre van Hooijdonk, John van den Bromaas.