2019/20 · Home

Kelme, the Spanish brand with the clawed paw logo, dressed VV Amstelveen in sober hoops and the crest bearing the three St. Andrew's crosses, a symbol the region shares with neighbouring Amsterdam. On the back, v.v. Amstelveen spelled out on the collar and a green squad number 7.

It is the 2019/20 shirt of an amateur club from the Amstelveen area, on the edge of Amsterdam, founded in 1947 and still playing under the name of its long time sponsor, builder Heemraad.

Here at Hoopster, enter the Holland that isn't orange: a post-war Christian club that chose green and white and never let go.