https://www.bndestem.nl/amateurvoetbal/de-cirkel-is-rond-voor-meindert-dijkstra~ab223188/

Dijkstra (50) played as a pupil for only a year at SAB. At the age of seven he took part in a test training at NAC, with Jo Jansen to be precise, and he was allowed to stay. After completing the entire youth academy, he played for six months in the second, after which he made his debut in the main power at the age of eighteen. After coach Leen Looijen did not like it, Dijkstra moved to arch rival Willem II, where he played in the Eredivisie for five seasons. Dijkstra about that period: "Beautiful, five year Eredivisie, but I would have preferred to play in NAC 1 for those years, of course I am a real NAC boy."

England
Via Willem II he ended up in England, where he played for two years in Division One for Notts County. To England, Dijkstra keeps his most cherished football memory: "There was a competition between British teams from Division One and Italian from the Serie B. The Anglo Italian Cup, we made the final on Wembley, Brescia was the opponent and I stood against none other than Gheorghe. Hagi. " His position as a pro: left back, of the unscrupulous kind, but hard to tell, sometimes about the wrote, the type Hugo Hovenkamp say. "Yes, I also picked up a ticket," laughs Dijkstra.

He gained experience in the trainer's training as an assistant to his NAC-friend Peter Remie at JEKA and Unitas '30 and until recently at Achilles Veen. At SAB, another NAC veteran is now his assistant, Ton van Eennaam. Van Dijk was instructed by SAB to maintain itself. "Anyway, I am something else," he says. "When I see that there is more to it, then of course we go for it, but I have to be honest, I do not know the power relations in the fourth class yet enough to be able to estimate where we are at the moment."

Dijkstra continues: "It is not going exactly the way it should be, but we are working on a process: when the boys learn to play their duties and carry out the assignments, things are going in the right direction. I am an 'apple-eel', can still be abracadabra for a boy who comes from the youth, for the moment I am absolutely satisfied with the group's attitude, they are eager to learn and ambitious, and you can also see that on the training attendance. "

 

Fantastic read very insightful ????????

i have never heard of him, was he a regular starter back then? i know its before my years of supporting notts but i do know former players. @Piethagoram 

6 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

I stood against none other than Gheorghe. Hagi

Great player Hagi, I wished I could have seen the game but I also haven't heard of this Notts player Dijsktra.

I remember the Anglo Italian Cup like it was yesterday, but even I am struggling to recall Meindert Dijkstra. Something tells me he's the player I used to wonder why we played him, although I could be wrong.

It's funny how certain players are forgotten.

This is an interesting share for sure, thanks for posting it @Piethagoram.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-derby-indebted-to-dijkstra-own-goal-1371556.html

"after the centre-half Charlie Palmer had fluffed one attempt to clear, the full-back Meindert Dijkstra tried to head the ball back to Cherry but instead sent it looping into the net."

Same old Notts!