Richard Nieuwenhuizen: Dutch football and the death of a linesman http://t.co/gkEivHpK via @guardian
Richard Nieuwenhuizen: Dutch football and the death of a linesman
It is a bitterly cold evening in Almere, a sprawling city about 15 miles to the east of Amsterdam. A biting wind sweeps across the six pitches at SC Buitenboys, where boys and girls from a couple of junior teams, training under the floodlights, tear around with a ball at their feet, seemingly oblivious to the freezing conditions.