Credits

About the Author:

Menno Pot (born 1975) is a music journalist for highly regarded Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant and has contributed articles to major Dutch magazines including Nieuwe Revu.

Menno is a life-long Ajax supporter, and his numerous contributions to Ajax USA include news stories, match reports and the translation of Ajax, de Joden, Nederland. April 2001 saw his first major publication about Ajax in Dutch press, in Nieuwe Revu magazine.

Menno holds a Master of Arts degree from Amsterdam University. He works and lives in Amsterdam.

About the Text:

The text of this original Ajax history is exclusively written for Ajax USA and is based on various sources, including the official Ajax website. Main sources for factual research were the books 90 Jaren Ajax (Evert Vermeer, Luitingh-Sijthoff Publishers, 1990) and Ajax 1900-2000 (ed. Rob van Zoest, Thôth Publishers, 2000). One important historical Ajax aspect was deliberately omitted: the Jewish side of Ajax's history, since that aspect was excellently described by Simon Kuper in his book, Ajax, de Joden, Nederland, which is available in English on this website.