AFK '34 beat VV Scherpenzeel 4:1 in the first preliminary round of the Dutch Cup on Tuesday evening. The match took place on 2026-09-01, and the result sends the hosts through to the next stage while ending the visitors' cup campaign for this season. By then, the visitors had already shown signs of vulnerability in recent fixtures.
VV Scherpenzeel's form heading into this tie was mixed at best. They lost 3:4 to Hogeveen in September 2025, drew 2:2 with HBC in June 2024, and managed a goalless stalemate against the same side a few days earlier. A 0:1 defeat to Spakenburg in September 2023 and a heavy 5:1 victory over Zwaluw in August that same year rounded out their recent record.
The 4:1 scoreline tells the story without needing further elaboration. To be fair, the visitors arrived with some confidence from that 5:1 win, but this was a different level of opposition in a different competition. AFK '34 made no mistakes where it mattered.
One goal was enough for VV Scherpenzeel to avoid a complete whitewash, but it came too late to change anything meaningful. The visitors had opened talks about competing, but the reality of football meant they simply could not keep up.
AFK '34 now advance in the competition, while VV Scherpenzeel return to league duty with nothing to play for. The cup is over for them, and the result will sit somewhere between disappointment and relief—disappointment at the scoreline, relief that it was not worse.