On the bench for the 1st team: 🌝 De 𝙫𝙧𝙞𝙟𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙚𝙜!🆕 Buur maakt zijn debuut voor FC Volendam🧤Lauwers terug onder de lat#vvvvol | #VolVoorOranje pic.twitter.com/xHtq1LSl6h— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 4, 2022
Starts for the Jongs: 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒐𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏 🆚 ᴅᴇ ᴜɪᴇɴ⚡️ De elf Volendammers die het mogen doen vanmiddag!#rbbjvo pic.twitter.com/rgMzMfHyMG— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 5, 2022
68' | Noodgedwongen wissel bij Volendam➡️ Rob Tol⬅️ John Hilton#rbbjvo— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 5, 2022 68' | Hilton werd bij een tackle hard geraakt op zijn enkel. Deze klapte dubbel, waardoor hij de wedstrijd niet kan hervatten. [0 - 1]#rbbjvo https://t.co/4KhasHDgOO— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 5, 2022 Hilton was hit hard in the ankle during a tackle. He doubled over, so he can't resume the match.
Starts for the reserves: 🗞 Team News!🆕 Selectie debuut voor Givairo en Finn#katjvo pic.twitter.com/48DewnMBV6— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 12, 2022
On the bench for the 1st team: 🏙️ 𝐎𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐚𝐠!🤝 Eerste basisplaats Jozhua Vertrouwd🐟 Kevin Visser & Boy Deul vanaf de start#adovol | #VolVoorOranje pic.twitter.com/MFCMLYRip5— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 18, 2022
Starts for reserves: 🌜 𝕯𝖊 𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖉𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖑𝖔𝖊𝖌!🔙 Schulte maakt na lang blessureleed zijn rentree in de basis!#jvogvv pic.twitter.com/51W3Ig5Tzp— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 22, 2022
Starts for the Jongs: ⚔️ De 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙗𝙤𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣 van vanmiddag🆕 Griffith maakt zijn selectiedebuut🛫 Johnson vanaf het startsein#ijsjvo pic.twitter.com/Hmq5YwZNoV— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) March 26, 2022
Starts: 🗞️ Vers van de pers!xɪ-ɴᴇᴡꜱ ➡️ Antonioli terug in de selectie!#jvoafc pic.twitter.com/71vV0aW7Fs— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) April 2, 2022
Starts for reserves: ⚽️ 𝓓𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓭𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓫𝓪𝓵!🧱 Edwin in de defensie#noojvo pic.twitter.com/7VmCMZGN6Y— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) April 5, 2022
FC Volendam currently sit in second place with 5 games remaining, and the top two teams secure automatic promotion to the Eredivisie. Otherwise there is a playoff. Would be interesting to see what happens with Hilton if the club gets promoted.
He is mostly a Jong Volendam player with about 1000 minutes for them and 480 for the 1st team. He's only 20, so he might make the jump up 2 leagues. He is only a key reserve for the team at one league lower before promotion, so he has some work to do.
He definitely has plenty of work to do, though at the same time I’m getting the sense that the team does see some value in him. We can think back to how he started the first team’s opening match of the season and was actually on track to get a decent amount of first team minutes through the opening months of the season. Then things fell off a bit, but they’re still keeping him pretty active between their two squads. Interestingly, it looks like he’s been getting minutes at RB and even DM with the reserves. However something that may be a roadblock for him is the Dutch federation’s minimum salary requirements for non-EU players, something I’ve read increases to €436k if the player is 20 or older when the contract is signed (unless this rule has changed/has other nuances or Hilton has an EU passport by now). He’ll be 21 in June, and that’s a big price tag for small club with a player if they don’t see him as fully ready for the first team yet. Guess we’ll be seeing exactly where both the club and Hilton stand in the coming months.
Starts for reserves: 🕞 ᴏᴘꜱᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ-ᴛɪᴊᴅ🫡 𝙕𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙮 vanaf het startsein#hfcjvo pic.twitter.com/URUcsSOuon— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) April 9, 2022
Starts for the reserves: 🗞️ Vers van de pers🌟 Nog één keer stralen in competitieverband#jvoexc pic.twitter.com/2vIxYQzzLc— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) June 4, 2022
He hadn’t made an appearance or been on the bench for the reserves since 4/18 - maybe an injury? His last appearance with the first team was on 3/18. Volendam did secure promotion to the Eredivisie back in April. Curious to see what happens with him this offseason.
Starts: 🎟 De elf Volendammers die voor het Tweede Divisie-ticket gaan strijden #almjvo pic.twitter.com/UBI8cH1zez— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) June 8, 2022
This was the first leg of a relegation playoff for the Jong team. They lost 1-0 and Hilton went the full match. Jong Volendam played this season in the third tier (Jack’s League) and finished 11th out of 18 teams. However, there’s apparently some rule that Jong teams have to finish in the top 9 in this division, which is why they have to play a playoff against Almere’s U21s. The writer of the linked article agrees that this is a rather remarkable rule, and even more so because Volendam has restrictions on using players who played a certain number of first team matches while Almere does not. As a side note, the Jong Volendam manager is former Ajax/Atletico Madrid/Man City player Kiki Musampa.
Starts: 🫵 De elf die het MOETEN doen vanmiddag#jvoalm pic.twitter.com/sjWkZMDLhI— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) June 11, 2022 Up 2-0 at the half (2-1 on aggregate).
They won 3-0 (with 10 men) to win the series 3-1 on aggregate to remain in the league: 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐄, 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐉𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐎𝐆 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍! 😍#jvoalm pic.twitter.com/JNRzqfPf81— FC Volendam 🔶 (@fcvolendam) June 11, 2022 Hilton played 90'.
Moves to his former club Koninklijke HFC, which is in the third tier where he played for Jong Volendam: John Hilton vervolgt loopbaan bij Koninklijke HFC https://t.co/YD1gYiKN6C— RTV L.O.V.E. (@rtvlove) June 17, 2022
Starts against Jong Ajax next to Desevio Payne: Koninklijke HFC - Jong @AFCAjax #oefenwedstrijd #erismaareneclubintland pic.twitter.com/j9A7msrbYb— Koninklijke HFC (@KoninklijkeHFC) July 11, 2022
Started in 1-0 loss: Nog een half uur voor we van start gaan met Koninklijke HFC tegen vv Noordwijk! ✅Hierbij de opstellingen van beide teams:#hfcnoo pic.twitter.com/SIokhmIZJE— Koninklijke HFC (@KoninklijkeHFC) September 3, 2022
Starts: Over een klein kwartier begint #ofchfc in de #jacksleague We gaan proberen u van wat informatie te voorzien. Hierbij alvast de basis van De Koninklijke. #erismaareneclubintland pic.twitter.com/1b2YmXOQqy— Koninklijke HFC (@KoninklijkeHFC) September 7, 2022
Starts: Over een klein half uur gaan we starten tegen De Treffers! Hierbij de opstellingen. #trehfc pic.twitter.com/ey5mhHAHw4— Koninklijke HFC (@KoninklijkeHFC) September 24, 2022