Home shirt as worn as worn when Emmen seemed glued to the bottom of the Eredivisie table, waiting until the end of February to notch their first league win of the campaign, but this proved the catalyst for a remarkable turnaround as the side extracted 18 points from the next possible 24 to climb up the table and forced a relegation playoff. A tense 1-1 draw with Breda put Emmen's season down to penalties, with their fairytale story ending in tragedy. This year's design courted controversy for being sponsored by a sex toy manufacturer, which was initially banned by the KNVB before being later reinstated