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The next instalment of The Seventy Two’s series looking at lower leagues in other countries involves a short hop over to the continent. Kevin Jones, who discovered this site via The Guardian’s recommendation of Ben Shave’s article on Portugal, delves into life outside the Dutch Eredivisie, and tells a fascinating story of money and religion. The Eerste Divisie The Dutch national team’s run to the World Cup final in the summer engendered something of a feel-good factor in the country that spawned “total football”, but this hasn’t really filtered down to the Dutch second division yet. The Eerste Divisie (or…