Tuesday 28 May 2019

NETHERLANDS: vv VIOS H. (1955-2009) / SV Die Haghe (1955-1974) / HSV Escamp (2005-2009) / vv BMT (2009-)

Sportpark Escamp II, The Hague ('s-Gravenhage, Den Haag) (vv BMT = Biedt Moedig Tegenstand, formerly vv VIOS (H.) = Vooruitgang Is Ons Streven / SV Die Haghe / HSV Escamp)

Netherlands, province: South Holland

27 V 2019 / vv BMT (za) - vv RAS 1-1 - BMT win penalty shoot-out (3-1) / Haaglanden Voetbal Cup for level 8&9 clubs, semi-final 

Note: Sportpark Escamp II was inaugurated in 1955 to accommodate vv VIOS (H.); for nineteen years, they shared their ground with SV Die Haghe. In 2005, vv VIOS merged with vv Cromvliet en vv LENS to become HSV Escamp; for the first four years of the club's existence, Sportpark Escamp II remained in use. In 2009, HSV Escamp settled down at the far northern side of Sportpark Escamp I; vv BMT, the original users of Escamp I, went the opposite way, taking over Escamp II in October 2009.














All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Sunday 26 May 2019

BELGIUM: RUS Courcelloise

Rue Hamal, Courcelles (R Union Sportive Courcelloise)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

26 V 2019 / RUS Courcelloise - RFC Gilly 0-1 / Hainaut, Provincial League 2 - promotion play-off final (= BE level 7)

Note 1: as a result of their victory in the match I attended at Rue Hamal, RFC Gilly gained promotion to Hainaut's Provincial League 1.

Note 2: in January 2019, the covered stand at Rue Hamal was destroyed in a storm. Below, a compilation of photographs with and without this stand: pictures 1-5 = non-matchday visit, May 2018 / pictures 6-20 = match visit, May 2019.



















All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Saturday 25 May 2019

NETHERLANDS: RV&AV Sparta (B) (1961-1976) / Sparta Rotterdam (B) (1976-2000) / RV&AV Sparta (1976-2000) / RVV GLZ (?-2005) / RKSV Activitas (?-2008) / Real Parbo (1965-2014) / FC Maense (2005-) / RVV GLZ Delfshaven (2005-) / MSV De Betrokken Spartaan (2011-)

Sportpark Nieuw Vreelust, Rotterdam (FC Maense / RVV GLZ Delfshaven / MSV De Betrokken Spartaan, formerly Sparta - youth academy / RVV GLZ / RKSV Activitas / Real Parbo)

Netherlands, province: South Holland

25 V 2019 / RVV GLZ Delfshaven (za) - VFC (za) 1-7 / District West II, Saturday League 4E (= NL level 9)

Note 1: Sportpark Nieuw Vreelust was constructed in the early 1960s to give professional league club Sparta a youth academy close to its stadium, Het Kasteel. Eventually, the academy as well as Sparta's non-league branch were moved to a completely new ground, Nieuw Terbregge. Nieuw Vreelust, on the other hand, was taken over by several non-league clubs (some of them having already played on this location as groundsharers with Sparta).

Note 2: as a result of their comprehensive win in the last game of the regular season, VFC (za) crowned themselves champions of West II's Saturday League 4E. 
















All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author