Saturday, 11 April 2026

NETHERLANDS: SV Almen

Terrein Binnenweg, Almen (SV Almen)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

11 IV 2026 / SV Almen - vv Gorssel 1-2 / District East, Saturday League 5C (= NL level 10)

Timeline
  • 1926 / Foundation of a first football club in the village of Almen, hemmed in between Lochem and Zutphen in the Province of Guelders (Gelderland); the new club, which is non-confessional, is given the straightforward name vv Almen – joining the so-called Geldersche Voetbalbond (GVB), the Guelders sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, KNVB from 1929 onwards), organising league football in Guelders below the level of (Sunday) League 4. A pitch is laid out for the new club at Jennemeuje’s Gat, a location to the northwest of the village proper. For the 1926-27 season, vv Almen is placed in GVB (Sunday) Division 3, the bottom division of the GVB pyramid.
  • 1929 / After three seasons only, vv Almen withdraws its membership of the GVB.
  • 1933 / After four more languishing years, vv Almen folds, ceasing all activities, when its pitch, Jennemeuje’s Gat, has to make way for the Twentekanaal.
  • 1937 / vv Almen is re-established, with the rejoining the GVB league association (officially renamed Afdeling Gelderland following the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940). The club settles on a pitch, Terrein Onstein, at Asselerweg, just across the railway line leading to Harfsen.
  • ± 1948 / After an existence of little over ten years, vv Almen folds in 1948 or 1949.
  • 1952 / A new football club is founded in Almen, with the name Sportvereniging (SV) Almen being adopted. SV Almen settles on the former pitch of vv Almen, Terrein Onstein, at Asselerweg. The founding fathers of the club are members of the so-called Christelijke Jongemannenvereniging (CJMV), the local protestant (evangelical) men’s club – with the logical result being that SV Almen joins the Saturday division of the GVB rather than the Sunday pyramid, in which its two predecessors had featured. B.A. ten Have becomes the first chairman of SV Almen.
  • 1955 / Abandoning Terrein Onstein at Asselerweg, SV Almen settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Blauwe Dijk (Blauwedijk) at Van Wassenaerlaan.
  • 1959 / Clinching the title in GVB Saturday Division 1, SV Almen wins promotion to District East’s Saturday League 4 for the first time.
  • 1960 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Saturday League 4C, SV Almen drops back into the ranks of the GVB after just one season.
  • 1962 / Coached by Marten Jochemsen, a former professional league player at BV De Graafschap, SV Almen manages a return to Saturday League 4, winning promotion from GVB Saturday Division 1.
  • 1964 / Works get underway on the construction of a clubhouse for SV Almen on a new location at Binnenweg, on a plot of land purchased from a local smallholder, Teunis Busschloo.
  • 1965 / Moving away from Terrein Blauwe Dijk (Blauwedijk), SV Almen moves to the newly laid-out Terrein Binnenweg in August 1965. A gala match between ZVV AZC and DC&FC UD (4-3) is organised to mark the occasion. The new park consists of two pitches – with a third pitch, the so-called Hogeveld, being added later.
  • 1966 / Coached by Marten Jochemsen, SV Almen finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Saturday League 4C, thus descending into GVB Division 1 after four seasons. Also in 1966, an athletics branch is added to the set-up at SV Almen.
  • 1967 / Still coached by Marten Jochemsen, SV Almen manages an immediate return to Saturday League 4, winning promotion from GVB Saturday Division 1. Also in 1967, coach Jochemsen organises a gala match at Terrein Binnenweg between his former employer BV De Graafschap and a Zutphen XI with players of ZVV AZC and ZVV Be Quick, with all receipts of the match going to the P.W. Janssen Hospital in Deventer. As an extra attraction, former vv Heerenveen, SV De Enschede Boys, and Netherlands international striker Abe Lenstra, 46 years old at the time, is added to the Zutphen XI. Some 2,500 spectators attend the event, which is restaged the following year – with Lenstra being joined by two other former international players, Frans de Munck and Tonny van der Linden, on that occasion.
  • 1968 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Saturday League 4B with coach Marten Jochemsen, SV Almen once again faces relegation to GVB Division 1. Also in 1968, the two-year old athletics branch of SV Almen breaks away from the club by concluding a merger with ASV Eibergen.
  • 1973 / The clubhouse at Terrein Binnenweg is extended in a first renovation.
  • 1975 / SV Almen staves off relegation from GVB Saturday Division 1 to Division 2 by winning a tie-break match against SP Haarlo (3-0) attended by some 1,000 spectators.
  • 1978 / Finishing as joint runners-up in GVB Saturday Division 1 with SV DZC ’68, SV Almen defeats the club from Doetinchem in a tie-break match for an additional promotion ticket (1-0, goal by Jan Poesse). As such, the club manages a return to Saturday League 4 after an absence of ten years. The successful coach is Mr Messink.
  • 1983 / After renovation works which took the best part of two years, an almost completely rebuilt clubhouse is inaugurated at Terrein Binnenweg.
  • 1988 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Saturday League 4C, SV Almen drops back into GVB Saturday Division 1 after ten years, alongside the club in second-last place, CVV Achilles.
  • 1996 / SV Almen wins promotion from GVB Saturday Division 1 – however, due to a Zaterdag Hoofdklasse being created as the new top tier of the Saturday pyramid, the club is placed not in Saturday League 4, but in Saturday League 3 for the first time in club history.
  • 1997 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Saturday League 3D, SV Almen descends into Saturday League 4 alongside the club in second-last place, BZSV De Blauwwitters.
  • 1999 / SV Almen finishes as runner-up in District East’s Saturday League 4E, 3 points behind champions SV Sportlust Glanerbrug.
  • 2007 / Champions in District East’s Saturday League 4F, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SVDW ’75, SV Almen wins promotion to Saturday League 3. The successful coach is Toon Hillebrand.
  • 2008 / In the best season in club history, SV Almen finishes in sixth place in District East’s Saturday League 3D.
  • 2009 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Saturday League 3D with coach Herman van Zeijts, SV Almen drops back into Saturday League 4 after two years, alongside bottom club vv Sportclub Eefde. 
  • 2012 / Finishing in fourth place in District East’s Saturday League 4D, SV Almen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by vv Ede-Victoria (6-3 aggr.). Also in 2012, a new set of dressing rooms is inaugurated at Terrein Binnenweg.
  • 2013 / Finishing in fifth place in District East’s Saturday League 4E, SV Almen qualifies for the play-off final, in which the club has to leave the promotion ticket to SVV ’56 (10-4 aggr.).
  • 2023 / Finishing in eleventh place in District East’s Saturday League 4H with coach Wilco Laconi, SV Almen is retrograded to the newly created Saturday League 5, along with vv HSC ’21 (za), vv Terborg, FC Winterswijk (za), and bottom club EGVV.
Note – Important parts of the information provided above have been derived from two publications about club history; First, there is a booklet without a title, written by Ab Reurslag on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of SV Almen in 1992. Ten years later, the club published another booklet, “SV Almen 1952-2002. 50 jaar beweging in beeld”, with historic photographs, detailing fifty years of club history. Thanks to SV Almen’s chairman Bert Wentink for putting copies of these two publications at my disposal.















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Thursday, 9 April 2026

BELGIUM: JS du Thier (1972-2003) / JS du Thier-à-Liège (2003-)

Terrain de la Rue du Plope, Liège = Luik Thier-à-Liège (JS du Thier-à-Liège, formerly JS du Thier)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

9 IV 2026 / JS du Thier-à-Liège - R Jeunesse Magnétoise B 0-2 / Liège, Provincial League 4C (= BE level 9)

Timeline
  • 1946 / Foundation of a recreational football club in Thier-à-Liège, which takes on the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) du Thier – being admitted as a member club of the Royale Ligue Belge de Football Amateur (RLBFA) under registration number 432. The founding father and first chairman is René Lamer. The club settles on a pitch in Rocourt, a northern suburb of Liège.
  • 1969 / Moving away from its pitch in Rocourt, JS Thier settles at Rue des Glacis in the Pierreuse neighbourhood in Liège proper.
  • 1972 / Moving away from Rue des Glacis in Pierreuse - later taken over by JS Pierreuse - JS Thier settles on its current pitch at Rue du Plope.
  • 1986 / JS du Thier changes its name to become Sporting Club (SC) du Thier.
  • 1987 / After an existence of eighteen seasons as a recreational club, SC du Thier now joins the official Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) under its original name, JS du Thier, acquiring membership under registration number 9075. The new club starts its existence in Liège’s Provincial League 4. The club’s achievements in the following twenty odd years are unknown.
  • 1989 / Foundation of a new football club in Vottem, another town in the vicinity of Liège; the new club takes on the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Vottemoise, acquiring membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 9150; JS Vottemoise, a refoundation of FC Lanaye (number 9076, founded in 1982), which had ceased its activities in 1987, settled on a pitch situated at Rue des Champs in Vottem.
  • 1994 / As JS Vottemoise is constrained to abandon its pitch at Rue des Champs due to its bad state, the club, led by Fifo Ricca, settles at Boulevard Ernest Solvay in Thier-à-Liège, changing its name to become FC Thier-à-Liège. 
  • 2003 / A merger is concluded between JS du Thier and FC Thier-Liège, both playing in Liège's Provincial League 2 at the time, resulting in the foundation of JS du Thier-à-Liège, which retains registration number 9075 of JS du Thier – with first team football moving to Rue du Plope, the ground of the last-mentioned club. The pitch at Rue Ernest Solvay is abandoned, with the clubhouse being knocked down in 2003 or early 2004.
  • 2009 / Finishing in second-last place in Liège’s Provincial League 3B, JS Thier-à-Liège descends into Provincial League 4 alongside R Juprelle Union and bottom club Union Roclenge-Wonck.
  • 2011 / Finishing in third place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by RUSJ Wandruzienne (2-2 & penalty shoot-out).
  • 2012 / Finishing in fourth place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by SFC Saive (1-1 & penalty shoot-out).
  • 2013 / Finishing in fifth place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club suffers elimination in R1 at the hands of Union Roclenge-Wonck (4-3).
  • 2014 / Replacing the old clubhouse behind the goal at the western end of the pitch at Rue du Plope, a new two-storey construction is inaugurated alongside the northern touchline of the ground. 
  • 2017 / Finishing in third place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club has the better of R Jeunesse Haccourtoise in R1 (2-1), only to bow out in R2 against AS Hermalienne (1-3).
  • 2018 / Runner-up in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, 3 points behind champions R Harzé FC, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by R Fraiture FC (1-2).
  • 2024 / Runner-up in Liège’s Provincial League 4E, 12 points behind runaway champions CFC Pontisse Herstal, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club suffers defeat at the hands of CS Juprelle B in R1 (2-3).
  • 2025 / Finishing in third place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, JS Thier-à-Liège qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by JS Hognouloise (3-5).
Note - Heartfelt thanks to Michael Furlotti, board member of JS Thier-à-Liège (and former player at JS Vottemoise & FC Thier-à-Liège), for providing important parts of information for the article above.





















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BELGIUM: FC Juventus de Herstal (1978-2000) / FC Juventus-Herstal (2000-2002) / FC Ellas Liège (2000-2017) / FC Cœurs d'Or (±2009-2012) / Ellas Herstal (2017-2019) / Ellas Herstal (B) (2019-) / FC Vétérans Liégeois (2023-2024)

Terrain de la Rue Croix Jouette, Vottem (B pitch of Ellas Herstal, formerly FC Juventus de Herstal / FC Juventus-Herstal / FC Ellas Liège / FC Cœurs d'Or / Ellas Herstal) 

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

April 2026 / no match visited

Timeline
  • 19?? / It is unclear when the football pitch at Rue Croix Jouette and the adjacent pitch at Rue des Mésanges in Vottem were laid out. It is clear that, apart from the clubs mentioned below, the pitch at Rue Croix Jouette was used by many more recreational football teams, including Pompiers Herstal and AC Herstal.
  • 1978 / A recreational football club sees the daylight in Vottem. The club is given the name FC Juventus de Herstal, which joins recreational league ALFA (Association Liégeoise du Football Amateur). It is not certain if the club played at Rue Croix Jouette from the outset.
  • 2000 / After 22 years in the ranks of ALFA, FC Juventus Herstal now makes the leap to the official Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) under the slightly adapted name FC Juventus-Herstal and registration number 9370; the club is placed in the bottom division of Liège’s Provincial leagues, i.e. Provincial League 4. Meanwhile, also in 2000, a new club sees the daylight, FC Ellas Liège, which joins the Belgian FA under registration number 9379, settling at Rue Croix Jouette in Vottem as groundsharers of FC Juventus-Herstal – and also starting its existence in Provincial League 4.
  • 2002 / After two seasons in Provincial League 4, FC Juventus-Herstal is absorbed into a merger with RUS Wandruzienne, which changes its name to become RUS Jeunesse (RUSJ) Wandruzienne and maintaining its own registration number 2887; with all activities moving to Wandruzienne’s Terrain du Pont de Wandre, the ground at Rue Croix Jouette is left to FC Ellas Liège alongside – probably – several recreational teams.
  • ± 2009 / FC Ellas Liège is joined at Rue Croix Jouette by a new recreational club, FC Cœurs d'Or, which joins the ALFA league association.
  • 2012 / Usually finding itself in the lower reaches of Liège’s Provincial League 4, FC Ellas Liège has a terrible season even by its own standards, finishing bottom of the table in Provincial League 4B with just 4 points (from four draws) and a goal difference of -60. Also in or around 2012, FC Cœurs d'Or ceased its activities after an existence of some three years.
  • 2017 / FC Ellas Liège changes its name to become Ellas Herstal.
  • 2018 / Finishing in seventh place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, Ellas Herstal qualifies fort he promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by R Fraiture FC (1-1 & penalty shoot-out). Surprisingly, given this relative success in the shape of qualification for the play-offs, Ellas Herstal withdraws from first team football for the 2018-19 season.
  • 2019 / As FC Montemauro, who had played its football on the adjacent pitch (entrance at Rue des Mésanges) in Vottem since its foundation in 1973, moves away to groundshare with MS Herstal Milmort at Rue de l'Escousset, the former ground of the historic R Milmort FC, Ellas Herstal takes over Montemauro’s clubhouse and pitch, moving first team football to this location. The pitch at Rue Croix Jouette has remained in use for training purposes until the present day.
  • 2023 / ALFA club FC Vétérans Liégeois settles on the pitch at Rue Croix Jouette in January 2023.
  • 2024 / After one year and a half at Rue Croix Jouette, FC Vétérans Liégeois moves away to the synthetic side-pitch of Terrein Elderenweg in Millen.









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Monday, 6 April 2026

NETHERLANDS: SV TVO

Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof, Beckum (SV TVO)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

6 IV 2026 / SV TVO - vv Erix 5-2 / District East, Sunday League 4B (= NL level 9)

Timeline
  • 1933 / Foundation of a football club in Beckum, which takes on the name Roomsch-Katholieke Sportvereeniging (RKSV) ‘Tot Vriendschap Opgericht’ (TVO), with co-founder G.H. van der Zwaan being chosen as the club’s first chairman. Until that time, boys from Beckum had had to join clubs from other villages nearby, notably HAC in Haaksbergen (the current vv HSC ’21), to play football. Following its foundation in 1933, RKSV TVO joins the RKUVB (Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond), one of the sub-branches of the Roman Catholic Football Federation (RKF). It is unclear where RKSV TVO played its home matches in the first four years of its existence – what is clear, though, is that the pitch was blessed by the village priest, Fr Osse, prior to the club’s first home match against RKVV Blauw-Wit Reserves
  • 1937 / Moving away from its first pitch after four years, RKSV TVO settles on the newly laid-out Terrein Geurdsweg, located at the crossroads with Deldenerdijk – and therefore usually referred to locally as Veld Deldenerdijk.
  • 1940 / Having spent the first seven years of its existence in the RKF (RKUVB), RKSV TVO is now constrained to make the step to the official Netherlands’ FA (renamed NVB following the German oppression of the Netherlands, abandoning the royal epithet ‘koninklijk’ for obvious reasons) as all other football associations are abolished by German occupation authorities – taking its place in the NVB sub-branch in Eastern Overijssel, the so-called TVB (Twentse Voetbalbond), alternatively referred to as Afdeling Twente.
  • 1944 or 1945 / RKSV TVO absorbs the local netball and walking clubs.
  • 1949 / The netball branch of RKSV TVO is replaced by a branch for handball. 
  • 1955 / Winning promotion from the ranks of the TVB for the first time, RKSV TVO wins promotion to District East’s Sunday League 4 for the first time. 
  • 1957 / Finishing in joint last place in District East’s Sunday League 4B with SV Hector, RKSV TVO manages to defeat the club from Goor in a tie-break match, thus avoiding relegation.
  • 1959 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4B, RKSV TVO drops back into TVB Sunday Division 1 after four years.
  • 1963 / Finishing in second-last place in TVB Sunday Division 1A, RKSV TVO descends into TVB Sunday Division 2 alongside bottom club vv Dolphia. It should be pointed out that, at some point in the 1960s, the prefix RKSV was dropped officiously, with the club being referred to simply as SV TVO in all sources from that time onwards.
  • 1969 / The village priest in Beckum, the markedly progressive Fr Geertman, doubling as TVO’s spiritual advisor, proposes the idea of turning part of his church into a sports facility. When this proposal proves infeasible, ideas turn to laying out a sports ground at the back of the church, in the rectory garden.
  • 1970 / Runner-up in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 3 points behind champions VVDL, SV TVO wins promotion to TVB Sunday Division 1. Also in 1970, works get underway on the new ground for SV TVO at the back of the church, with the main pitch being ready for use in November of that year; due to no further facilities being available in situ, though, the club finishes the 1970-71 season at Terrein Geurdsweg.
  • 1971 / Finishing bottom of the table in TVB Sunday Division 1A, SV TVO drops back into Division 2 of the said league system after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, vv Geel-Zwart. Also in 1971, although not all building works have been completed, Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof is taken in use, with first team football moving to the new location behind the local church. Initially, the entrance is situated at Appelhof. The pitch at Geurdsweg, the club’s home since 1937, remains in use for lower team football and training sessions.
  • 1973 / Runner-up in TVB Sunday Division 2A, 4 points behind champions RKSV Bornerbroek, SV TVO wins promotion to Division 1 of the said league system. Also in 1973, with the completion of a set of dressing rooms near the entrance gate at Appelhof, Sportpark De Kruudnhof is officially inaugurated.
  • 1976 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv UDI, SV TVO manages a return to Sunday League 4 after an absence of seventeen years.
  • 1977 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4C, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv Gendringen, SV TVO wins back-to-back promotions, acceding to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history.
  • 1978 / In the best season in club history, SV TVO manages a sixth place in District East’s Sunday League 3A.
  • 1979 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, SV TVO drops back into Sunday League 4 along with the club in second-last place, RKSV VOGIDO. Also in 1979, in the second phase of the development of a sports ground at the back of the church in Beckum, a sports hall and a clubhouse for SV TVO are added to the set-up – with the inauguration of the former leading to the foundation of a volleyball branch under the aegis of SV TVO. The indoor hall is named Sportzaal ‘t Geertman in honour of initiator Fr Geertman. With the inauguration of the new clubhouse, the entrance of Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof is moved from Appelhof to Beckumerkerkweg. 
  • 1980 / (RK)SV TVO is officially recreated as an omni-sport club – thereby only confirming a situation which had already been in practice since the mid-1940s.
  • 1984 / SV TVO finishes as runner-up in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 2 points behind champions EV&AC De Tubanters.
  • 1985 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4A, 7 points ahead of closest followers vv Rood Zwart, SV TVO wins promotion to Sunday League 3. The successful coach is Wim Wormgoor.
  • 1986 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, SV TVO drops back into Sunday League 4 after just one season, alongside the club in second-last place, vv Haaksbergen.
  • 1987 / Probably coinciding with the inauguration of a third pitch at Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof, SV TVO abandons its training ground, Terrein Geurdsweg, which had been in use since 1937.
  • 1988 / The clubhouse at Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof is renovated and extended.
  • 1990 / Finishing bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 4B, SV TVO descends into TVB Sunday Division 1, along with BVV Borne, the club in second-last place.
  • 1991 / Champions in TVB Sunday Division 1A, 2 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Bonifatius Boys, SV TVO manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4.
  • 1992 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, SV TVO drops back into TVB Sunday Division 1 – renamed Sunday League 5 in 1996 – after just one season, along with bottom club vv UDI.
  • 2000 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5B, 9 points ahead of closest followers vv Ruurlo, SV TVO wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Wim te Nijenhuis.
  • 2002 / Coached by Wim te Nijenhuis, SV TVO finishes in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4B, thus descending into Sunday League 5, along with bottom club Tilligte SV.
  • 2003 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5B, 4 points ahead of closest rivals SC Barbaros, SV TVO manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4. The successful coach (still) is Wim te Nijenhuis.
  • 2004 / Finishing in second-last place in District East’s Sunday League 4A, SV TVO drops back into Sunday League 5 after just one season, alongside bottom club FC Het Centrum. Following the 2003-04 season, coach Wim te Nijenhuis leaves the club after five tumultuous years.
  • 2007 / A covered stand is added to the set-up at Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof. 
  • 2012 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5B, 9 points ahead of closest followers vv VIOS-B, SV TVO wins promotion to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Thijs Vaanholt.
  • 2013 / Finishing in eleventh place in District East’s Sunday League 4C, SV TVO goes on to save its skin at that level in a promotion-relegation play-off against vv Erix (3-2 aggr. A.E.T.).
  • 2014 / The clubhouse at Sportcomplex De Kruudnhof is further extended with an extra set of dressing rooms and a new boardroom. 
  • 2015 / Finishing in eleventh place in District East’s Sunday League 4B with coach Leo ter Haar, SV TVO proves unable to stave off relegation, suffering a crushing defeat against vv Buurse in a promotion-relegation play-off (5-1 aggr.) – and thus descending into Sunday League 5 along with direct drop-outs SV Wilhelminaschool and TVV.
  • 2016 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 5, 8 points ahead of closest followers vv Rietmolen, SV TVO manages an immediate return to Sunday League 4. The successful coach is Danny Ottink.
  • 2017 / SV TVO concludes an agreement with local rivals vv Hoeve Vooruit, with some of the two clubs’ youth teams being merged into one.
  • 2019 / Champions in District East’s Sunday League 4B, 2 points ahead of closest rivals vv UDI, SV TVO wins promotion to Sunday League 3, heralding a return to that level after an absence of 33 years. The successful coach is Danny Ottink.
  • 2023 / Coached by Gijs Noltes, SV TVO finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 3A, thus descending into Sunday League 4 alongside AVC Luctor et Emergo and VC Fleringen. Also in 2023, six years after the first partnership between the two clubs, SV TVO and vv Hoeve Vooruit merge their youth academies under the name SJO (Samenwerkende Jeugdopleidingen) ZWO ’23 (Zwart Wit Oranje 2023).















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