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LATEST UPDATE - ERPION-LACS DE L'EAU D'HEURE (B) & JS ERPION (B) / STADE MICHEL & ANNE-MARIE ALGOET TERR. 1, ERPION (BELGIUM)

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

BELGIUM: EC Erpion (1968-2015) / Erpion-Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure (2015-2019) / Erpion-Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure (B) (2019-) / JS Erpion (B) (2022-)

Stade Michel & Anne-Marie Algoet terr. 1, Erpion (B pitch of Erpion-Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure & JS Erpion, formerly EC Erpion & A pitch of Erpion-Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

6 VIII 2026 / Erpion-Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure B - JS Solrézienne 4-2 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1967 / Foundation of a football club in Erpion, a tiny village in the Province of Hainaut halfway between Beaumont, Froidchapelle, and Walcourt. The new club takes on the name Espoir Club (EC) Erpion, with Alfonse François taking on the role of chairman. Acquiring membership of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) under registration number 7081 in June 1967, the club settles on a pitch laid out on a plot of farmland alongside Rue de Froidchapelle, to the south of the village. In the 1967-68 season, EC Erpion does not take part with a first team in Hainaut’s regular provincial divisions yet.
• 1968 / Moving away from its pitch at Rue de Froidchapelle, EC Erpion moves to a newly laid-out pitch in the heart of the village, at the back of the farmstead of Michel Algoet and his wife Anne-Marie at Rue du Général Galet – the current Ruelle Catton leading to the ground not yet existing at the time. The ground does not dispose of a clubhouse yet, with the players being allowed to use Algoet’s stables as dressing rooms. In the summer of 1968, one year after its foundation, EC Erpion enters a first team in Hainaut’s bottom division, Provincial League 3, for the first time.
• 1970 / Finishing in twelfth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3E, EC Erpion is placed in the newly created bottom division of Hainaut’s provincial league system, Provincial League 4. 
• 1992 / Having featured in the lower reaches of Hainaut’s Provincial League 4 for the best part of the past two decades, EC Erpion now manages a respectable second place in Provincial League 4G, with an equal number of points as JS Solrézienne, 6 points behind champions – and derby rivals – JS Froidchapelloise.
• 1993 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4G, 1 point ahead of closest rivals Roux Sport, EC Erpion wins promotion to Provincial League 3. Also in 1993, a clubhouse is erected alongside the northern touchline of the pitch at Ruelle Catton.
• 1998 / EC Erpion manages a runner-up finish in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3E, 4 points behind champions R Gosselies Sports. 
• 2000 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3E, 7 points ahead of closest followers US Solrézienne, EC Erpion wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 2007 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, EC Erpion drops back into Provincial League 3 after seven years, alongside the club in second-last place, RRFC Gozéen.
• 2009 / EC Erpion finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 3 points behind champions R Baileux Sport. 
• 2010 / EC Erpion finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 1 point behind champions RFC Farciennes. Also in or around 2010, a second pitch is added to the set-up at Erpion’s ground at Ruelle Catton. This second pitch is situated to the east of the main pitch.
• 2011 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, EC Erpion qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 in a crazy away match against RES Frasnoise (7-6).
• 2012 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 8 points ahead of closest followers Trazegnies Sports, EC Erpion manages a return to Provincial League 2 after five years.
• 2015 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, EC Erpion descends into Provincial League 3 along with bottom club R Baileux Sport. Following the 2014-15 season, in an attempt to broaden its appeal to the wider region, the board of EC Erpion decides to rename the club Erpion-Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure (sometimes abbreviated as ELLEH) – named after the artificial lakes to the east of the village, a popular tourist destination.
• 2016 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 13 points behind runaway champions RJS Thudinienne, Erpion-Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club eases past ES Mominoise in R1 (5-1), going on to defeat RFC Nalinnois in the final (0-2). As such, the club wins promotion to Provincial League 2. 
• 2018 / Erpion-Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure finishes in second place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 9 points behind champions SC Montignies, but misses out on the promotion play-offs. 
• 2019 / Works are completed on a synthetic pitch at Ruelle Catton in Erpion, on a location partly overlapping the old second pitch of the ground – but situated slightly to the south of the original layout. On the occasion of the inauguration of this new 3G and its small covered stand, the ground as a whole is renamed Stade Michel & Anne-Marie Algoet in recognition of the farming couple, who had put part of their farmland at the club’s disposal in 1968. From the 2019-20 season, first team football is moved to this new Terrain 2 – as well as most lower team matches.  
• 2022 / Foundation of a second football club in Erpion, Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Erpion, which acquires membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 9779. The new entity is created under the wings of Erpion-Lacs de l’Eau d’Heure to allow more senior players to engage in first team football. JS Erpion’s first team is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4, playing its home matches on the synthetic pitch, Terrain 2.

Note - Below, a compilation of photos of three different visits: pictures 1-4 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 5-20 = match visit, August 2026 / picture 21 = non-matchday visit, March 2026.

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

BELGIUM: RJS Haccourtoise (1979-2026)

Complexe Sportif Joseph Stainier, Haccourt (formerly RJS Haccourtoise)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

August 2026 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1927 / Foundation of a football club in Haccourt, a village to the north of the city of Liège in the eponymous province, close to the border with the Netherlands; the new club takes on the name Haccourt FC, acquiring membership of the Belgian FA (URBSFA / KBVB) with registration number 997. It is unclear where the pitch of this club was situated.
• 1933 / After six years, Haccourt FC folds, with registration number 997 being struck from the Belgian FA’s membership list. In the following years, two new local clubs see the daylight, the socialist-oriented Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Hallembaye-Haccourt and the Roman Catholics of Cercle Sportif (CS) Haccourt, with neither of those applying for membership of the Belgian FA.
• 1941 / CS Haccourt and JS Hallembaye-Haccourt both apply for membership of the Belgian FA in June 1941, but the secretary of the Provincial Committee of Liège, José Crahay, suggests that the two clubs merge to form one. 
• 1942 / Following the suggestion of Mr Crahay, CS Haccourt and JS Hallembaye conclude a merger, Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Haccourtoise, which is admitted into the Belgian FA in January 1942 with registration number 3161; the local doctor, Mr Philippet, becomes the new club's first chairman. The chosen club colours are red and black; the red representing the socialist element and black being the colour of the cassock of the local village priest and promotor of CS Haccourt, Abbé Vrancken. The early history of the club is particularly badly documented, with sources presenting a conflicting chronology of grounds in the period 1942-63; the addresses mentioned are: 1. Rue de Lixhe / Terrain M. Colleye, 2. Rue Michel / Terrain de la Maladrie or Maladrerie ('Chez Hosay'), 3. Rue de Liège, near 'Quatre Chemins, 4. Au Thier, 5. Rue Riga. 
• 1963 / On December 29th, 1963, the new pitch of the club at Rue de Loën is inaugurated. The stay at this location cannot have lasted longer than a couple of years, with the club moving on to a second spell at Rue Riga and then a second spell at Rue Michel, which commenced in 1968 at its latest. All the while, the pitch at Rue de Loën remained in use for lower team football and training sessions.
• 1967 / Plans for a new municipal sports facility in Haccourt are presented to the local council by the alderman for sports affairs, former Haccourt mayor Joseph Stainier. 
• 1973 / Following a long spell in Liège's Provincial League 2, JS Haccourtoise descends into Provincial League 3.
• 1975 / JS Haccourtoise manages a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of two seasons.
• 1979 / Moving away from its pitch at Rue Michel, JS Haccourtoise settles on the newly laid-out municipal sports facility, the so-called Complexe Sportif Joseph Stainier, named after its spiritual father, where it has two pitches at its disposal. The main pitch is surrounded by an athletics track, used by the local track & field club.
• 1984 / Clinching the title in Liège's Provincial League 2 ahead of closest rivals R Dolhain FC and RUS Cheratte, JS Haccourtoise wins promotion to Liège’s Provincial League 1 for the first and only time in its history.
• 1985 / Unable to cope with the level of play in the top division of the provincial pyramid in Liège, JS Haccourtoise drops back into Provincial League 2 after one season only.
• 1992 / Upon the club’s fiftieth anniversary, JS Haccourtoise acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royale Jeunesse Sportive (RJS) Haccourtoise.
• 1996 / With no previous achievements of the club in the years after 1985 being at our disposal, RJS Haccourtoise now has a strong 1995-96 season in Liège’s Provincial League 2B, finishing in fourth place. 
• 1999 / RJS Haccourtoise suffers relegation from Liège’s Provincial League 2 into Provincial League 3.
• 2001 / Finishing bottom of the table in Liège’s Provincial League 3B, RJS Haccourtoise descends into Provincial League 4 along with the club in second-last place, RUS Montagnarde. The club managed a return to Provincial League 3 sometime between 2002 and 2008.
• 2013 / Finishing in fourth place in Liège’s Provincial League 3C, RJS Haccourtoise qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by R Standard FC Andrimont (4-0).
• 2014 / Finishing in third-last place in Liège’s Provincial League 3C, RJS Haccourtoise goes on to suffer defeat in the relegation play-off semi against RFC Croatia Wandre (4-3), resulting in the club dropping back into Provincial League 4 alongside R Avenir Fouron FC and RAF Franchimontois B.
• 2016 / Runner-up in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, 5 points behind champions MCS Liège, RJS Haccourtoise qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out AS Hermalienne in R1 (2-1), only to suffer defeat in R2 against R Avenir Fouron FC (1-4).
• 2017 / Finishing in fourth place in Liège’s Provincial League 4B, RJS Haccourtoise qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against JS Thier-à-Liège (2-1).
• 2019 / Runner-up in Liège’s Provincial League 4D, 2 points behind champions R Elan Dalhem, RJS Haccourtoise goes on to win the subsequent round of promotion play-offs, crowned with a 2-0 away win at CS Juprelle in the final. As such, Haccourt manages a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of five years. Also in 2019, the athletics track surrounding the main pitch of the Complexe Sportif Joseph Stainier is renamed in honour of Belgian Olympic runner Émile Leva; Stade Émile Leva.
• 2022 / Finishing bottom of the table in Liège’s Provincial League 3C, RJS Haccourtoise drops back into Provincial League 4, along with the club in second-last place, R Elan Dalhem.
• 2026 / Runaway champions in Liège’s Provincial League 4D, 10 points ahead of closest followers FC Jeunesse Houssoise, RJS Haccourtoise manages a return to Provincial League 3. That summer, at the behest of Oupeye’s municipal authorities, the club has to abandon the Complexe Sportive Joseph Stainier, moving into a groundshare with R Oupeye FC at the Stade du Fair-Play.

Note 1 - Important parts of information in the chronology above have been derived from a publication of Haccourt's local heritage society, 'Il y a 85 ans, la JS Haccourtoise voyait le jour' (2026). Thanks to René Facciolo for bringing this booklet to my attention.

Note 2 - Below, a compilation of photos of two different non-matchday visits: picture 1 = May 2025 / pictures 2-9 = August 2026.

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

BELGIUM: FC Rumois (1973-1996) / FC Rumes-La Glanerie (1996-)

Stade Jules Vanderhaegen, Rumes (FC Rumes-La Glanerie, formerly FC Rumois)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

4 VIII 2026 / FC Rumes-La Glanerie - FC Béclers 2-3 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1968 / Foundation of a recreational football club in La Glanerie, a hamlet to the south of Tournay (Tournai, Doornik), right on the Belgian border with France, with the new club taking on the name FC La Glanerie. A pitch is laid out at Rue des Combattants on a plot of land put at the club’s disposal by a local smallholder, Jules Bodart – with the ground henceforth bearing the name Stade Jules Bodart as a result. Not joining the Belgian FA (URBSFA / KBVB), FC La Glanerie successfully applies for membership of the so-called Entente Terrienne, a recreational league of clubs from the wider Tournay and Ath region.
• 1973 / After five years in the Entente Terrienne, FC La Glanerie takes the leap to the official Belgian FA, acquiring membership under registration number 7998; for the 1973-74 season, the club is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A. Meanwhile, in the adjacent village of Rumes, a new club sees the daylight, FC Rumois, with Bernard Bachy and Jean-Michel Graveline being the founding fathers. Guy Montois becomes the new club’s first chairman. For the 1973-74 season, FC Rumois joins the Entente Terrienne. A pitch is laid out for FC Rumois at Rue des Déportés, on a plot land put at the club’s disposal by a local smallholder, Jules Vanderhaegen – with the ground henceforth bearing the name Stade Jules Vanderhaegen. A makeshift clubhouse and dressing rooms are erected in wood. Quirkily, the grounds of FC La Glanerie and the newly founded FC Rumois are situated at a distance of no more than 500 metres and on the same road.
• 1974 / After one season in the Entente Terrienne, FC Rumois follows FC La Glanerie into the Belgian FA, acquiring membership with registration number 8125 and being placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4, where it meets its (new) derby rivals.
• 1975 / A new clubhouse in stone is erected at the Stade Jules Vanderhaegen in Rumes – the construction still in use today.
• 1981 / In the best season in club history, otherwise marked by a noticeable lack of success, FC La Glanerie finishes in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A behind champions SC Néchin and runner-up FC Résidence Lamain.
• 1983 / FC Rumois finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 5 points behind champions FC Hollain.
• 1987 / FC Rumois finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, 1 point behind champions RUS Leuzoise.
• 1994 / FC Rumois and FC La Glanerie are both in contention for the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, with the former eventually finishing as runner-up, 1 point behind champions OC Warcoing, and FC La Glanerie having to settle for third place, 1 point behind their derby rivals – thereby equalling the best result in club history from 1981 – FC Rumois goes on to win promotion to Provincial League 3 directly, due to extra promotion places being available.
• 1996 / In their last seasons as independent clubs, FC Rumois and FC La Glanerie finish in a fourteenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A and a fifteenth place in Provincial League 4A respectively. Following the 1995-96 season, a merger is concluded between the two, resulting in the foundation of FC Rumes-La Glanerie, which retains the registration number of FC Rumois, 8125; number 7998 of FC La Glanerie is struck from the Belgian FA’s official lists. All activities move to Stade Jules Vanderhaegen in Rumes, with Stade Jules Bodart in La Glanerie being abandoned – and turned into a plot of farmland again in subsequent years. For the 1996-97, FC Rumes-La Glanerie takes the place of FC Rumois in Provincial League 3.
• 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, FC Rumes-La Glanerie descends into Provincial League 4 alongside FC Etoile d’Ère.
• 2003 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 6 points ahead of runner-up FC Molenbaix, FC Rumes-La Glanerie manages a return to Provincial League 3 after a four-year absence.
• 2009 / Finishing in joint fourteenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A with RA Leuze-Lignette, FC Rumes-La Glanerie goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match against the club from Pipaix, thus descending into Provincial League 4 alongside bottom club JES Velaines.
• 2019 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, 16 points behind runaway champions FC Ellezellois, FC Rumes-La Glanerie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club suffers defeat in R1 against CS Lensois (3-1).
• 2020 / In the 2019-20 season, cut short due to the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, FC Rumes-La Glanerie finds itself in second place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 4 points behind Entente Velaines Enclusienne; on that basis, Velaines wins promotion, with Rumes being unable to capitalise on its ranking to attempt to reach Provincial League 3 via the play-offs.
• 2022 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B along with RA Leuze-Lignette, 3 points behind champions RFC Hérinnes, FC Rumes-La Glanerie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out ES Mominoise in R1 (4-1), bowing out in R2 against RLC Givry (0-2).
• 2023 / Finishing in fifth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, FC Rumes-La Glanerie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club successively eliminates RACS Couillet (2-3) and RUS Flobecquoise (0-3) in the first two rounds, going on to suffer defeat in R3 against RFC Baulet (2-3). Due to an extra promotion place being at stake, Rumes gets a second go in a lucky loser play-off, but without success – bowing out in the semis against Carolo Football Charleroi (1-4).
• 2024 / Finishing in joint first place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A with FC Saint-Jean Tournai, FC Rumes-La Glanerie goes on to defeat the club from Orcq in a tie-break match for the title (4-1). As such, promotion to Provincial League 3 is achieved.
• 2025 / Finishing in fifth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, FC Rumes-La Glanerie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is defeated in R1 by RFCE Maurage (2-4).
• 2026 / Finishing in fourth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A – incidentally the best result in club history – FC Rumes-La Glanerie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against RFC Thulin (1-0).

Note 1 – Thanks to FC Rumois co-founder Bernard Bachy for providing essential parts of information included in the article above.

Note 2 – Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-7 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 8-29 = match visit, August 2026.

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