Stadion De Galgenwaard, Utrecht (FC Utrecht)
Netherlands, province: Utrecht
29 XI 2009 / FC Utrecht - NAC Breda 3-1 / Netherlands, League 1
Simply photos of matchday and stadium visits, mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands, occasionally in Britain or farther afield. Additionally, some historical information about grounds and clubs is provided. Others call it 'groundhopping', whereas I prefer 'football tourism'... but things have run slightly out of control: therefore, this is Extreme Football Tourism.
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Sunday, 22 November 2009
NETHERLANDS: Quick 1888
Sportpark De Dennen, Nijmegen (Quick 1888)
Netherlands. province: Guelders = Gelderland
22 XI 2009 / Quick 1888 - SV Hatert 3-1 / Sunday League 2I (= NL level 5)
Note: Quick 1888 (founded in 1888 as NC&FC Gelria but renamed Quick that same year) have played at their current ground since 1960. In 2012, extensive renovations were carried out, in which all terracing was removed. Below, a compilation of photos of two visits: pictures 1-19 = match visit, November 2009 (pre-renovation works) / pictures 20-29 = non-matchday visit, July 2018. The 2009 matchday photos have been re-edited by Anneke te Boekhorst.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker (edit by J.C. te Boekhorst) / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Netherlands. province: Guelders = Gelderland
22 XI 2009 / Quick 1888 - SV Hatert 3-1 / Sunday League 2I (= NL level 5)
Note: Quick 1888 (founded in 1888 as NC&FC Gelria but renamed Quick that same year) have played at their current ground since 1960. In 2012, extensive renovations were carried out, in which all terracing was removed. Below, a compilation of photos of two visits: pictures 1-19 = match visit, November 2009 (pre-renovation works) / pictures 20-29 = non-matchday visit, July 2018. The 2009 matchday photos have been re-edited by Anneke te Boekhorst.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
BELGIUM: R Union Saint-Gilloise (1918-2016, 2018-) / R Union Saint-Gilloise (B) (2016-2018)
Joseph Marien, Brussels Vorst = Forest (R Union Saint-Gilloise)
Belgium, Brussels Capital Area
15 XI 2009 / Union Saint-Gilloise - FC Bleid 1-2 / League 3B (= BE level 3)
4 IX 2017 / Union Saint-Gilloise U21 - FC Seraing U21 0-1 / Pro League U21 Cup R1
Note 1: as the number of available seats in the Joseph Marien Stadium did not meet new Pro League regulations, Union was forced to play its first team football somewhere else upon gaining promotion to the newly created League 1B (2016); the choice fell on Belgium's national stadium at Heysel/Heizel, the Koning Boudewijnstadion (2016-2018). In the fall of 2017, works started on new stands behind each of the goals at Joseph Marien, which were finally inaugurated on Union's glorious return to their home ground in August 2018.
Note 2: the photos below were taken on two different match visits, the first one being in 2009 (photos 19-26) and the second in 2017 (photos 1-18 & 27-43).
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, Brussels Capital Area
15 XI 2009 / Union Saint-Gilloise - FC Bleid 1-2 / League 3B (= BE level 3)
4 IX 2017 / Union Saint-Gilloise U21 - FC Seraing U21 0-1 / Pro League U21 Cup R1
Note 1: as the number of available seats in the Joseph Marien Stadium did not meet new Pro League regulations, Union was forced to play its first team football somewhere else upon gaining promotion to the newly created League 1B (2016); the choice fell on Belgium's national stadium at Heysel/Heizel, the Koning Boudewijnstadion (2016-2018). In the fall of 2017, works started on new stands behind each of the goals at Joseph Marien, which were finally inaugurated on Union's glorious return to their home ground in August 2018.
Note 2: the photos below were taken on two different match visits, the first one being in 2009 (photos 19-26) and the second in 2017 (photos 1-18 & 27-43).
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author