NETHERLANDS: vv Roda Boys Bommelerwaard

Maaskant, Aalst Gld. (Roda Boys Bommelerwaard)

Netherlands, province: Guelders-Gelderland

30 IV 2011 / Roda Boys - VVGZ 3-1 / Netherlands, Zaterdag 1e klasse C (= fifth level)

 

BELGIUM: FC Eendracht Houthalen (1936-1965) / K Sporting Houthalen (1965-2011) / Houthalen VV (2011-)

Mijnstadion, Houthalen (Houthalen VV, formerly FC Eendracht Houthalen / K Sporting Houthalen)

Belgium, province: Belgian Limburg

24 IV 2011 / K Sporting Houthalen - SK Lozen 0-8 / Belgian Limburg, Provincial League 4B (= BE level 8)

Note: FC Vooruit Houthalen, founded in 1934 as a recreational club, sought membership of the Belgian Football Association in 1936 under the name of FC Eendracht Houthalen. The club gained access to National League 4 for the first time in 1952. After a three-year-spell in National League 3 (1962-65), FC Eendracht concluded a merger with modest provincial league club VV Hoger-Op Houthalen (1959-65, matricule 6231), resulting in the foundation of Sporting Houthalen, retaining Eendracht's matricule. As Sporting Houthalen, the club held out in the national league system for four more seasons before tumbling back into Limburg's Provincial League 1. After a brief second period of National League 4 football (1971-73), the club fell back again - never to find their way back up from the provincial divisions. In 1995, the royal epithet was acquired. In 2011, a new merger was agreed upon, this time between Sporting Houthalen and Red Star Laak (1975-2011, matricule 8338). As Laak's matricule was cancelled, the merger club, named Houthalen VV, continued life under Eendracht Houthalen's original matricule number, 2402. First team football has since taken place at Houthalen VV's Mijnstadion, while Red Star Laak's ground at Lakerheiweg remained in use for lower team football and training purposes.

 

BELGIUM: Zandvliet Sport (1953-2011) / FC Zandvliet (2011-2016) / KFC Zandvliet Sport (2016-)

Armenstraatje, Zandvliet (KFC Zandvliet Sport, formerly Zandvliet Sport / FC Zandvliet)

Belgium, province: Antwerp

24 IV 2011 / FC Zandvliet Sport - K Merksem SC 0-3 / Antwerp, Provincial League 1 (= BE level 5)

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

NETHERLANDS: SV Excelsior '31

Sportpark De Koerbelt Zuid, Rijssen (SV Excelsior '31)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

23 IV 2011 / SV Excelsior '31 - vv Sparta Nijkerk 1-1 / Zaterdag Topklasse (= NL level 3)

Note: Sportvereniging Excelsior '31, founded (obviously) in 1931, have played their football at the southern half of Sportpark De Koerbelt - the northern half being occupied by Sportclub Rijssen - from 1965 onwards. In 2012, the old grandstand of Excelsior '31's ground was replaced by a new, bigger construction. In the photo series below, pictures of the old stand and its new replacement can be found.

Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of three different visits: pictures 1-5 = non-matchday visit, July 2010 / photos 6-13 = matchday visit, April 2011 / photos 14-17 = non-matchday visit, April 2022.

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