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, 25 September 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011
NETHERLANDS: vv Kloetinge
Sportpark Wesselopark, Kloetinge (vv Kloetinge)
Netherlands, province: Zealand
24 IX 2011 / vv Kloetinge - HSV Hoek 1-0 / Zaterdag Hoofdklasse B (= NL level 4)
Note: vv Unitas (K.) saw the daylight in 1931, but changed their name to vv Kloetinge in 1952. In that same year, the club moved from their first ground at Kapelsweg to the current premises, Sportpark Wesselopark.
Netherlands, province: Zealand
24 IX 2011 / vv Kloetinge - HSV Hoek 1-0 / Zaterdag Hoofdklasse B (= NL level 4)
Note: vv Unitas (K.) saw the daylight in 1931, but changed their name to vv Kloetinge in 1952. In that same year, the club moved from their first ground at Kapelsweg to the current premises, Sportpark Wesselopark.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
BELGIUM: KFC Dessel Sport (2011-)
Armand Melis-Stadion, Dessel (KFC Dessel Sport)
Belgium, province: Antwerp
21 IX 2011 / KFC Dessel Sport - Club Brugge KV 2-3 / Belgian Cup R5
Note: Dessel Sport moved from their old Lorzestadion to the Armand Melis-Stadion in the summer of 2011.
Belgium, province: Antwerp
21 IX 2011 / KFC Dessel Sport - Club Brugge KV 2-3 / Belgian Cup R5
Note: Dessel Sport moved from their old Lorzestadion to the Armand Melis-Stadion in the summer of 2011.
Sunday, 18 September 2011
LUXEMBOURG: F91 Dudelange (C)
Aloise Meyer, Dudelange (F91 Dudelange, C pitch)
Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette
September 2011 / no match visited
Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette
September 2011 / no match visited
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
LUXEMBOURG: FC Red Boys Aspelt
Stade de la Frontière, Aspelt (FC Red Boys Aspelt)
Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette
September 2011 / no match visited
Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette
September 2011 / no match visited
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
BELGIUM: CS Halanzy (1937-1957) / RCS Halanzy (B) (1957-)
Route de Musson - Rue du Bois, Halanzy (B ground of RCS Halanzy, formerly A ground of CS Halanzy)
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, province: Luxembourg
18 IX 2011 / RCS Halanzy Reserves - FC Baranzy Reserves 3-1 / Belgian Luxembourg, Reserves' League - group C
Note: When Cercle Sportif (CS) Halanzy saw the daylight in 1927, it was the third successive football club to be founded in the village of Halanzy, after the short-lived Etoile Sportive (ES) Halanzynoise during the years of World War I and Entente Sportive Halanzy, founded in 1921 but disbanded after no more than a few years at most. Initially, CS Halanzy took part in a local league of village clubs (1928-29) before joining the Belgian Football Association in 1929, receiving matricule 1245. The club's first ground was the so-called Terrain au Moulin, situated at the foot of the Côte du Calvaire at the northern side of the village. In 1937, the club moved to a new pitch situated at Route de Musson - although nowadays the entrance to the ground is on the other side, at Rue du Bois. At the outset, an old railroad car served as changing room; later, it was replaced by the current clubhouse. The club remained at Route de Musson for twenty years, until 1957, when a second move was undertaken - this time to the Lieu-dit 'A la Motte' (also known less flatteringly as Pré de la Soupe), close to the village centre. This Stade Constant Mathieu - named after the mayor of Halanzy at the time who doubled as CS Halanzy's president - is still in use today (though renamed Stade Franck Ridremont in the 1980s), but the premises at Rue du Bois have remained in use ever since for lower team football and training purposes.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author