Sportpark Spieringhorn West, Amsterdam Slotermeer (AFC DWS)
Netherlands, province: North Holland = Noord-Holland
14 IV 2013 / AFC DWS - SV Beverwijk 1-1 / District West I - Zondag 4e klasse D (= NL level 8)
Note: DWS, founded in 1907 as Hercules but renamed DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) two years later, acceded to the ranks of the professional league in 1954, first as DWS (1954-58), then merging with BVC Amsterdam to become DWS/A (1958-62) and reverting to its old name four years later (1962). During its days as a professional league club, DWS played its football at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium. In 1972, DWS merged with Blauw-Wit, becoming FC Amsterdam. At that point, a non-league branch was split from the original DWS, continuing life as afc DWS in the lower branches of Sunday League. This non-league club settled down at the western half of Sportpark Spieringhorn in 1974. Mostly playing at Eerste Klasse level, afc DWS had a brief spell of one season in Zondag Hoofdklasse, then the highest division of the Sunday league pyramid (2007-08), but falling back into obscurity in the following years. In 2022, the club switched to playing on Saturdays - and in that same year, Sportpark Spieringhorn was abandoned temporarily in favour of ASV Blauw-Wit's Sportpark Sloten Oost to allow for extensive renovation works to be carried out at Spieringhorn.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Netherlands, province: North Holland = Noord-Holland
14 IV 2013 / AFC DWS - SV Beverwijk 1-1 / District West I - Zondag 4e klasse D (= NL level 8)
Note: DWS, founded in 1907 as Hercules but renamed DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) two years later, acceded to the ranks of the professional league in 1954, first as DWS (1954-58), then merging with BVC Amsterdam to become DWS/A (1958-62) and reverting to its old name four years later (1962). During its days as a professional league club, DWS played its football at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium. In 1972, DWS merged with Blauw-Wit, becoming FC Amsterdam. At that point, a non-league branch was split from the original DWS, continuing life as afc DWS in the lower branches of Sunday League. This non-league club settled down at the western half of Sportpark Spieringhorn in 1974. Mostly playing at Eerste Klasse level, afc DWS had a brief spell of one season in Zondag Hoofdklasse, then the highest division of the Sunday league pyramid (2007-08), but falling back into obscurity in the following years. In 2022, the club switched to playing on Saturdays - and in that same year, Sportpark Spieringhorn was abandoned temporarily in favour of ASV Blauw-Wit's Sportpark Sloten Oost to allow for extensive renovation works to be carried out at Spieringhorn.
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