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.
Bezirkssportanlage Trinenkamp, Gelsenkerken = Gelsenkirchen Bismarck (DJK Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen & ETuS Bismarck 1931) FR Germany, state: North Rhine-Westphalia = Noordrijn-Westfalen = Nordrhein-Westfalen 28 VI 2015 / DJK Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen - DJK Wattenscheid 5-2 A.E.T. / Lower Rhine, Kreisliga A - promotion play-off final - second leg (= FRG level 9) Note: as a result of Westfalia Gelsenkirchen's win over DJK Wattenscheid (7-5 on aggregate), the club won promotion to the Bezirksliga (= Div. 8)
Dorpsstraat, Heeten (SV Heeten) Netherlands, province: Overijssel 27 VI 2015 / Salland XI - Go Ahead Eagles 0-8 / Pre-season friendly Note: Salland XI ('Sallands Streekelftal') are a squad of non-league football players annually recruited from clubs of the Salland region for a gala match against Go Ahead Eagles, in the case of this year being: RKSV Rohda Raalte / vv Wijhe 92 / SV Schalkhaar / SC Overwetering / vv Heino / SV Heeten / vv Lemelerveld.
Note: FC Houtvenne, becoming a member of the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1946 (matricule 4481) after several years in De Vlaamsche Bond, moved to Harmoniestraat in approx. 1998. In 2021, following an agreement with KVC Westerlo, KFC Houtvenne's first team football moved to one of the side pitches, pitch 6, of KVC Westerlo's ground, 't Kuipje. In the summer of 2023, the club moved on to Terrein Bovemansstraat in Oosterwijk.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
