Friday 14 September 2018

NETHERLANDS: Velocitas 1897

Sportpark Stadspark Zuid, Groningen (Velocitas 1897)

Netherlands, province: Groningen

13 IX 2018 / Velocitas 1897 - SV Blauw-Geel 1915 6-1 / District North, Regional Cup - group stage

Note: Velocitas 1897 boasts an impressive history, as the club won the Netherlands' Cup in 1934 and played professional league football between 1955 and 1960. Velocitas have played at Stadspark from 1917 onwards, though the current location has been in use only since 1969. For nearly thirty years (1969-1997), the main pitch was graced by an impressive covered main stand with two uncovered side-terraces (cp. picture 13 in this series); due to bad maintenance, however, the entire construction had to be knocked down in the late 1990s (cp. picture 14). Unfortunately, no replacement stand has taken its place yet at this ground which once bore the proud name 'Stadionveld'. 













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

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