Thursday, 29 August 2019

BELGIUM: Eendracht FC Schoonbeek-Beverst (B) (1953-1972) / Eendracht FC Schoonbeek (B) (1972-2010) / K Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst (B) (2010-2014) / K Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst (2014-)

Sportpark Hereveld II, Schoonbeek (K Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst, formerly B pitch of Eendracht FC Schoonbeek-Beverst / Eendracht FC Schoonbeek / K Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst)

Belgium, province: Limburg

25 VIII 2019 / KEWS Schoonbeek-Beverst - K Victoria VV 's Herenelderen 5-2 / Limburg, Provincial Cup - South-Eastern Region

Note 1: K Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst are a merger of Eendracht FC Schoonbeek and K Wit-Ster Beverst, concluded in 2010. In 2014, a 3G was constructed on Sportpark Hereveld's B pitch - and the club decided to move its first team football away from their original main pitch. It took five years to complete the facilities around the synthetic pitch - with originally just a small bit of cover; in 2018, the new clubhouse & main stand were completed, though the official inauguration did not take place until August 2019.

Note 2: below, a compilation of photographs of two different visits: (1) non-matchday visit, October 2017 (prior to construction of main stand) = pictures 2-4 / (2) match visit, August 2019 = pictures 1 & 5-12.











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

BELGIUM: ES du Geer (1953-1984) / ES du Geer-Roclenge (1984-1990) / Union Roclenge-Wonck (B) (1990-±2013)

Rue Petit Brou, Roclenge-sur-Geer = Rukkelingen-op-den-Jeker (formerly Entente Sportive du Geer / Entente Sportive du Geer-Roclenge / B ground of Union Roclenge-Wonck)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

August 2019 / no match visited

Note: Entente Sportive du Geer, founded in 1953 (not to be confused with Entente Sportive FC du Geer), changed their name to become ES du Geer-Roclenge in 1984. In 1990, the club merged with Jeunesse Sportive Wonckoise (founded in 1971) to become Union Roclenge-Wonck. It is beyond my knowledge when Union Roclenge-Wonck abandoned this ground in favour of the one situated at Rue de la Pommeraie in Wonck (Wonk). A plaque on the clubhouse mentions that this construction was inaugurated in 1994.








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

Monday, 26 August 2019

BELGIUM: AS Houtain (1976-2017) / AS Houtain-Milanello (B) (2017-2019) / AS Houtain-Milanello (2019-)

Rue de Wonck, Houtain-Saint-Siméon = Houtem (AS Houtain-Milanello - A ground, formerly AS Houtain & B ground of AS Houtain-Milanello)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

25 VIII 2019 / AS Houtain-Milanello - R Oupeye FC 0-0 / Liège, Provincial League 2B (= BE level 7)

Timeline
  • 1935 / Foundation of Cercle Sportif (CS) Houtain. Joining Belgium's FA, the club obtains matricule 2304. 
  • 1949 / CS Houtain folds, ceasing all activities.
  • 1959 / Foundation of a new football club - in fact a refoundation of CS Houtain, but under a new name: Association Sportive (AS) Houtain (matricule 6268).
  • 1976 / AS Houtain moves to the ground at Rue de Wonck.
  • 2013 / For the first - and only - time in its history, AS Houtain obtains a league title. Previous promotions all having been achieved in the play-offs, the club wins first place in Liège's Provincial League 4B, thus acceding to Provincial League 3.
  • 2017 / AS Houtain concludes a merger with AC Milanello Milmort (matricule 9517), resulting in the foundation of AS Houtain-Milanello. First team football moves to Milanello's ground at Rue de l'Escousset, Milmort, while the pitches in Houtain-Saint-Siméon remain in use for lower team football and training purposes.
  • 2019 / While a new club, MS Herstal Milmort (matricule 9717) settles at Rue de l'Escousset, all activities of AS Houtain-Milanello are moved to Houtain-Saint-Siméon.















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

Friday, 23 August 2019

BELGIUM: KFC Belgica Edegem (±1924-1966) / KVV Belgica Edegem Sport (1966-2016) / FC Belgica (2017-) / VC Ostan (2017-)

Gemeentelijk Sportstadion 'Vic Coveliers', Edegem (FC Belgica & VC Ostan, formerly KFC Belgica Edegem / KVV Belgica Edegem Sport)

Belgium, province: Antwerp

22 VIII 2019 / FC Belgica - K Boechoutse VV 4-2 / Pre-season friendly

Note: the premises of what has been known as the Vic Coveliers Stadium after a complete refurbishment in 1980, have been in use since probably the early 1920s by KFC Belgica Edegem and subsequently (after a merger with KVV Edegem Sport) KVV Belgica Edegem Sport. When this club went into administration in 2016, the ground remained unused for one season. In 2017, Edegem's town council decided to allow two recreational teams to occupy the stadium: FC Belgica (founded in 1974 as a breakaway from KVV Belgica Edegem Sport of those disaffected by the 1966 merger) and VC Ostan, both of which had been playing at a ground at Molenlei in Edegem - a pitch meanwhile replaced by housing.










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

Wednesday, 21 August 2019

BELGIUM: Heffen SK

Robert De Buyserstadion, Heffen (Heffen Sportkring)

Belgium, province: Antwerp

21 VIII 2019 / Heffen SK - KSC Maccabi-Voetbal Antwerpen 6-4 / Antwerp, Provincial Cup - group stage, group 4

















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