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.
Sportpark 'De Paasberg', Terborg (Voetbalvereniging Terborg) Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland 22 IX 2019 / vv Terborg - FC Dinxperlo 0-1 / District East, Sunday League 4C (= NL level 9) Note: pictures 1-3 date back to a non-matchday visit, October 2016.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Sportpark Groot-Nibbeland, Zuidland (Voetbalvereniging Zuidland) Netherlands, province: South Holland 21 IX 2019 / vv Zuidland - VFC (za) 1-1 / District West II, Saturday League 3D (= NL level 8) Note: vv Zuidland, founded in 1947, were home at Sportpark Gooidijk until 2002, when the club moved to their current premises.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Stade Saint-Lô, Saint-Ghislain (R Union Saint-Ghislain Tertre-Hautrage - A ground, formerly FC Saint-Ghislain & B ground of R Union Saint-Ghislain Tertre-Hautrage) Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen 20 IX 2019 / R Union Saint-Ghislain Tertre-Hautrage - R Léopold FC 1-1 / ACFF Div. 3A (= BE level 5) Note: the Stade Saint-Lô was inaugurated in 1952, but the football club in Saint-Ghislain who used the stadium as their home ground was not founded until in 1956 (it is beyond my knowledge if there was a predecessor club to FC Saint-Ghislain). In 2008, FC Saint-Ghislain merged with RUS Tertre-Hautrage to form R Union Saint-Ghislain Tertre-Hautrage. Between 2008 and 2019, first team football took place at Tertre's Stade Achille Bavier, with the club's youth academy settling down in Saint-Ghislain. In 2019, the tables were turned, as USGTH's first team moved to play their football at the Stade Saint-Lô.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author