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.
Note: Voorshoven VV played at their current ground from the club's foundation in 1971 onwards. In 2020, a merger was concluded with K Waterloos VV, resulting in the foundation of KVV Waterloos-Voorshoven - with all activities moving to Waterloos' ground and Terrein Tismansweg being abandoned.
Sportpark Noord, Leyden = Leiden (LV Roodenburg) Netherlands, province: South Holland 25 I 2020 / LV Roodenburg - LVV Football Factory 7-2 / District West II, Saturday League 4A (= NL level 9) Note: LV Roodenburg, founded as vv VOG (Voor Ons Genoegen) in 1927, moved into their current ground in 1964.
Sportpark De Vliet West - veld 1, Leyden = Leiden (vv Leidsche Boys, formerly VTL / LVV De Sleutels - B pitch) Netherlands, province: South Holland 25 I 2020 / vv Leidsche Boys (za) - SV Overheem 7th Reserves' team 4-1 / District West II, Saturday Reserves' Division 8, group 4 Note: The pitch shown in the photos below used to belong to a football club called VTL (Vlug Trouw Lenig, originally Verenigde Touwfabrieken Leiden - founded in 1930 and called vv VTONA from 1930 to 1931 and vv TONA from 1931 until 1945 - (Verenigde) Touwfabrieken Ontspanning na Arbeid); in 1991, VTL merged with VNL (Voetbalvereniging Nieuw Leiden) to become vv VCL (Vliet Combinatie Leiden) and moved away to the eastern half of Sportpark De Vliet. For the next twelve years, VTL's former premises belonged to their next-door neighbours LVV De Sleutels, who used it as their B pitch. When, in their turn, LVV De Sleutels merged with vv VCL to become vv GHC (Groene Hart Combinatie) and abandoned their ground, both pitches as well as LVV De Sleutels' clubhouse were taken over by vv Leidsche Boys, who had just been forced out of their ground at Boshuizerkade. Since 2017, vv Leidsche Boys have not fielded a team in the regular non-league pyramid, instead preferring to participate in reserves' leagues. In the summer of 2020, the club will cease all activities; the ground is to be knocked down and replaced by an ice hall.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
