BELGIUM: RFC de la Roer (1934-2014) / R Alliance des Hautes Fagnes (B) (2014-2015, 2016-2017, 2018-2019, 2020-2021) / R Alliance des Hautes Fagnes (2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-)

Rue des Censes, Sourbrodt (R Alliance des Hautes Fagnes, formerly RFC de la Roer)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

26 IX 2021 / RA Hautes Fagnes - RFC Wallonia Waimes 2-2 / Liège, Provincial League 2C (= BE level 7)

Note 1: FC de la Roer, founded in 1934 (matricule 2164), acquired the royal epithet in 1984. In 2014, the club concluded a merger with their neighbours RSC Ovifat, forming R Alliance des Hautes Fagnes (often abbreviated to simply RAHF), under Roer's matricule. Since, Roer's ground at Rue des Censes as well as RSC Ovifat's premises at Rue des Baras have remained in use for matches as well as training purposes, while first team football alternates between both villages from season to season.

Note 2: Pictures 7, 11 & 15 in the series below courtesy of Anneke te Boekhorst.

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

BELGIUM: Union Namêchoise FC

Rue Sous Meuse, Namêche (Union Namêchoise FC)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

24 IX 2021 / Union Namêchoise FC - RSC Petit-Waret 0-3 (0-5/F) / Namur, Provincial League 3A (= BE level 8)

Note 1: Union Namêchoise FC, founded in 1952 (matricule 5585) as the successor of an earlier Union Namêchoise (matricule 2926), probably never applied for the royal epithet, which clubs usually do upon their fiftieth anniversary. Somewhere around the turn of the century, Namêchoise moved from their original ground at Rue Hierdeaux to their current premises on the banks of the river Meuse. I suspect the pitch might be unique in that it doubles as a baseball ground, a combination I've never seen or heard of before - and one which badly affects the quality of the underground.

Note 2: The match I attended in Namêche was won by Petit-Waret with a scoreline of 0-3, but later on Namur's Provincial Committee declared the match null and void, instead handing the away team a 0-5 'forfait' score due to a formal error committed by the home side - probably an ineligible player, as I remember officials whispering about one before the match started.

Note 3: Below, a compilation of images of two different visits: pictures 1-8 = non-matchday visit, April 2019 / pictures 9-21 = match visit, September 2021.

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

BELGIUM: FC Hougnes (1972-2000) / SC Verviers (2000-2002) / FC Jehanster (2002-2009) / RFC Heusy-Rouheid (2009-2024) / RAF Franchimontois (2021-2022)

Terrain Croix de Fays, Jehanster (formerly FC Hougnes / SC Verviers / FC Jehanster / RFC Heusy-Rouheid)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

19 IX 2021 / RAF Franchimontois - FC Union Walhorn 2-0 / Liège, Provincial League 2C (= BE level 7)

Note: FC Hougnes played at this ground until the club's demise in 2002 (under the name SC Verviers, which it took on two years previously). They were succeeded by FC Jehanster (founded in 1984), who abandoned their premises in Jehanster's village centre (Chemin de Surister) in favour of the pitches at Croix de Fays. In 2009, however, FC Jehanster were absorbed into RAF Franchimontois in 2009, leaving room for a new tenant. The ground was taken over by RFC Heusy-Rouheid from nearby Heusy, who moved all their football activities there, leaving their premises at Champ des Oiseaux where they had been home from 1960 onwards. In 2011, a 3G was installed on the main pitch in Jehanster. For the duration of the 2021-22 season, RAF Franchimontois groundshared with Heusy due to their own pitches at the Centre Sportif de Theux in Juslenville being ravaged by the severe floodings which hit the region in July 2021 - eventually returning their first team football following the putting in place of a new synthetic pitch. Following the 2023-24 season, RFC Heusy-Rouheid folded, ceasing all activities, following the club's inability to bring together a sufficient number of players for their first team. This leaves the future of Terrain Croix de Fays in nimbles.

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

BELGIUM: RCS Vielsalm (B) (1991-1996) / RCS Vielsalm (1996-2017) / RCS de la Salm (B) (2017-2020, 2022-) / RCS de la Salm (2020-2022)

Stade Hermanmont, Vielsalm (R Cercle Sportif de la Salm, formerly B ground of R Cercle Sportif Vielsalm / A ground of RCS Vielsalm / B ground of RCS de la Salm)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg

19 IX 2021 / RCS de la Salm - R Lierneux FC 2-4 / Belgian Luxembourg, Provincial League 3F (= BE level 8)

Note: CS Vielsalm, founded in 1941 (matricule 3470), acquired the royal epithet in 1992; the club played their football in Stade Hermanmont right from the foundation, with an additional pitch in the hamlet of Ville-du-Bois, about one kilometer east of Vielsalm, being used for training purposes, the so-called Stade Josy. In 1991, the Stade Josy was abandoned, as a new side pitch was created at Stade Hermanmont - to the east of what was then the main pitch - with the goal of turning this into the new main pitch as soon as possible. Subsequently, however, it took five more years to finish the new clubhouse and covered stand (pictured in the photos below); and it was not until 1996 that this construction was inaugurated - and that RCS Vielsalm's first team football moved to this pitch as well. The former main pitch remains in use for training purposes and lower team football, although its covered wooden stand has since been removed. In 2017, RCS Vielsalm concluded a merger with RSS Salmienne from nearby Salmchâteau, forming RCS de la Salm (under Salmienne's matricule, 555). The first three seasons after the merger, first team football was played at Salmchâteau's Champ des Dames, with the Stade Hermanmont remaining in use for lower team football, but the tables have been turned from the summer of 2020 onwards. In 2022, the opposite route was chosen, with first team football once more moving to Salmchâteau.

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