Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant
4 IX 2010 / KFC Diest - Vlug & Vrij Houtem 1-0 / Brabant, Provincial League 1 (= BE level 5)
13 XI 2021 / Sparta Schaffen - SMS Lubbeek B 3-4 / Brabant, VFV Provincial League 4B (= BE level 9)
Note 1: Stedelijk Sportstadion 'De Warande' was constructed between 1946 and 1948. Upon inauguration, it became the home ground of FC Diest - in fact, until 1948, the club, which had absorbed their town rivals Standaard Athletiek Diest in 1946, had been called Hooger Op Diest FC. In 1953, FC Diest acquired the royal epithet, becoming KFC Diest. Twenty-five years later, in 1988, a merger was concluded between KFC Diest and FC Assent, forming K Tesamen Hogerop Diest. Subsequently, Assent's ground was abandoned and all activities moved to Diest. In 2006, the decision was taken to revert to the old name, KFC Diest. Meanwhile, in 2014, in Schaffen, a village belonging to the municipality of Diest, a new football club saw the daylight: Sparta Schaffen (matricule 9618); in fact, they are the successor club of KVV Sparta Schaffen (matricule 407, founded in 1923 and ceasing all activities in 2009) - and as Schaffen's old ground no longer existed, the new Sparta Schaffen embarked on a groundshare with KFC Diest at De Warande. From 2019 onwards, works are underway to create a new ground in Schaffen - but, as yet, it is uncertain when these will be completed due to an ongoing conflict between Sparta's board and Diest's town council.
Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of two different match visits: pictures 1 & 3-34 = November 2021 / picture 2 = September 2010.
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