BELGIUM: US Virelloise (1971-1992) / AS Chimay-Virelles (1992-2023)

Stade de la Praye, Virelles (AS Chimay-Virelles, formerly US Virelloise)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

27 II 2022 / AS Chimay-Virelles - Sivry Sports 5-1 / Hainaut, Provincial League 4H (= BE level 9)

Note: Union Sportive Virelloise, founded in 1971 (matricule 7593), merged with FC Chimay in 1992, forming Association Sportive Chimay-Virelles. Since, first team football has been played at Virelles' Stade de la Praye. Chimay's Stade Jéricho remained in use for lower team football and training purposes until 2007, when it was abandoned. In September 2023, AS Chimay-Virelles moved all its activities to Rue du Fourneau in Saint-Rémy, the former home of US Saint-Rémy - a club which folded in 2010.

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

BELGIUM: RSC Anthisnois

Terrain d'El Va, Anthisnes = Antene (Royal Sporting Club Anthisnois)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

27 II 2022 / RSC Anthisnois - R Harzé FC 3-2 / Friendly

Note: SC Anthisnois was not the first club in the village of Anthisnes. First, there was Antinac FC, founded in 1916 and affiliated to the Belgian Football Association from 1918 onwards; in 1922, however, Antinac FC folded. Two years later, FC Anthisnois saw the daylight, playing their football in the Ligue Wallonne de l'Ourthe, but ceasing all activities after just one season, allegedly following a grave injury inflicted on one of their players. Finally, Sporting Club Anthisnois was founded in 1929, obtaining matricule 1608 at the Royal Belgian Football Association. The royal epithet was acquired in 1957; that same year, Anthisnois acceded to Provincial League 1 for the first time, a level at which the club played for many years between the 1950s and the late 1990s. The most famous match SC Anthisnois ever played was on April 2nd, 1956, when they received Sint-Truidense VV in the seventh round of the Belgian Cup, losing 1-3 in front of a crowd of 3639 (!) paying spectators. The club have played at their current ground from 1936 onwards - with the exception of a short spell during World War II when football was played at the Terrain de la Grigette. Before their move to the Stade El Va, Anthisnois' activities took place successively at two different grounds, known locally as Aux Six Maisons and Aux Stepennes.

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NETHERLANDS: vv Assendelft

Sportpark Assendelft - Dorpsstraat, Assendelft Kerkbuurt (vv Assendelft)

Netherlands, province: North Holland

26 II 2022 / vv Assendelft - SV Fortuna Wormerveer 1-2 / Sunday League 1A (= NL level 6)

Note: vv Assendelft, founded in 1912, played at a ground situated at Veenpolderdijk until moving to their current premises in mid-1963. The main stand, built in a 'cottage' style which gives it a charmingly vintage look, was inaugurated in November 2013. 

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