NETHERLANDS: vv IJC (1937-1988) / vv IJsselmij (1988-1993) / vv EDON (1993-)

Sportpark Weteringkade, Zwolle (vv EDON)

Netherlands, province: Overijssel

26 III 2022 / vv EDON - SV HTC Reserves-3 3-0 / District East, Reserves' League 4, group 1

Note: vv IJC (IJsselcentrale), founded in 1937, were the football team of Zwolle's electricity factory, NV Electriciteitsfabriek IJsselcentrale. When the mill changed its name to NV Energiebedrijf IJsselmij, vv IJC consequently became vv IJsselmij - and after the merger of NV Energiebedrijf IJsselmij with EGD to become EDON (Energiedistributiebedrijf Oost- en Noord-Nederland) in 1993, the club followed suit again. Although Energiedistributie Oost- en Noord-Nederland were absorbed into Essent in 1999, the football club did not change names for a third time. vv EDON and their predecessors have played at the ground at Weteringkade from the foundation in 1937 onwards. EDON last took part in regular non-league in 2015-16, but the club are still fielding teams in the reserves' leagues. Visiting the ground with its wooden clubhouse and drawing rooms, and its square goal posts, feels like entering a time warp to a different - and if you ask me: better - age of football. 

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