BELGIUM: Daring Sint-Martens-Bodegem (1956-2014) / Bodegem-Kapelle United (B) (2014-2022) / Nickyspurters (2020-2023) / VC 't Vraagteken (2021-2023) / Bodegem-Kapelle United (C) (2022-2023)

Henri Appelmansstadion 'Sint-Martinus', Sint-Martens-Bodegem = Bodeghem-Saint-Martin (Nickyspurters & VC 't Vraagteken + C ground of Bodegem-Kapelle United, formerly Daring Sint-Martens-Bodegem / B ground of BOKA United)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant

23 IV 2022 / Nickyspurters - Stinne Boys 3-0 / KAVVV VB & OV Div. 2A

Timeline

• 1948 / Foundation of Sint-Martens-Bodegem Sport. The club joins Belgium's football association under matricule 4970, but folds one year later. It is unclear which ground this club used for its home matches (anyone able to provide further information regarding this matter is invited to contact me!).
• 1956 / Foundation of a new club, Daring Sint-Martens-Bodegem (matricule 6239). The club's ground is named after Henri Appelmans (1880-1966), mayor of Bodeghem during two long spells (1918-41 & 1944-58) - Appelmans may very well have been the driving force behind the foundation of the football club.
• 1987 / Daring wins promotion to Brabant's Provincial League 2, holding out at that level for two seasons. Never before or after did the club climb higher up the league ladder than Provincial League 3.
• 2014 / Merger of Daring Sint-Martens-Bodegem and FC Kapelle Sport. In spite of the fact that Kapelle Sport was a younger club with a higher matricule, the merger club, Bodegem-Kapelle United (commonly abbreviated to BOKA United) retained Kapelle's matricule 6439. Bodegem's matricule 6239 was erased from the Football Association's official lists. The merger club's first team plays its football at Lumbeekstraat in Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, while the pitch in Sint-Martens-Bodegem is retained for lower team football and training purposes.
• 2020 / After the construction of a synthetic pitch in Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, fewer and fewer use is made of the ground in Bodegem. After permission of Groot-Bijgaarden's town-council, a recreational team, Nickyspurters, is allowed to use the ground for their matches. One year later, they are joined by another recreational team, VC 't Vraagteken. Both clubs play their football in the KAVVV VB & OV league pyramid (Koninklijke Algemene Vereniging van Vriendenclubs Vlaams Brabant & Oost-Vlaanderen).
• 2022 / BOKA United moves its first team football to Sportcomplex Bosstraat in Groot-Bijgaarden. With the ground at Lumbeekstraat being relegated to the club's training ground, the pitch in Sint-Martens-Bodegem is no longer needed - although the club still claims to use it for training sessions now and again.
• 2023 (projected) / The pitch in Sint-Martens-Bodegem is due to make way for housing in the summer of 2023.

Note: Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-8 & 29 = non-matchday visit, September 2020 / pictures 9-28 = match visit, April 2022.

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