BELGIUM: JS Merdorp (1971-2024) / RFC Wallonia Thisnes (2024-)

Stade Communal 'Romain Froment', Merdorp (formerly JS Merdorp)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

July 2022 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1971 / Foundation of Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Merdorp. The club most probably played at Stade Romain Froment from its foundation onwards.
• 2022 / After a relatively anonymous existence in the lower reaches of Liège's Provincial League system, JS Merdorp is forced out of its stadium by Hannut's town council - the reason given is the lack of maintenance at Stade Romain Froment on the part of the club itself. In the course of the summer, however, permission was given for a re-start with a new board - and a reserves' team playing at the ground in Merdorp for the 2022-23 season.
• 2023 / JS Merdorp plans a return in Provincial League 4 with a first team, but does not even manage to start the season and withdraws yet again. The club now folds, ceasing all activities once and for all. The ground in Merdorp is taken over by neighbour club RFC Wallonia Thisnes for training purposes.
• 2024 / RFC Wallonia Thisnes moves its first team football to Stade Romain Froment.

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