Saturday 1 December 2012

BELGIUM: URS Centre (1922-2007) / URS Centre (B) (2007-2011) / UR La Louvière Centre (B) (2011-2020) / RJE Binchoise (2013-2014) / AC Le Rœulx (2015) / La Louvière Centre (B) (2020-)

Stade Raymond Dienne, Haine Saint-Pierre (B ground of La Louvière Centre, formerly URS du Centre / R Jeunesse Entente Binchoise / AC Le Rœulx / B ground of UR La Louvière Centre)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

1 XII 2012 / FC Charleroi - R Standard FC Bièvre 2-1 / National League 4D (= BE level 4)
25 VIII 2013 / R Jeunesse Entente Binchoise - R Olympic Club Charleroi-Marchienne 1-1 / National League 4A (= BE level 4)

Timeline
  • 1922 / Foundation of a football club in Haine-Saint-Pierre: Union Sportive (US) due Centre. It is unknown (to me) if the club played at Stade Raymond Dienne from its foundation onwards (anyone able to help me regarding this matter is welcome to contact me!).
  • 1926 / At the introduction of the matricule system in Belgium's Football Association, US Centre obtains matricule 213.
  • 1931 / The club manages a first promotion to the national leagues.
  • 1937 / US Centre has the best season in its history, finishing second in the second tier of the pyramid.
  • 1953 / After 22 years in the national divisions, the club falls back to Hainaut's Provincial League 1.
  • 1954 / Back in National Division 4 after one year, US du Centre enjoys a spell of ten more years of national league football, with two seasons in 'D3' (1959-61) being in the highlight.
  • 1965 / Another promotion to National Division 4, but the club maintains itself for no longer than a single season.
  • 1975 / Union Sportive du Centre becomes a Société Royale, thus undergoing a name change to become Union Royale Sportive (URS) du Centre.
  • 1976 / After ten years in Hainaut's Provincial Leagues, URS Centre is back in D4, falling back after two seasons - but returning in 1980, with a longer spell in the fourth tier of the league pyramid lasting until 1988.
  • 2001 / After an absence of 13 years, URS Centre manages a sixth return to the national divisions. 
  • 2007 / The club moves its first team football to La Louvière's Stade Communal du Tivoli, with Stade Raymond Dienne remaining in use for lower team football and training purposes.
  • 2008 / URS Centre wins promotion to National Division 3, appearing at that level for the first time in 47 years.
  • 2011 / URS du Centre changes its name to become Union Royale (UR) La Louvière Centre, thus staking its claim to the large fan following of the former RAA Louviéroise. First team football continues to be played in La Louvière rather than in Haine-Saint-Pierre.
  • 2012 / On December 1st, 2012, National Division 4 side FC Charleroi plays one of its homet matches at Stade Raymond Dienne due to floodlight failure at its home ground, Stade de la Neuville in Montignies-sur-Sambre.
  • 2013 / Upon winning promotion to the national leagues, Royale Jeunesse Entente (RJE) Binchoise from Leval-Trahegnies moves its first team football to Stade Raymond Dienne for an entire season - an involuntary move, due to the fact that its own Stade Communal 'Domenico Schena' does not have the correct measurements for national league football. After amendments to the ground in Leval, the club abandons Stade Dienne in the summer of 2014.
  • 2015 / While their own ground at Rue des Arbalestriers was undergoing renovation works between August and November 2015, AC Le Rœulx temporarily moved its first team football to Stade Raymond Dienne. 
  • 2020 / Still doing rather well in the national divisions - though more and more deprived of supporters, certainly after the foundation of RAAL La Louvière in 2017 - UR La Louvière Centre simplifies its name to La Louvière Centre. First team football is still taking place in La Louvière, but Stade Raymond Dienne has steadily remained in use for lower teams and training sessions.
Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of three different visits: pictures 1-7 = non-matchday visit, March 2009 / pictures 8-22 = match visit, August 2013 / picture 23 = match visit, December 2012.






















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

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