BELGIUM: R Union Jemappienne (1921-1990) / R Union Jemappes-Flénu (1990-1998) / RAEC Mons (D) (1998-2000)

Parc Communal de Jemappes 'La Roseraie', Jemappes (formerly R Union Jemappienne / R Union Jemappes-Flénu / D ground of RAEC Mons

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

September 2022 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1921 / Foundation of Union Jemappienne. It is quite probable that the club played its football at Parc Communal 'La Roseraie', which was constructed in the years following World War I, from the outset.
• 1926 / As Belgium's Football Association introduces the matricule register, Union Jemappienne receives matricule 136.
• 1927 / Union Jemappienne accedes to Promotion, the third and lowest national level, for the first time, but the adventure ends after just one season - with relegation to Hainaut's regional leagues following in 1928.
• 1929 / After one year, Union Jemappienne manages a return to Promotion. In the following seasons, the club manages some credible results - finishing fifth in 1932, 1933, and 1935.
• 1936 / Union Jemappienne drops to Hainaut's provincial leagues after seven consecutive seasons in Promotion.
• 1942 / The club returns to Promotion, having another spell of national league football which lasts five years, with relegation following in 1947.
• 1951 / Acquiring the royal epithet, the club adapts its name to become Royale Union Jemappienne - often abbreviated to simply RU Jemappienne or RU Jemappes.
• 1952 / After five seasons in Hainaut's Provincial League 1, RU Jemappienne wins promotion, beginning a fourth spell of national league football in National Division 4. The club has its best result at this level in 1954 with a fourth place in the final ranking.
• 1957 / Having spent five years in National Division 4, RU Jemappienne falls back to Hainaut's provincial leagues. The following three decades are spent alternately in Provincial Leagues 1 and 2.
• 1958 / A new club is founded in Jemappes, Cercle Sportif (CS) Jemappes. Union's new town rivals, who never manage to climb to a higher level than Provincial League 2, play their football at Stade des Préelles.
• 1990 / After having had eleven consecutive seasons of Provincial League 2 football, RU Jemappienne concludes a merger with another club with a past in the national divisions, FC Flénu-Sport (matricule 4094); the newly former merger club is given the name Royale Union (RU) Jemappes-Flénu (RUJF), retaining Jemappes' matricule 136. Henceforth, first team football is played at Jemappes' ground, while the club's youth academy moves to Flénu's Stade de la Rue des Produits. 
• 1992 / Obtaining the title in Provincial League 2B, RU Jemappes-Flénu wins promotion to Hainaut's Provincial League 1.
• 1995 / After finishing second in Provincial League 1, RU Jemappes-Flénu accedes to National Division 4 by winning the promotion play-offs. Unfortunately, the stay lasts just one season, with relegation following in 1996.
• 1998 / After two more years in Provincial League 1, R Union Jemappes-Flénu is absorbed by RAEC Mons (matricule 44). Mons takes over the grounds in Jemappes as well as in Flénu, moving part of its youth academy there. 
• 2000 / RAEC Mons abandons the pitch in Jemappes' Parc Communal. Since, the ground has not been used for regular football activities, although the pitch is still being (sort of) maintained, allowing locals to use it for recreational activities.

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