NETHERLANDS: vv Gestelse Boys (±1974-2005) / EVV Eindhoven (B) (2005-2013) / FC Eindhoven AV (B) (2013-)

Sportpark Genneper Parken - veld 5, Eindhoven (B pitch of FC Eindhoven AV, formerly vv Gestelse Boys / B pitch of EVV Eindhoven)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant

September 2022 / no match visited

Timeline

• ± 1974 / It is unclear when Sportpark Genneper Parken was inaugurated exactly, but it must have been around 1974, with vv Gestelse Boys (previously playing at the eastern end of Sportpark Locatellistraat - known as Sportpark Dommeldal-Zuid nowadays) moving into the northern end at Wim van Tuijllaan, and vv Tuindorp settling at the southern half, with the entrance situated at Velddoornweg.
• 1981 / vv Tuindorp abandons Sportpark Genneper Parken, concluding a merger with VVS. Their part of the park is taken over by EVV Eindhoven's non-league branch.
• 2001 / Having led a rather anonymous existence in the lower reaches of District South II's Sunday Leagues since the club's foundation in 1933, vv Gestelse Boys celebrates its second promotion in a row, finding itself in Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history. The stay at that level lasts no longer than one season, though - with an 11th place in Sunday League 2F being insufficient to avoid relegation.
• 2005 / vv Gestelse Boys concludes a merger with RKVV Veloc, resulting in the foundation of vv Gestel. All activities move to Veloc's Sportpark Dommeldal-Zuid (Locatelliweg). The covered stand of Gestelse Boys' main pitch is knocked down. All of Gestelse Boys' pitches have since been in use as side-pitches by EVV Eindhoven (renamed FC Eindhoven AV in 2013).

Note: Thanks to Bert Wildenberg for providing important parts of the information given above.

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