Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: vv Westerbeekse Boys

Thursday, 1 June 2023

Sportpark D'n Twist, Westerbeek (vv Westerbeekse Boys)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

1 VI 2023 / vv Westerbeekse Boys - vv Menos Reserves 1-2 / District South II, Reserves' Sunday League 6-32

Timeline

1970 / Foundation of a football club in Westerbeek, given the name vv Westerbeekse Boys. The club plays its football at Sportpark D'n Eik.
1988 / Sportpark D'n Eik having to make way for housing, vv Westerbeekse Boys moves to the newly built Sportpark D'n Twist.
1996 / Having played in the lower reaches of BVB (Brabantse Voetbalbond, an association of clubs from North Brabant playing their football below the level of KNVB League 4) for the first 26 years of its existence, vv Westerbeekse Boys is placed in District South II's Sunday League 6 upon the abolition of BVB and all other regional football associations in 1996.
2001 / After finishing last in 3 consecutive years in Sunday League 6, the bottom division in District South II, vv Westerbeekse Boys withdraws its first teams, henceforth focusing on recreational football.
2017 / The club having such a limited membership, the decision is taken to give up the main pitch of Sportpark D'n Twist, with the training pitch becoming the main pitch from now on. Whereas vv Westerbeekse Boys had previously merged its youth teams with vv Excellent, the two clubs now conclude a cooperation agreement with SV Stevensbeek (SVS) to merge the respective youth academies under the name Samenwerkende Teams (ST) Excellent/SVS/Westerbeekse Boys.