NETHERLANDS: vv Uitgeest = VVU (1927-1974)

Terrein Assum, Uitgeest Assum (formerly vv Uitgeest = VVU)

Netherlands, province: North Holland = Noord-Holland

December 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1919 / Foundation of a first football club in Uitgeest, VVU, in March 1919 - and renamed vv Uitgeest six months later (although continuing to be referred to locally as VVU in subsequent years). The new club, which does not have any religious affiliation, has Terrein De Zeven Morgen as its first home ground.
• 1927 / vv Uitgeest wins promotion from the ranks of the Noord-Hollandsche Voetbalbond (NHVB) to KNVB Sunday League 4. That same year, the club abandons Terrein De Zeven Morgen, settling at Terrein Assum at Tolweg.
• 1931 / A second football club in Uitgeest is founded, the Roman Catholic USVU (Uitgeester Sportvereeniging 'Uitgeest'), which settles at Terrein De Zien (1931-±1940), moving on to Terrein Limmerweg (±1940-49) and Sportpark Waldijk (1949-74) in subsequent years.
• 1935 / vv Uitgeest has its best-ever season, managing a second place in District West I's Sunday League 4B.
• 1948 / Finishing second-last in District West I's Sunday League 4B, vv Uitgeest drops out of the KNVB divisions after 21 years - even descending into NHVB Division 2 in subsequent years.
• 1974 / vv Uitgeest and USVU both move into the newly laid-out Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Koog, with vv Uitgeest occupying the northern half of the park and USVU taking possession of the southern part. Terrein Assum is abandoned, with the old clubhouse having remained in use by a local farmer as storage room until the present day.
• 1992 / Not having featured in the regular KNVB Divisions for the past 44 years, vv Uitgeest now wins promotion to KNVB Sunday League 4.
• 1995 / In its second-last season as an independent club, vv Uitgeest equals its best-ever performance (dating back to 1935) by finishing in second place in District West I's Sunday League 4B.
• 1996 / vv Uitgeest and USVU conclude a merger to form Fusieclub (FC) Uitgeest. First team football moves to USVU's main pitch at Sportpark De Koog.

Note - The first two photos are on show in FC Uitgeest's boardroom at Sportpark De Koog (March 2022); the remainder of the images below was taken in December 2023.

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