Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (1927-1994) / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (B) (1994-2023)

Thursday 18 January 2024

BELGIUM: KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (1927-1994) / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (B) (1994-2023)

Terrein Op het Hof, Scherpenheuvel (formerly KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport - A, later B ground)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

January 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

1927 / Foundation of a football club in Scherpenheuvel by the name of Voetbalvereeniging (VV) Scherpenheuvel Sport. The club joins Belgium’s Football Association, obtaining registration number 981 upon being accepted as new member. It is unclear if VV Scherpenheuvel Sport started its life at Terrein Op het Hof.
1928 / In its first year as a competitive club in Brabant’s regional divisions, VV Scherpenheuvel accedes to Brabant’s Provincial League 3 after finishing as runners-up in Provincial League 4B.
1936 / Finishing in third place in P3B, VV Scherpenheuvel Sport wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
1950 / Clinching the title in Provincial League 2B, VV Scherpenheuvel Sport accedes to Brabant’s Provincial League 1 for the first time in club history.
1952 / On the club’s 25th anniversary, VV Scherpenheuvel Sport acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming KVV (Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging) Scherpenheuvel Sport.
1954 / Finishing thirteenth in P1, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport drops back into Provincial League 2 after four years.
1955 / Winning the title in P2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport finds back the way to P1 after just one season.
1956 / Going from strength to strength, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport wins its second title in a row, thus gaining promotion from Brabant’s Provincial League 1 to National Division 4 for the first time in club history.
1957 / The club’s first season at the national level is also the best year in club history, with KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport finishing in eleventh place in National Division 4C, thus narrowly staving off relegation.
1958 / After two seasons at the fourth and lowest tier of Belgium’s national league pyramid, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport finishes second-last in National Division 4C, thus dropping back into Provincial League 1 along with AS Eupen and bottom club RFC Wandre Union.
1960 / Dead-last at the end of the season, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport drops back from Provincial League 1 to Provincial League 2.
1961 / Clinching the title in P2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport manages a return to Brabant’s top provincial division, but the stay at that level is short-lived, with the club descending back into P2 after just one season.
1972 / Fourteenth in P2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport finds itself in Provincial League 3 for the first time in 36 years.
1975 / Winning the title in P3A, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport manages a return to Provincial League 2 after three seasons.
1981 / Runners-up in P2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport accedes to Provincial League 1 after an absence of nineteen years, but the stay at that level is short-lived, with relegation following immediately in 1982.
1990 / Second-last in P2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport descends into Provincial League 3.
1994 / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport absorbs neighbouring club Standaard Schoonderbuken (registration number 7444) without any name change ensuing; first team football moves to Standaard Schoonderbuken’s ground, Terrein Houwaartstraat, with Terrein Op het Hof being retained for lower team football and training sessions.
2023 / After one season of inactivity, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 981 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. The training ground, Terrein Op het Hof, is taken over by a dog agility school, while Terrein Houwaartstraat in Schoonderbuken is abandoned altogether.