Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen
3 III 2024 / RSC Naastois - SC Néchin 2-7 / Hainaut, Provincial League 1 (= BE level 6)
Timeline
- 1938 / Foundation of a football club in Naast, which takes on the name Sporting Club (SC) Naastois. From the outset, the club’s home ground is a pitch close to the village centre, often referred to as the Stade des Quinze Bonniers – an obvious name, given that the pitch is situated at the Sentier des Quinze Bonniers.
- 1939 / SC Naastois joins Belgium’s Football Association, obtaining registration number 2768 upon being accepted as new member club.
- 1945 / SC Naastois starts the first post-war football season in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2. In the following two decades, the club alternates spells in P2 (1945-51, 1959-65) and P3 (1957-59, 1965-70) – with no data available concerning the years 1951-57.
- 1970 / Winning the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, SC Naastois manages a return to Provincial League 2 after five years.
- 1975 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P2B, SC Naastois drops back into P3 along with bottom club CS Erquelinnois.
- 1979 / Finishing in fifteenth place in P3C, SC Naastois descends into Provincial League 4 – probably for the first time in club history – along with bottom club JS Ragnicole.
- 1988 / Clinching the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4E, 5 points ahead of CO Trivières, SC Naastois manages a return to P3 after nine seasons. Also in 1988, celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, the club acquires the royal epithet, thus becoming Royal Sporting Club (RSC) Naastois.
- ± 1995 / In a purchase from the Princess de Mérode de Croÿ, Soignies’ municipality acquires a plot of land at the back of RSC Naastois’ only pitch. Subsequently, municipal authorities allow the club to add a much-needed second pitch to their park. Also around this time, a covered terrace is added to the set-up of the main pitch.
- ± 2000 / The Stade des Quinze Bonniers is renamed Stade Luc Payen in honour of RSC Naastois’ long-time volunteer, who had been the chairman of the club for some fifteen years in the 1980s and 1990s.
- 2003 / Finishing in third place in P3C, no fewer than 29 points behind champions CS Monceau-Hameau, RSC Naastois wins the play-offs, thus managing a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of 28 seasons.
- 2005 / Finishing bottom of the table in Provincial League 2B, RSC Naastois drops back into P3 along with RLC Mesvinois.
- 2010 / A synthetic surface is put in place on Pitch 2 of Stade Luc Payen.
- 2013 / Title winners in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, 6 points ahead of closest followers RFCE Maurage, RSC Naastois finds its way back up to Provincial League 2.
- 2023 / Runners-up in Provincial League 2B, 2 points behind champions US Neufvilloise, RSC Naastois qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Successively defeating RFC Houdinois (3-2) and JS Team Roselies (1-2) in the first two rounds, the club qualifies for the final, a three-way tournament with USC Jemappes and R Jumet SC. Finishing in first place in the group, defeating both of its rivals (Naast-Jumet 3-2, Jemappes-Naast 0-3), RSC Naastois manages a historic promotion to Hainaut’s Provincial League 1 – with USC Jemappes joining them due to an extra promotion place being available as a result of FC Flénu acceding to the national divisions in the Interprovincial play-offs as an extra team from Hainaut. As the icing on the cake, RSC Naastois also conquers Hainaut’s Provincial Cup, defeating AC Estaimbourg in the final (1-0), held in RFC Tournai’s Stade Luc Varenne, with Aymeric Gorez scoring the decisive goal.
- 2024 / Finishing in fifteenth place in Hainaut's Provincial League 1, RSC Naastois drops back into P2 after just one season, along with FC Gerpinnes, RFC Gilly, and bottom club RLC Hornu.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
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