NETHERLANDS: USV Elinkwijk (B) (2000-2023)

Reinder Strikwerda Opleidingscentrum, Utrecht Zuilen (formerly USV Elinkwijk - youth academy pitch)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

May 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1919 / Foundation of a football club in Zuilen, which takes on the name A&VV (Athletiek- en Voetbalvereeniging) Elinkwijk. The club – alternatively referred to in the early years as vv Elinkwijk or even vv Elinckwijk – settles on a pitch laid out at Daalseweg.
• 1920 / A&VV Elinkwijk moves to a newly laid-out pitch, also situated at Daalseweg.
• 1930 / A&VV Elinkwijk moves to a newly laid-out pitch at Daalseweg, put at the club’s disposal by the Netherlands’ Steel Factories.
• 1937 / Inauguration of A&VV Elinkwijk’s new ground, Sportterrein aan de Amsterdamsestraatweg - renamed Sportpark Zuilen after a renovation in 1952.
• 2000 / Inauguration of the so-called Reinder Strikwerda Opleidingscentrum, which includes a youth pavilion as well as a covered stand on one of Sportpark Zuilen’s side pitches. The construction of both is taken care of by Midreth, a building company led by former Elinkwijk goalkeeper Joop Leliveld.
• 2023 / The B pitch of Sportpark Zuilen is dismantled in a renovation of Sportpark Zuilen, which will lead USV Elinkwijk to move to a new-to-be built park 500 metres down the road in late 2024.

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