NETHERLANDS: SV Wippolder

Sportpark Pauwmolen, Delft (SV Wippolder)

Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland

19 VI 2024 / SV Wippolder - SV DZC '68 1-6 / Combined Sunday & Saturday Leagues 1 - lucky loser promotion play-off semi (= NL level 6)

Timeline

• 1914 / Foundation of a football club in Delft, which is given the long-winding name Delftsche Voetbalvereeniging ‘Harmenkokslaansche Voetbalvereeniging’, abbreviated as dvv HVV or simply HVV. The club, originating from recreative football being played by boys from the same street, taking on makeshift teams from other parts of Delft, includes Steef van der Berg, Dirk van Manen, Joop Simmers, Rinus Grensveld, Gerard Peters, and Johan van Manen among its founding fathers. HVV settles at Terrein Schietbaan for its home matches.
• 1916 / Having changed its name to DVV Hollandia to avoid confusion with the older football club HVV (Haagsche Voetbalvereeniging) from nearby The Hague, the club first enters the so-called Delftsche Competitie, a sub-branch of the Haagsche Voetbalbond (HVB) – which in itself constituted a sub-branch of the official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB). By that time, DVV Hollandia had probably already changed grounds, moving from Terrein Schietbaan to Terrein Het Haantje. In the years leading up to World War II, the club made several more ground moves, successively playing at Terrein Engelsestraat, Terrein Abtswoudseweg, Terrein Laan van Vollering, and Terrein Laan van Altena.
• 1918 / Undefeated champions in Division 2 of the Delftsche Competitie, DVV Hollandia wins promotion to Division 1 of the same league association.
• 1919 / Undefeated champions in Division 1 of the Delftsche Competitie, DVV Hollandia wins promotion to the ranks of the Haagsche Voetbalbond. For reasons unclear, the club is forced by football authorities to make another name change – becoming OB (Onderling Bevriend).
• 1924 / Following successive titles in HVB Divisions 2 and 1, OB wins promotion to NVB League 4 for the first time.
• 1925 / Champions in District West II’s League 4A, with the brothers Jan, Koos, and Henk Priem forming the backbone of the team, OB subsequently loses the promotion match against 4B champions DCL, with accession to Sunday League 3 thus eluding the club. OB goes on to be a stable factor in (Sunday) League 4 for the following two decades.
• 1945 / OB absorbs the membership of folding club vv Wit Blauw (year of foundation unknown, called Trekvogels until 1935), marking the occasion by changing its name to become Sportvereniging (SV) Wippolder.
• 1946 / Abandoning Terrein Laan van Altena, SV Wippolder settles at the newly laid-out Terrein Nassaulaan, which is inaugurated in October 1946 with a gala match between HFC EDO and SC Neptunus.
• 1947 / Finishing in tenth and last place in District West II’s Sunday League 4D with only 5 points from the entire season, SV Wippolder descends into HVB Division 1, 23 years after OB last played at that level.
• ± 1950 / As Terrein Nassaulaan has to make way for housing, SV Wippolder moves to a temporary ground (location unknown), while a new park is being laid out for the club at Zuidplantsoen.
• 1951 / SV Wippolder moves into the newly laid-out Terrein Zuidplantsoen in July 1951.
• 1952 / SV Wippolder is relegated from HVB Division 1, descending into Division 2 of that same league system.
• 1961 / After nine years in HVB Division 2, SV Wippolder manages a return to Division 1 of that same league system.
• 1963 / Winning the title in HVB Division 1, SV Wippolder accedes to Sunday League 4, sixteen years after last having played at that level. In the following season, the club manages a respectable fourth place in District West II’s Sunday League 4C.
• 1966 / A baseball club, WHV (Wippolder Honkbalvereniging) The Blue Birds, is founded under the aegis of SV Wippolder.
• 1968 / Moving away from Terrein Zuidplantsoen after seventeen years, SV Wippolder moves into the newly laid-out Sportpark Oude Laan at Schoemakerstraat. The clubhouse is designed by H. Gabeler. 
• 1970 / WHV The Blue Birds breaks away from SV Wippolder, taking on the name HV Blue Birds.
• 1975 / Finishing last in District West II’s Sunday League 4B, SV Wippolder descends into HVB Hoofdklasse, the new top division of the Haagse Voetbalbond.
• 1977 / SV Wippolder suffers relegation from HVB Hoofdklasse, thus finding itself in Division 1 of that same league system – managing a return to Hoofdklasse in one of the following five seasons.
• 1983 / Conquering the title in HVB Hoofdklasse following a 3-0 defeat of RSV De Flamingo’s, SV Wippolder, coached by Martin Stoelinga, wins promotion to Sunday League 4.
• 1984 / The clubhouse of Sportpark Oude Laan, in part constructed in wood, is consumed in a fire in January 1984. Later that year, Martin Stoelinga’s men manage a shock result in the Regional Cup (Districtsbeker) by defeating Feyenoord Reserves – including the likes of Stanley Brard, Gert van Hanegem, Cees Spaans, Michel Marree, Ruud Brood, and Frans van der Heide – 4-1, with Wippolder’s goals being scored by Ben Ouwersloot, Leo Mulder (2), and Frans van Velsen.
• 1987 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, 7 points ahead of closest followers vv Schipluiden, SV Wippolder – still coached by Martin Stoelinga – wins promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history. In the following season, the club manages an excellent third place in Sunday League 3B.
• 1994 / Having managed in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 3 the previous season, SV Wippolder now finishes last in that same division, thus dropping back into League 4 along with KRSV Vredenburch.
• 1995 / Runners-up in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, 2 points behind vv Hoek van Holland, SV Wippolder fails to win promotion in the subsequent round of play-offs. 
• 1996 / After a spell of 28 years at Sportpark Oude Laan, which has to make way for an extension of the Delft University of Technology, SV Wippolder moves into the newly laid-out Sportpark Pauwmolen, consisting of three pitches, and situated at the far east of Delft’s city borders, in the new Emerald neighbourhood, bordering the village of Delfgauw (belonging to the municipality of Pijnacker).
• 2010 / Finishing in fourth place in District West II’s Sunday League 4A, SV Wippolder qualifies for the play-offs; successively defeating Stompwijk ’92 (4-2 aggr.) and RKVV Meerburg (0-1), the club manages a return to Sunday League 3 after an absence of sixteen seasons.
• 2011 / Bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3C, SV Wippolder suffers relegation back into League 4 after just one year, along with second-from-bottom club HSV Escamp.
• 2014 / Finishing in third place in District West II’s Sunday League 4C, 4 points behind champions SC REMO, SV Wippolder qualifies for the play-offs, in which a defeat of vv Kethel Spaland (5-1 aggr.) is sufficient to win promotion to Sunday League 3. Also in 2014, SV Wippolder’s main pitch is equipped with a synthetic surface. 
• 2016 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, 5 points ahead of closest followers SV Den Hoorn, SV Wippolder wins promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 2022 / Champions in Sunday League 2D, 2 points ahead of closest followers HVV, SV Wippolder wins promotion to Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history – but, due to the abolition of Sunday league football in District West II following the 2021-22 season, the club is placed in Saturday League 1B.
• 2023 / In its first season in Saturday League 1B, SV Wippolder manages a respectable second place, 6 points behind champions SV DSO. In the promotion play-offs for a ticket to National Division 4, the club draws a bye in R1, going on to defeat vv WNC in R2 (3-2), but being eliminated by RVVH in R3 (4-2).
• 2024 / Finishing in sixth place in Combined Saturday & Sunday League 1C, SV Wippolder qualifies for the promotion play-offs for a second year running, successively eliminating SC Susteren (0-1) and vv Bennekom (3-1) to qualify for the final at Zaltbommel’s Sportpark De Watertoren, in which it suffers a last-minute 1-0 defeat at the hands of SV Valkenswaard. Due to an extra promotion place being available following the decision of SV OSS ’20 to withdraw from national league football, a lucky loser play-off round is organised, in which SV Wippolder defeats vv SHO in R1 (4-1), but suffers elimination at the hands of SV DZC ’68 in the semi-final (1-6).

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

NETHERLANDS: RKSV De Ster

Sportpark 't Hetjen, Stein (RKSV De Ster)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

16 VI 2024 / GSV '28 - SHH 2-1 / District South II, Sunday Leagues 1 & 2 - promotion-relegation play-off (= NL levels 6 & 7)

Timeline

• 1940 / Foundation of a football club in Stein, which takes on the name Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging (RKSV) De Ster. The club, which settles at Terrein Belboomweg, joins the Netherlands’ official football association (NVB), the only organisation holding football championships allowed by German occupation authorities. Most probably, RKSV De Ster is a successor club of an older football club in Stein which was a member of the RKF, the Netherlands’ Roman Catholic football association. 
• 1941 / RKSV De Ster is placed in NVB District South’s Sunday League 4 after winning promotion from the ranks of the Limburgse Voetbalbond (LVB), the association organising football in Limburg below the level of NVB League 4.
• 1942 / Winning its second title in a row, RKSV De Ster finishes top of the table in District South’s Sunday League 4D, 1 point ahead of runners-up RKVV IVS. For the new season, the club is placed in League 3.
• 1951 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3C, 1 point ahead of RKSV Lindenheuvel, RKSV De Ster wins promotion to Sunday League 2 for the first time.
• 1965 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 2B, 1 point ahead of RKVV Volharding, RKSV De Ster wins promotion to Sunday League 1 for the first time. Also in 1965, the club moves from Terrein Belboomweg to the newly laid-out Terrein Meigaat.
• 1966 / Bottom of the table in Sunday League 1D at the end of the 1965-66 season, RKSV De Ster drops back into League 2 after just one year, along with second-from-bottom RKBSV.
• 1970 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 2A, 1 point ahead of KEV, RKSV De Ster manages a return to Sunday League 1 after an absence of four years.
• 1971 / Yet again, RKSV De Ster’s spell in Sunday League 1D remains limited to one season only, with the club only managing one win all season – finishing bottom of the table and dropping back into League 2 along with RKWSV Wilhelmina ’08.
• 1976 / Bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 2A, RKSV De Ster descends into League 3 along with second-from-bottom RKSV Leonidas-W. As such, the club has to compete on the League 3 level for the first time in 25 years.
• 1977 / Suffering its second relegation in a row, RKSV De Ster finishes bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 3C, thus descending into League 4 along with vv Thorn.
• 1980 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 4D, 3 points ahead of closest followers RKVV IVS, RKSV De Ster wins promotion to League 3.
• 1984 / Moving away from Terrein Meigaat after nineteen years, RKSV De Ster moves into the newly laid-out Sportpark ‘t Hetjen, situated in the nature reserve bearing the same name in the hamlet of Nieuwdorp on the eastern outskirts of the village centre, on April 30th, 1984.
• 1987 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3C, 1 point ahead of FC Oda, RKSV De Ster finds its way back to League 2 after an absence of eleven seasons.
• 1997 / Bottom of the table in Sunday League 2G, RKSV De Ster descends into League 3, along with RKVV Waubach.
• 1999 / Finishing in third place in District South II’s Sunday League 3A, 4 points behind champions SV Haslou, RKSV De Ster manages to break down the door to League 2 in the promotion play-offs.
• 2000 / Bottom of the table in Sunday League 2H, RKSV De Ster drops back into League 3 after just one season, along with RKSV Meterik.
• 2003 / Finishing in third place in District South II’s Sunday League 3A, 6 points behind champions vv Caesar, RKSV De Ster manages to win promotion to League 2 in a subsequent round of play-offs.
• 2004 / As on the previous occasion, RKSV De Ster’s spell in League 2 does not last longer than just one season, with the club finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 2G – and descending into League 3 along with RKVV Almania.
• 2005 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3B, 4 points ahead of closest rivals SC Susteren, RKSV De Ster manages an immediate return to League 2.
• 2006 / As on the previous two occasions, RKSV De Ster’s spell in League 2 does not last longer than just one season, with the club finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 2H – and dropping back into League 3 along with RKSV Mierlo-Hout.
• 2007 / Finishing in tenth place in District South II’s Sunday League 3B, RKSV De Ster fails to avoid the drop in a round of play-offs – thus descending into League 4 along with direct drop-outs vv Holtum and RKVV IVS. It is the first time in 27 years the club from Stein finds itself at this lowly level of the league ladder.
• 2010 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 4C, 2 points ahead of closest rivals RKFC Lindenheuvel, RKSV De Ster wins promotion to League 3.
• 2011 / Finishing in third place in District South II’s Sunday League 3B, RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv Caesar (5-4 aggr.).
• 2013 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3B, 1 point ahead of RKVV Veritas, RKSV De Ster wins promotion to League 2.
• 2014 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2G, RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by ZSV (4-2 aggr.).
• 2015 / Finishing in fifth place in Sunday League 2G, RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by RKWSV Wilhelmina ’08 (6-5 aggr.).
• 2017 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2G, RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by RKVV Venlosche Boys (2-2 aggr. & penalty shoot-out).
• 2019 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2G, RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club successively defeats RKSV Bekkerveld (0-2) and RKVV Sportclub ’25 (0-1) to manage a return to Sunday League 1 after an absence of 53 years.
• 2024 / Finishing in fourth place in League 1F – incidentally the best result in club history – RKSV De Ster qualifies for the promotion play-offs for promotion to National Division 4, but the club is eliminated in R1 by RC&VV VOC (3-0).  

Note – Important parts of the information above were provided by Jo Smeets, RKSV De Ster’s longtime clubhouse caretaker.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Hoekse Boys (1957-2010) / vv Hoek van Holland (1958-1970) / HVC '10 (2010-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Rondgang, Hook of Holland = Hoek van Holland (HVC '10, formerly vv Hoekse Boys / vv Hoek van Holland)

Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland

15 VI 2024 / FC IJsselmonde - GSC ESDO 2-1 / District West II, Saturday Leagues 3 & 4 - promotion-relegation play-off final (neutral venue)

Timeline

• 1909 / Foundation of a first football club in Hoek van Holland, which is given the straightforward name vv Hoek van Holland. The club joins the so-called HVB or Haagsche Voetbalbond, one of the sub-branches of the Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB). It is unclear where vv Hoek van Holland’s pitch was situated.
• 1912 / vv Hoek van Holland folds in January 1912, but is refounded nine months later – and accepted as new HVB member club.
• 1915 / The refounded vv Hoek van Holland folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1917 / Second refoundation of vv Hoek van Holland. It is unclear (to me) where vv Hoek van Holland’s ground or grounds were situated during the first 41 years of the club’s existence (in case you can provide more information on this subject, you are more than welcome to get in touch with me).
• 1925 / Having played in the ranks of the HVB for the first eight years of its existence, vv Hoek van Holland now accedes to District West II’s (Sunday) League 4 for the first time in club history.
• 1927 / Finishing in joint first place in District West II’s League 4B with VDL, vv Hoek van Holland goes on to defeat the club from Maassluis in a tie-break match, thus winning the title and gaining promotion to League 3.
• 1932 / Winning the title in District West II’s League 3B, 5 points ahead of closest followers DVV Delft, vv Hoek van Holland fails to accede to League 2 in the promotion play-offs.
• 1934 / Winning the title in District West II’s League 3B, an impressive 11 points ahead of closest followers vv Naaldwijk, vv Hoek van Holland accedes to League 2, the second-highest tier of the Netherlands’ football pyramid, for the first and only time in its history.
• 1935 / In the best season in club history, vv Hoek van Holland, finishes in joint sixth place in District West II’s League 2B with RFC (Rotterdam).
• 1938 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s League 2B, vv Hoek van Holland drops back into League 3 after four seasons.
• 1947 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3C along with RKSV Leonidas, vv Hoek van Holland meets the Rotterdam club in a tie-break match, going on to lose the encounter 4-3 – and thus having to play a set of relegation play-offs, amongst others against FSV Pretoria and SFC (Schiedam), resulting in the club suffering relegation to League 4, twenty years after last having played at that level.
• 1949 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 4H, 10 points ahead of closest followers RKVV Westlandia, vv Hoek van Holland manages a return to Sunday League 3.
• 1950 / A group of members of the Saturday branch of vv Hoek van Holland, disaffected due to Sunday football having precedence in the club, decides to form a breakaway club, vv Hoekse Boys, in November 1950, with P.J. Frank being chosen as chairman. Having to wait for the 1951-52 season to first take part as a new KNVB member club, vv Hoekse Boys plays some friendly matches on a makeshift pitch, the so-called Synresveld at Slachthuisweg, before settling at its first real ground, laid out on a plot of farmland at the far end of Tasmanweg and Mahustraat, owned by a local smallholder, Mr Voskamp. Due to the bad state of the pitch, which is grazed by cows during weekdays, the pitch earns itself the less than complimentary nickname De Knollentuin (literally translating as ‘The Bulb Field’).
• 1951 / Following a successful test match against SV ’35, resulting in a 4-1 win, vv Hoekse Boys is placed in HVB Division 2 instead of the bottom level, Division 3, for its first competitive season. The club’s first official match is a 3-1 defeat of HGA.
• 1953 / Champions in HVB Division 2, with the decisive points being clinched in a 1-0 defeat over SVV Scheveningen II, vv Hoekse Boys accedes to HVB Division 1.
• 1954 / Bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3B along with RKSV GDA and HPSV, vv Hoek van Holland has to play a set of tie-break matches against the two teams from The Hague, finishing last in this semi-competition and thus dropping back into League 4. Also in 1954, the membership of vv Hoekse Boys votes down a merger with vv Hoek van Holland – after the suggestion of a merger was raised by forces outside the club.
• 1955 / Having played at Terrein Tasmanweg for the first four years of its competitive existence, vv Hoekse Boys now moves to Terrein Zekkenweg, situated on a plot of land owned by SMZ, Stoomvaartmaatschappij Zeeland (with the pitch often being referred to as Zeeland-Terrein for that reason) – although the state of the pitch sometimes results in the club being constrained to play its home games at Terrein Dirk van den Burgweg, home ground of ‘s-Gravenzandse VV.
• 1957 / Having played at Terrein Zekkenweg for most of the past two seasons, vv Hoekse Boys now moves into the newly laid-out municipal sports facilities at Harwichweg – the Gemeentelijk Sportpark, later being renamed Sportpark De Rondgang, disposing of three pitches.
• 1958 / Having finished runners-up in HVB Division 1 behind JAC in the previous season, vv Hoekse Boys now wins the title in this same division, with the decisive points being obtained in a 2-1 away win against SV Loosduinen (goals by Leen Lokker & Leen de Bakker). As such, the club accedes to District West II’s Saturday League 4 for the first time. Also in 1958, vv Hoek van Holland moves into the Gemeentelijk Sportpark as groundsharers of vv Hoekse Boys.
• 1959 / A new clubhouse for vv Hoekse Boys is inaugurated at the Gemeentelijk Sportpark.
• 1960 / A new set of dressing rooms is inaugurated at the Gemeentelijk Sportpark.
• 1963 / Spending all of the 1960s in League 4, vv Hoek van Holland comes closest to retracing its steps to League 3 in 1962-63, finishing runners-up in District West II’s Sunday League 4H, 5 points behind RVV Zuiderster. Also in 1963, coached by Gerrit Prins, vv Hoekse Boys finishes in last place in Saturday League 4B – with the decisive defeat occurring against CVV Be Fair (1-2) – with the club thus dropping back into the ranks of HVB after five years.
• 1966 / Due to the Gemeentelijk Sportpark being made extensive use of, vv Hoekse Boys’ youth teams move their activities to Terrein Zekkenweg, while making use of ‘s-Gravenzandse VV’s facilities occasionally as well for training sessions.
• 1967 / Champions in HVB Hoofdklasse, with the decisive points being clinched in a 3-1 win over HPSV (two goals by Johan Voois, one by Lammert Omhof), vv Hoekse Boys manages a return to Saturday League 4.
• 1968 / vv Hoekse Boys finishes bottom of the table in District West II’s Saturday League 4A, only avoiding relegation due to the introduction of a Saturday League 1 in the 1968-69 season – the result being that more spaces are available in the Saturday league pyramid.
• 1970 / Bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 4B, vv Hoek van Holland drops back into the ranks of the HVB, exactly 45 years after last having played at this level. As such, the club finds itself in a lower division than vv Hoekse Boys for the first time. Also in 1970, vv Hoek van Holland abandons the Gemeentelijk Sportpark after twelve seasons, settling at Terrein Zekkenweg (later renamed Terrein Lemaireweg).
• 1971 / Coached by Cor Stolze, who had replaced Gerrit Prins at the helm of the club in the course of the 1970-71 season, vv Hoekse Boys finishes second-last in District West II’s Saturday League 4B, resulting in the club having to play a set of relegation play-offs against TAVV and SV Duinoord – with the club ultimately suffering relegation to HVB Hoofdklasse on goal difference.1
• 1972 / Coached by Cor Stolze, vv Hoekse Boys finishes runners-up in HVB Hoofdklasse – resulting in the club winning direct promotion to Saturday League 4 along with champions DSVP. The decisive points were clinched in a 2-1 win over RAS (goals by Bert Ouwens & Aad Mostert).
• 1973 / Coached by Joop van der Hurk, vv Hoekse Boys finishes in last place in District West II’s Saturday League 4A, resulting in the club dropping back into the ranks of HVB after just one year. Also in 1973, new tentative merger talks are voted down yet again by the membership of vv Hoekse Boys.
• 1974 / vv Hoek van Holland wins promotion from HVB Hoofdklasse to Sunday League 4 after an absence of four years at that level. In a successful year for football in Hoek van Holland generally, vv Hoekse Boys, coached by Chris Jans, also wins promotion to League 4 following a 2-1 win in HVB Hoofdklasse over Holland Sport ’32 (goals by Bert Ouwens & Cees van der Pol) – resulting in the club being crowned champions of its division.
• 1976 / The old clubhouse of vv Hoekse Boys, dating back to 1959, has to make way for a more modern replacement.
• 1977 / vv Hoekse Boys’s 21-year-old player Tom van der Pijl signs a professional league contract with SVV, but only stays at Sportpark Harga for one year before returning to his non-league club in Hoek van Holland.
• 1981 / Defender Joop van Dop, formerly under contract at Sparta and Fortuna Vlaardingen, joins vv Hoekse Boys from professional league side FC Vlaardingen ’74.  
• 1982 / Finishing in joint first place in District West II’s Saturday League 4A with DSVP, vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Cor van Rooij – meets the club from Pijnacker in a tie-break match, being played at vv Lyra’s Sportpark De Zweth in front of a crowd of 2,500. Winning the match 3-1 (two goals by John van den Bos, one by Tom van der Pijl), vv Hoekse Boys – and not DSVP with its beginning trainer Dick Advocaat – wins promotion to League 3 for the first time ever, with the club managing fourth places in the following two seasons.
• 1986 / Having narrowly missed out on the title in District West II’s Sunday League 4C the previous year, finishing 1 point behind champions BTC, vv Hoek van Holland now goes on to win the title in this same division, finishing an impressive 10 points ahead of runners-up LVV De Postduiven. Also in 1986, vv Hoekse Boys, coached by Ton van der Leije, finishes second from bottom in Saturday League 3B, thus dropping back into League 4 along with bottom club SV Bolnes.
• 1987 / In its first year back in League 3 after an absence of 32 years, vv Hoek van Holland manages an excellent result, finishing runners-up, 12 points behind champions RVV Rijswijk.
• 1989 / Bolstered by the arrival of Arie Plaisier and Bill Tukker – the latter being an arrival from vv De Zwerver, joining the club after being placed at Hoek van Holland’s branch of the Netherlands’ military police – vv Hoekse Boys, coached by Dick Suiker, wins the title in District West II’s Saturday League 4A, 9 points ahead of SEV. The decisive points are clinched in a direct confrontation with the last-mentioned club, resulting in a 2-1 win (goals by Marco van den Bos & John van den Bos). Bill Tukker crowns himself top goalscorer with no fewer than 37 goals. As a result, vv Hoekse Boys accedes to League 3.
• 1990 / In the best season in club history, vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Hans Buitenweg – finishes runners-up in District West II’s Saturday League 3A, 5 points behind champions SVV Scheveningen. Also in 1990, vv Hoekse Boys purchases the grandstand of Terrein Park ‘t Nieuwelant in Vlaardingen, abandoned one year previously by SV De Hollandiaan following that club’s merger with vv Satelliet to form HSC ’89 – and moving to vv Satelliet’s ground at the Kethelweg side of Park ‘t Nieuwelant. The stand, built up at the southwestern side of the main pitch at Sportpark De Rondgang, is inaugurated in November 1990.
• 1991 / Bill Tukker leaves vv Hoekse Boys after three years, joining RCVV Zwart-Wit ’28, the club where his former team mate Arie Plaisier had already moved previously. Tukker, who was world champion with the Netherlands’ police team on two occasions, goes on to defend the colours of SSV Be-Quick, GVV Unitas, and BVV Barendrecht before hanging up his boots and becoming head coach at ASWH, vv SHO, IFC, vv Strijen, and vv Drechtsteek, before passing away unexpectedly in 2015.
• 1992 / Coached by Cor van Rooij, who replaced Theo van Dijk in the course of the season, vv Hoekse Boys finishes in eleventh place in District West II’s Saturday League 3A, resulting in the club dropping back into League 4 along with bottom club vv Lyra.
• 1993 / Finishing in tenth place in District West II’s Saturday League 4A, vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Wim Groote – descends into the ranks of HVB along with SV Loosduinen and SV DSO.
• 1994 / Finishing in tenth place in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, vv Hoek van Holland goes on to lose the relegation play-offs, thus descending into League 4 along with direct drop-outs KRSV Vredenburch and SV Wippolder. Also in 1994, vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Louis Knipscheer Jnr. who replaced Wim Groote in the course of the season – finishes in fifth place in HVB Hoofdklasse. Qualifying for the promotion play-offs against SV PTT, vv Postalia, and RVC, the club wins a ticket for Saturday League 4 following a 2-1 win over SV PTT, played at vv Verburch’s ground in Poeldijk.
• 1995 / Champions in District West II’s Sunday League 4D, 2 points ahead of closest followers SV Wippolder, vv Hoek van Holland manages an immediate return to League 3.
• 1996 / Due to the introduction of a Zaterdag Hoofdklasse as the new top level in the Saturday league pyramid, extra promotion places are available in all Saturday divisions, resulting in vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Theo Kleindijk – acceding to League 3 following a sixth place finish in District West II’s Saturday League 4A.
• 1998 / Finishing in ninth place in District West III’s Sunday League 3B, vv Hoek van Holland drops back into League 4 following an unsuccessful set of relegation play-offs. In a bad season for football in Hoek van Holland all around, vv Hoekse Boys – coached by Louis Knipscheer Jnr. – finishes in last place in District West III’s Saturday League 3B, ultimately dropping back into League 4 following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of vv Alphia in a tie-break match played at vv Wilhelmus’ Sportpark Westvliet.
• 1999 / Coached by Louis Knipscheer Jnr., vv Hoekse Boys wins the title in District West III’s Saturday League 4, resulting in the club managing a return to League 3 at the first opportunity. The decisive point is clinched in a 1-1 draw against DORR.
• 2000 / 8-year-old youth goalkeeper Roy Kortsmit leaves vv Hoek van Holland to join Feyenoord’s youth academy. Via the youth academy of RKVV Westlandia, Kortsmit has his breakthrough as a pro player at Sparta Rotterdam in 2011, going on to defend the red-and-white of the Rotterdam side for eight years before moving on to Almere City FC – and later NAC Breda.
• 2001 / Coached by Wilco Wapenaar, vv Hoekse Boys finishes in last place in District West III’s Saturday League 3B, resulting in the club dropping back to League 4 along with the club finishing second from bottom, HPSV.
• 2002 / Finishing in joint first place in District West II’s Sunday League 4D along with SV RKDEO and RKSVM, vv Hoek van Holland meets these two clubs in a set of title play-offs, ultimately having to leave first place – and promotion to League 3 – to SV RKDEO. Also in 2002, vv Hoekse Boys finishes in fifth place in Saturday League 4B, going on to win a set of promotion play-offs resulting in the club acceding to League 3.
• 2003 / Finishing in joint first place in District West II’s Sunday League 4E along with vv HWD, vv Hoek van Holland goes on to defeat the Rotterdam club in a tie-break match (2-1), thus managing a return to League 3 after an absence of five seasons.
• 2005 / Bottom of the table in District West II’s Sunday League 3B, vv Hoek van Holland drops back into League 4 along with the club finishing second-last, OLIVEO.
• 2007 / Finishing in last place in District West II’s Saturday League 3C, vv Hoekse Boys descends into League 4 along with RCSV Zestienhoven.
• 2008 / Having been a Sunday club from its foundation in 1917 onwards, vv Hoek van Holland now chooses to switch to the Saturday pyramid, being placed at the bottom of the league ladder, District West II’s Saturday League 5.
• 2009 / Due to District West II’s Saturday League 5 being abolished, vv Hoek van Holland, which had finished in fifth place in League 5C, is placed in Saturday League 4 for the new season.
• 2010 / In its last season as an independent club, vv Hoek van Holland finishes in sixth place in District West II’s Saturday League 4C, while vv Hoekse Boys wins the title in that same division, 4 points ahead of runners-up RKVV Westlandia (za). Following the 2009-10 season, vv Hoek van Holland and vv Hoekse Boys conclude a merger agreement, resulting in the foundation of HVC ’10 (Hoekse Voetbalclub 2010) – with all activities moving to vv Hoekse Boys’ ground, Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Rondgang. Terrein Lemaireweg (formerly Terrein Zekkenweg), vv Hoek van Holland’s ground, is knocked down immediately following the season. Following vv Hoekse Boys’ title in League 4, HVC ’10 starts its life in Saturday League 3. The merger – and the new club’s ambition to make an impact straightaway – results in several former vv Hoekse Boys’ players which had left for FC ‘s-Gravenzande and RKVV Westlandia (zo) returning to Hoek van Holland, thus bolstering HVC ’10’s squad. 
• 2011 / In the first season following the merger, HVC ’10 storms to the title in District West II’s Saturday League 3C, 14 points ahead of SC Monster, thus gaining promotion to League 2 – 73 years after vv Hoek van Holland had last played at this level.
• 2012 / Runners-up in Saturday League 2C, 2 points behind champions DSVP, HVC ’10 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, being eliminated in R1 by vv Spijkenisse (5-0 aggr.).
• 2013 / The old clubhouse at Sportpark De Rondgang, dating back to 1976, has to make way for a modern replacement.
• 2014 / Runners-up in Saturday League 2C, 5 points behind champions vv Valken ’68, HVC ’10 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club successively has the better of SV Lombardijen (6-1 aggr.) and WV-HEDW (4-1 aggr.) – resulting in HVC ’10 gaining an unprecedented promotion to Saturday League 1.
• 2015 / Finishing in eleventh place in Saturday League 1B – with only an inferior goal difference separating the club from vv Valken ’68, which saves its skin – HVC ’10 has to play a set of relegation play-offs, defeating SVC ’08 in R1 (3-1 aggr.), but being eliminated in R2 by RVV Neptunus-Schiebroek (5-4 aggr.), thus descending into League 2 after just one season, along with direct drop-outs HBOK and vv GHC as well as fellow play-off victim SV DSO.
• 2022 / Finishing in fourth place in Saturday League 2C, HVC ’10 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, successively defeating RV&AV Sparta (2-2 and penalty shoot-out) and SV Heinenoord (1-2), but missing out on a return to League 1 following a defeat at the hands of SV DSO in the final (3-1).
• 2023 / Finishing in ninth place in Saturay League 2E, HVC ’10 has to play a set of relegation play-offs, drawing a bye in R1 and defeating derby rivals vv Lyra in R2 (3-0), but ultimately suffering relegation into League 3 due to a defeat in the semi-final at the hands of vv Verburch (3-2).
• 2024 / Runaway champions in District West II’s Saturday League 3D, 10 points ahead closest followers vv Rhoon, HVC ’10 manages a return to Saturday League 2 at the first opportunity.

Note – Important parts of the information provided above were derived from a book published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of vv Hoekse Boys in 2000, entitled “vv Hoekse Boys 1950-2000. Al is ons clubje nog zo klein”, by John van den Bos et al. Thanks to former HVC ’10 board member Fokke van Oostrum for putting at my disposal a copy of this booklet.

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