Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: RFC Winenne (1970-2010) / RUS Pondrôme (B) (2020-)

Complexe Sportif Raymond Belot, Winenne (formerly RFC Winenne)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

August 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

1935 / Foundation of a football club Winenne, which takes on the name FC de Winenne and joins Belgium’s Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) with registration number 2250.
1970 / Inauguration of the Complexe Sportif et Culturel Raymond Belot, FC Winenne’s new ground. The first stone of the clubhouse is laid by Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister André Cools. It is unclear where FC Winenne’s ground was situated prior to 1970.
1985 / Obtaining the royal epithet, FC Winenne changes its name to become RFC Winenne.
2010 / With the club’s history of results not having been documented – although it is clear the club had a spell in Namur's Provincial League 1 – RFC Winenne now finishes in last place in Namur’s Provincial League 4F, the lowest provincial division, with only 4 points, a goal difference of -125, and 11 points adrift from the club finishing second from bottom, JS Focantaise. Following the 2009-10 season, RFC Winenne withdraws its team, ceasing all activities.
2012 / RFC Winenne’s registration number 2250 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official membership list.
2020 / Permission is given by Beauraing's municipal authorities to RUS Pondrôme to take over the ground in Winenne for the training sessions of their first team, their B team and their U19s, while simultaneously giving that same club the keys to the Terrain de la Rue de Rochefort in Focant for the training sessions of their other youth teams.