Extreme Football Tourism: NETHERLANDS: UA&VV Velox (±1922-1967, 1970-1992) / UA&VV Velox (B) (1967-1970) / vv Celeritudo (B) (±1996-2001) / SV VSC (B) (2001-) / SV Rivierwijkers (B) (2021-)

Sportpark Koningsweg "Noord", Utrecht Oost (B pitch of SV VSC & SV Rivierwijkers, formerly UA&VV Velox / B ground of UA&VV Velox / B ground of vv Celeritudo)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

8 III 2025 / SV VSC 19 - SV Eminent Boys 4 1-1 / District West I, Saturday Reserves' League 6-27

Timeline

1902 / As a group of schoolboys from the firmly working-class Tolsteeg neighbourhood in Utrecht gets together to have kickabouts in the streets – with a paper ball instead of a leather one – they decide to form a football club of their own, which is given the name ‘Door Eendracht Sterk’ (DES), with another fledgling boys’ team – DSG, ‘Door Sport Gespierd’ – joining the new club. One of the boys from Tolsteeg, Henk Deurhoff, is chosen as the club’s first chairman. Not disposing of a pitch of their own, the boys play improvised matches at Het Sterrenbosch as well as Terrein Gerlings, two grass areas on the edge of the city. Due to not having a proper pitch, DES cannot join the UPVB (Utrechtsche Provinciale Voetbalbond), Utrecht’s sub-branch of the Netherlands’ FA (NVB). Instead, they take part in a competition of local teams, the so-called Onderlinge Voetbalbond (OVB).
1906 / After several years of looking for a suitable location, the boys of DES lay out a football pitch in an open area hemmed in between modern-day Tesselschadestraat and Vondellaan – names not in use at that time yet. As it turns out that the area is not large enough for the pitch dimensions as demanded by the UPVB, they move to a piece of undeveloped farmland at Croeselaan. After removing the cabbage stalks, the pitch is finally laid out – and an application is sent to the UPVB, which agrees to letting the club join their organisation on the condition that they change their name, as the acronym DES had already been taken by another club. As such, DES changes its name, becoming Utrechtsche Athletiek- en Voetbalvereeniging (UA&VV) ‘Velox’ (velox being a Latin word, meaning ‘swift’). In reality, athletics was never more than a sideline in Velox’s myriad of activities.
1907 / As UA&VV Velox celebrates its first lustrum, the club invites AVV HVC and city-rivals vv DOS for a set of gala matches.
1908 / After winning the title in UPVB (Sunday) Division 2, UA&VV Velox misses out on promotion due to the club being punished for unbecoming behaviour on or off the pitch (the source material on the matter is rather vague).
1910 / Clinching the title in UPVB Division 2, UA&VV Velox accedes to UPVB Division 1.
1911 / Moving away from Terrein Croeselaan, UA&VV Velox settles on a newly laid-out pitch at Mereveldsweg, moving on to Terrein Lijnpad later that same year or early in 1912.
1912 / UA&VV Velox moves away from Terrein Lijnpad, settling at Terrein Houtenschepad.
1916 / Finishing in joint first position in UPVB Division 1 with vv Trompenberg, UA&VV Velox meets the club from Hilversum in a tie-break match, going on to suffer a 4-2 defeat. However, following a plea submitted at NVB headquarters by Velox board member Jo Smit, the club is admitted to District West’s (Sunday) League 3 at the expense of vv Trompenberg. As Terrein Houtenschepad does not have the correct dimensions for league football, UA&VV Velox moves to a new ground, Terrein Vossegat, a pitch laid out by mobilised soldiers from the nearby casern at Fort Lunetten. The location of this pitch must have coincided with the future ground of SSVU / SVVU and modern-day Sportpark Zoudenbalch, FC Utrecht’s youth academy ground. The club’s first league match at this new location is an encounter with city-rivals UFC.
1918 / Following a decisive 1-0 win over city-rivals vv DOS, UA&VV Velox obtains the title in District West’s League 3F, 2 points ahead of closest rivals WFC Rapiditas. In the championship play-offs, Velox manages to win both ties against Rotterdam side USC (0-5, 1-0) – and as such, the club accedes to League 2 for the first time. The all-important goal in the second leg of the tie was scored by Henk Smit.
1920 / UA&VV Velox manages a second place in District West’s League 2A, 7 points behind runaway champions AVV DEC. That same year, the club abandons Terrein Vossegat, settling on the other side of Koningsweg – on a pitch probably coinciding with SV Rivierwijkers’ part of Sportpark Koningsweg nowadays, a location right next to the ground which would be taken in use only years later by Velox. Also in 1920, a new football club sees the daylight in Utrecht, NS, the acronym of Nederlandsche Spoorwegen. The football club NS is the football club of the Netherlands’ national railway service (also called NS), the headquarters of which are situated in Utrecht. The new club joined the so-called Utrechtsche Kantoorvoetbalbond (UKVB), a local corporate league. It is unclear if the football club NS settled at Terrein Vossegat, just abandoned by Velox, from the outset.
1922 / Probably in an attempt to avoid confusion with the name of the railway service, the football club NS changes its name to become NSU, Nederlandsche Spoorwegen Utrecht. Also in or around 1922, UA&VV Velox moves its main pitch to the northwestern edge of Terrein Koningsweg, coinciding with modern-day Veld/Pitch 2 of the park (pictured below).
1924 / UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West II’s League 2B, 6 points behind champions FC Hilversum.
1925 / UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West II’s League 2B, 2 points behind champions AVV De Spartaan.
1927 / In December 1927, a covered stand is erected on the eastern touchline of the main pitch of UA&VV Velox at Koningsweg. Originally, the club had planned to have the construction placed at the western side of the pitch, but no permission was given due to that part of the park being inside the field of fire of nearby Fort Lunetten. A design by Velox member Henk Smit, the stand is erected in wood, offering a place to some 750 spectators. As foreseen, the predominant western wind direction results in the spectators in the stand regularly going home with a soaked coat.
1928 / Champions in District West’s League 2B, 4 points ahead of runners-up AVV Zeeburgia, UA&VV Velox qualifies for the championship play-offs, in which the club takes on VSV and League 1 bottom side RC&VV VOC. In those play-offs, VSV proves the strongest side; as such, Velox misses out on promotion to League 1. That same year, Velox makes its debut in the Netherlands’ Cup, suffering a 10-1 humiliation at the hands of League 1 side HBS in R1. Also in 1928, a new football club sees the daylight, SVV, an acronym for Spoorweg Voetbalvereeniging. Oddly, SVV – its name betraying the fact that this is another corporate club for NS staff – exists alongside the older railway service football club, NSU.
1929 / Following the fashion of the day, UA&VV Velox hires a coach from England, Charles Jackson, who only stays with the club for one season before moving on to AFC DWS in 1930. Jackson would go on to win the Netherlands’ nationwide title with BVV in 1948 – and also returned to Velox for a brief spell as caretaker coach in 1954.
1930 / While NSU is still a member of the UKVB, the younger new railway personnel club SVV joins the UPVB, the sub-branch of the official Netherlands’ FA – meanwhile renamed KNVB. Also in 1930, the covered stand at Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg, Velox’s ground, is blown away in a violent winter storm. Under the aegis of Henk Smit, the construction is re-erected, this time with vents added in the back panel – the lack of which had caused the calamity.
1932 / Due to the name SVV already having been taken by other clubs, Spoorweg Voetbalvereeniging changes its name to become Blauw Zwart U.
1934 / Champions in District West’s League 2B, 6 points ahead of runners-up ASV Blauw-Wit, UA&VV Velox qualifies for the championship play-offs, in which the club takes on AFC DWS and League 1 bottom side HVV ‘t Gooi. In those play-offs, DWS proves the strongest side; as such, Velox misses out on promotion to League 1. The Amsterdam side clinches promotion in a 1-1 draw away at Velox in an encounter attended by some 12,000 spectators.
1936 / Following a decisive 1-0 win over OVVO, UA&VV Velox obtains the title in District West I’s League 2B, 4 points ahead of closest followers OSV. The successful coach is another Englishman, Bob Jefferson. Yet again, though, the club fails to win promotion in the championship play-offs, having to leave the honours to C&FC Hermes-DVS. Also in 1936, Velox is given the opportunity to move into the newly inaugurated ‘Utrechts Stadion’ – later renamed Stadion De Galgenwaard – but the club chooses to stay at Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg. Instead, the new municipal stadium is taken in use by city-rivals vv DOS and UC&VV Hercules.
1937 / UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West I’s League 2A, 3 points behind champions FC Hilversum.
1940 / In the 1939-40 season, regular league football is suspended following the mobilisation of the Netherlands’ armed forces in the summer of 1939. In a regional competition, District West’s League 2, with teams being placed together based on the location of their grounds, UA&VV Velox clinches the title ahead of city-rivals UC&VV Hercules and A&VV Elinkwijk. The decisive points are clinched in a 3-0 win over vv Watergraafsmeer, with the goals being scored by (Cor) Sluyk, Montagne, and Van Rooy. The successful coach is Frans van Asten. No promotion results from this title. Also in 1940, following the German occupation of the Netherlands, all football associations except for the official Netherlands’ FA (renamed NVB, dropping the royal epithet ‘Koninklijk’ for obvious reasons) are abolished, including the UKVB. UKVB member club NSU makes the leap to NVB sub-branch U(P)VB.
1941 / Blauw Zwart U changes its name to become Blauw Zwart 1928.
1942 / Finishing in joint first place in District West I’s Sunday League 2A with city-rivals UVV, UA&VV Velox meets that club in a tie-break match. As the encounter ends in a 1-1 draw, UVV walks away with the title, given that the club had a slightly better goal difference (two goals) than Velox.
1943 / UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West II’s League 2A, 4 points behind champions HVV. That same year, Blauw Zwart 1928 changes its name to become Spoorweg Sportvereniging Utrecht or SSVU. This may have coincided with the club absorbing NSU, although one of the available sources states that the merger of SSVU and NSU took place in 1945 or 1946.
1946 / SSVU accedes to District West I’s Saturday League 4, the highest division of the fledgling Saturday league pyramid in this district. As mentioned before, it is unclear when SSVU – or one of its predecessors – moved into Terrein Vossegat at Koningsweg.
1949 / Finishing in fourth place in District West I’s Saturday League 4B, SSVU is placed in the newly created Saturday League 3 along with future Saturday league powerhouse clubs such as SV Huizen, vv IJsselmeervogels, and HSV De Zuidvogels.
1955 / Finishing in fifth place in District West I’s Sunday League 2A, UA&VV Velox is placed in Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history due to extra promotion places being available following the introduction of professional league football in the Netherlands. As dozens of Sunday League 1 clubs choose to join the new professional league pyramid, the divisions at this level have to be reinforced with clubs from lower levels. In fact, Velox’s membership took a vote on joining professional league football in November 1954, but voted down the proposal with a considerable margin (59-19). One of the clubs taking the leap to professional football, SV Zeist, signed Velox goalkeeper Gert Bals to bolster their side. Bals would go on to have a successful professional league career, also having spells at HVV ’t Gooi, PSV, AFC Ajax, and AVC Vitesse, eventually hanging up his boots in 1973. Bals won four league titles with AFC Ajax in the second half of the 1960s. Also in 1955, two clubs from elsewhere in Utrecht, vv Celeritudo and SV Rivierwijkers, settle on side-pitches of Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg.
1957 / UA&VV Velox conquers the title in Sunday League 1A, 3 points ahead of RFC. The team of coach Daan van Beek goes on to take part in the nationwide non-league championship, in which it has to leave the honours to vv Maurits. Meanwhile, Velox’s membership takes a new vote on joining the professional league pyramid – and, this time, the proposal is accepted (88-13). However, the club’s appliciation for admission to the professional divisions is turned down by the Netherlands’ FA.
1958 / Runaway champions in Sunday League 1A, 7 points ahead of runners-up RKSV DCG, UA&VV Velox goes on to win the non-league title play-offs, in which the club has the better of RSC Alliance and NC&VC Quick. The decisive points are clinched in a 2-6 away win at RSC Alliance, played at RBC’s Terrein De Luiten in Roosendaal (att. 3,000), with the goals being scored by Jaap van der Horst (3), Gijs Uittenbosch (2), and Wim Adelaar. The successful coach is Daan van Beek. Tragically, due to city-rivals vv DOS winning its first and only nationwide title in the professional leagues, not that much attention goes out to Velox’s non-league success. Following this nationwide non-league title, Velox applies for admission to the professional league pyramid for a second time – and with the KNVB having laid down a rule that the non-league champions have a right to accede, the association gives in after the club submits a valid bank guarantee. At the time of the transition to the so-called Tweede Divisie, the third and lowest level of the professional league pyramid, Velox’s Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg – also referred to simply as Velox-Sportpark – can host up to 7,000 spectators (750 covered seats, 6,000 terraces / boards). The club manages a good debut of its professional adventure, recording a 3-1 home win over RKVV Wilhelmina.
1959 / Velox’s star striker Gerrit Uittenbosch signs for local rivals A&VV Elinkwijk. Uittenbosch would go on to have spells with GVAV and vv Veendam until hanging up his boots in 1965. Also in 1959, Velox purchases the area of its ground at Koningsweg.
1960 / Finishing in fourth place in Tweede Divisie B, UA&VV Velox only falls 1 point short of vv Heerenveen and Enschede Boys, both of which win promotion to the second tier of the Netherlands’ football pyramid. Tragically, if Velox’s winger Wim Adelaar had converted a penalty in the last match of the season (0-0 away at vv Oldenzaal), the club would have taken the place of vv Heerenveen due to a better goal difference, but it was not to be.
1961 / Velox’s striker Frans Geurtsen scores an impressive number of 27 goals in the 1960-61 season in the Tweede Divisie.
1962 / Champions in the Tweede Divisie, 2 points ahead of Roda Sport, UA&VV Velox wins promotion to the Eerste Divisie. The decisive point was clinched in a goalless home draw against vv Oldenzaal. That same year, an eighteen-year-old youth academy midfielder by the name of Willem van Hanegem makes his debut in Velox’s first team. Van Hanegem, a boy from a poor background, had been allowed to join the club only two years previously at the instigation of coach Daan van Beek, who had noticed how the reticent adolescent attending his team’s training sessions kicked back the balls which landed outside the perimeter of the pitch with such perfect composure. Also in 1962, Velox’s star striker Frans Geurtsen was picked for an Utrecht XI, which took part in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of the UEFA Cup. Geurtsen even scored three goals in the tournament, two in R1 against SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin and one more against Hibernian FC in R2 (1-3 aggr. defeat); the home ties in this tournament were played in Stadion De Galgenwaard.
1963 / Velox star Frans Geurtsen signs a deal with DWS/A, going on to wear the colours of that club and its epigon AFC DWS for eight seasons, crowning himself top scorer of the Netherlands’ top division, the Eredivisie, on two occasions, in 1964 and 1965, with 28 and 23 goals respectively. Geurtsen also won one cap, a World Cup qualifier against Albania, in which he scored one of two goals. Frans Geurtsen passed away in 2015 at the age of 73.
1964 / First tentative merger talks are held between Utrecht’s three professional league sides, USV Elinkwijk, vv DOS, and UA&VV Velox, but the project falls apart.
1965 / In the best season in club history, UA&VV Velox finishes in fourth place in the second tier of the Netherlands’ professional league pyramid, the Eerste Divisie, falling only 3 points short of USV Elinkwijk and Willem II, the two sides winning promotion to the top flight.
1966 / Clinching the title in District West I’s Saturday League 3, 1 point ahead of runners-up SV Geinoord, SSVU wins promotion to Saturday League 2, the top division of the Saturday pyramid at that time. In the summer of 1966, Willem van Hanegem leaves UA&VV Velox, signing a professional league contract with RFC Xerxes. Van Hanegem would go on to have spells at Xerxes/DHC ’66, RVV Feijenoord, AZ ’67, Chicago Sting, FC Utrecht, and Feyenoord Rotterdam, ultimately hanging up his boots in 1983. He was part of the Golden Generation of Dutch football, being part of his country’s squad which reached the final in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany. In total, Van Hanegem won 52 caps between 1968 and 1979, while also clinching the European Cup with RVV Feijenoord in 1970. After his playing career, Van Hanegem became a coach at various clubs, including Feyenoord Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam, and FC Utrecht.
1967 / In the best season in club history, SSVU manages a seventh place in District East’s Saturday League 2C, the top division of Saturday football. Meanwhile, moving away from Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg, UA&VV Velox becomes a groundsharer with vv DOS and Stadion De Galgenwaard following the departure of UC&VV Hercules from that ground. The Velox-Sportpark is retained for lower team football and training sessions. Meanwhile, former Netherlands’ national side goalkeeper Piet Kraak becomes Velox’s coach as the successor of Daan van Beek.
1968 / Finishing rock bottom in the Eerste Divisie, UA&VV Velox drops back into the Tweede Divisie after six seasons, along with the club in second-last place, FC VVV. Coach Piet Kraak leaves the club after one season only, being succeeded by the man who also was his predecessor, Daan van Beek. Striker Joop van Maurik leaves Velox after six years, signing a deal with Holland Sport. Van Maurik would go on to have spells with AVV HVC, FC Utrecht, and FC Amsterdam, until terminating his professional league career in 1979. Meanwhile, down in Saturday League 2C, SSVU finishes bottom of the table, thus dropping back into Saturday League 3 after two years.
1969 / After three spells as Velox’s head-coach (1950-60, 1961-67, 1968-69; 17 seasons in total), Daan van Beek leaves the club, being succeeded by Bert Jacobs, a promising young coach who joined from AVV De Volewijckers.
1970 / In its last season as a professional league side, UA&VV Velox finishes in third place in the Tweede Divisie, missing out on promotion on goal difference, with WVV Wageningen acceding to the Eerste Divisie instead. Following the 1969-70 season, after talks heavily promoted by Utrecht’s city-council, which promises to take over the clubs’ debts as a teaser, the three professional league clubs in Utrecht conclude a merger – with vv DOS, USV Elinkwijk, and UA&VV Velox being absorbed into the newly created FC Utrecht, which settles at vv DOS’s ground, Stadion De Galgenwaard. All three original clubs withdraw into non-league, with UA&VV Velox reverting to Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg and being placed in District West I’s Sunday League 3. Meanwhile, Velox’s coach Bert Jacobs is appointed as FC Utrecht’s first trainer. He takes with him midfielder Marco Cabo, who would go on to play 253 league matches for FC Utrecht in the following ten seasons. Also in or around 1970, SSVU moves away from Terrein Vossegat, settling on a newly laid-out park slightly further down the road, Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd Noord – situated directly to the north of SV Kampong’s park.
1971 / A former Velox youth academy player, 17-year-old defender Ron Spelbos, makes his debut as a professional league player at AVV HVC. Spelbos would go on to have a long career, which would take him to SC Amersfoort, AZ ’67, Club Brugge KV, and AFC Ajax, where he had to hang up his boots following a heavy injury in 1988. Spelbos also won 21 caps for his country between 1980 and 1987. In the 1990s, he had a brief career as a coach at NAC, SBV Vitesse, and FC Utrecht.
1972 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Saturday League 3B, SSVU drops back into Saturday League 4 along with bottom club CVV Vlug & Vaardig.
1974 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Saturday League 4C, SSVU suffers relegation to Afdeling Utrecht (UVB, UPVB) after an uninterrupted spell in Saturday League football of 28 years.
1975 / As a first sign of life after the club’s withdrawal into non-league, UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 3 points behind champions – and neighbour club – vv Celeritudo.
1976 / UA&VV Velox finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 2 points behind champions BVC Bloemendaal. That same year, former Velox player Han Berger, who had to cut short his career due to injury, is appointed as caretaker manager of FC Utrecht at the unusually young age of 25. Berger would go on to have a long career as a football manager at FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam, and Cambuur-Leeuwarden.
1977 / Former Velox youth academy player Ton du Chatinier makes his debut in FC Utrecht’s first team at the age of nineteen. Du Chatinier, a robust defender, would spend his entire playing career in Utrecht, wearing the red-and-white for ten seasons in 235 league matches. Following that, he became a coach at FC Utrecht and various non-league sides, before joining Guus Hiddink as assistant-coach at FK Anzhi Makhachkala and Dick Advocaat at South Korea’s national team.
1978 / Severing its ties with the national railway services, SSVU (Spoorweg Sportvereniging Utrecht) adapts its name to become SVVU (Stichtse Voetbalvereniging Utrecht).
± 1980 / The dilapidate roof construction of the covered stand at UA&VV Velox, dating back to 1930, is replaced by a smaller roof, which only covers the middle part of the stand.
1982 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 3D following a tie-break match with city-rivals UVV, UA&VV Velox wins promotion to Sunday League 2. Meanwhile, at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd Noord, SVVU also has a successful season, winning promotion from Afdeling Utrecht’s Saturday divisions to District West I’s Saturday League 4.
1984 / In the best season since its withdrawal into non-league, UA&VV Velox finishes in third place in District West I’s Sunday League 2B.
1985 / SVVU finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Saturday League 4D, 8 points behind champions SV DVS ’33.
1987 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, UA&VV Velox drops back into Sunday League 3 along with bottom club SV DRC.
1988 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Saturday League 4D, SVVU suffers relegation to Afdeling Utrecht along with the club finishing in second-last place, VVZ ’49. That same year, former Velox player Nol de Ruiter enjoys the most remarkable success in his coaching career, being Rinus Michels’ assistant at the Netherlands’ national team which wins the 1988 European Championships.
1990 / Finishing in tenth place in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, UA&VV Velox goes on to suffer defeat in the relegation play-offs, thus descending into Sunday League 4 for the first time in club history, along with direct drop-outs SV Saestum and VSV Vreeswijk.
1992 / In its last season as an independent club, UA&VV Velox manages a sixth place in District West I’s Sunday League 4H. Following the 1991-92 season, UA&VV Velox and SVVU conclude a merger, resulting in the foundation of Velox/SVVU – officially called Velox/SVVU 92. As all activities move to SVVU’s Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd Noord, the new club enters first teams in Sunday League 4 as well as Afdeling Utrecht’s Saturday divisions. Meanwhile, the abandoned Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg, Velox’s historic ground from the early 1920s onwards, is soon taken over by squatters. There are plans to replace the old stadium with housing.
1993 / In the fall of 1993, the wooden stand at Sportterrein aan de Koningsweg, a construction dating back to 1930, is consumed in a fire.
1995 / Velox/SVVU (zo) finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 1 point behind champions vv Brederodes.
± 1996 / The main pitch of Velox’s former stadium at Koningsweg is taken over by neighbour club vv Celeritudo, which starts making use of it as a side-pitch.
1999 / Velox/SVVU (zo) finishes as runners-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 10 points behind runaway champions vv Maarssen.
2001 / In its last season as an independent club, Velox/SVVU finishes in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, thus dropping back into Sunday League 5 along with bottom club PVCV. However, following the 2000-01 season, Velox/SVVU concludes a merger with vv Celeritudo, resulting in the foundation of Sportvereniging Velox-SVVU-Celeritudo, abbreviated as SV VSC or simply VSC. All activities move to vv Celeritudo’s ground at Koningsweg (for the further history of SV VSC, please check the article about vv Celeritudo).
2021 / The surface of SV VSC’s second side-pitch, i.e. the location of the former Velox stadium, is laid out anew as a 3G. Since, this pitch has been used for lower team football and training purposes not just by SV VSC, but by neighbour club SV Rivierwijkers as well.

Note – Much of the information given above was derived from a book detailing the early history of UA&VV Velox, released on the occasion of the club’s sixtieth anniversary in 1962: “Velox 1902-1962”, by J. v.d. Geer, Piet Tolsteeg & Eduard Veen. Thanks to SV VSC’s board for allowing me to use this precious piece of source material.