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NETHERLANDS: RKVV Heeswijk

Sportpark De Balledonk, Heeswijk-Dinther Heeswijk (RKVV Heeswijk)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

25 I 2026 / RKVV Heeswijk - vv DSC 1-2 / Sunday League 3F (= NL level 8)

Timeline

• 1951 / Foundation of a football club in Heeswijk, a village in the northeastern part of the Province of North Brabant, with the club taking on the name RKVV (Rooms-Katholieke Voetbalvereniging) Heeswijk – although it should be pointed out that the prefix RKVV (never dropped officially) has been used very rarely since the mid-1960s, with the club being referred to universally as vv Heeswijk. Originally, RKVV Heeswijk is a breakaway club of the older RKSV Avesteyn from Heeswijk's twin-village Dinther. With a pitch being laid out at Veldstraat, RKVV Heeswijk starts its life as a competitive club in the lowest Sunday division of Afdeling Noord-Brabant, the KNVB sub-branch in North Brabant organising league football below the level of District South I’s Sunday League 4.
• 1963 / Gaining promotion from Afdeling Noord-Brabant Sunday Division 1, RKVV Heeswijk accedes to Sunday League 4 for the first time.
• 1968 / Moving away from Terrein Veldstraat, RKVV Heeswijk settles at the newly laid-out Sportpark De Balledonk. The first stone for the clubhouse is laid by Fr Van de Ven of the local Berne Priory.
• 1971 / 20-year-old Heeswijk midfielder Peter van der Leij signs a professional league contract with FC Den Bosch ’67. Van der Leij goes on to have subsequent spells at WVV Wageningen and FC Wageningen, bowing out into non-league with RKVV Heeswijk in 1986.
• 1981 / Following a renovation of Sportpark De Balledonk, the entrance of the park is moved to the eastern end of the ground, at Droevendaal. 
• 1988 / After an uninterrupted spell of 25 years of League 4 football, RKVV Heeswijk now finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B, thus dropping back into the ranks of Afdeling Noord-Brabant along with bottom club RVV.
• 1990 / After an absence of two years, RKVV Heeswijk manages a return to Sunday League 4. The decisive points are clinched in a 1-0 win over SV Audacia.
• 1992 / A covered stand is inaugurated at Sportpark De Balledonk on October 3rd, 1992.
• 1996 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4B, RKVV Heeswijk suffers relegation to the newly created Sunday League 5 along with bottom club vv BZS. Also in 1996, former Heeswijk youth academy defender Theo Lucius, who had moved to SC BVV earlier on, makes his professional league debut at the age of nineteen with FC Den Bosch. In subsequent years, Lucius goes on to have spells at PSV, FC Utrecht, Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Groningen, FC Eindhoven, and RKC Waalwijk, bowing out into non-league with SV Kozakken Boys in 2013. After a spell at vv Sliedrecht, Lucius would enjoy his last season as a recreative footballer with RKVV Heeswijk (2015-16). Lucius also won 5 caps for the Netherlands in 2005 under the aegis of trainer Marco van Basten. 
• 1997 or 1998 / Either in 1997 or 1998, RKVV Heeswijk suffers the ignominy of descending into Sunday League 6, the bottom division of the football pyramid.
• 1998 / Former Heeswijk youth academy striker Ron Heesakkers makes his professional league debut at RKC Waalwijk. Heesakkers goes on to have subsequent spells at TOP Oss and Helmond Sport, bowing out into non-league at RKVV Heeswijk in 2003.
• 1999 / Runner-up in District South I’s Sunday League 6G, 4 points behind champions RKSV Ulysses, RKVV Heeswijk wins promotion to Sunday League 5 via the ensuing round of promotion play-offs.
• 2000 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 5E with coach Jack Timmermans, RKVV Heeswijk drops back into Sunday League 6 after just one season, accompanied by the club in second-last place, vv Essche Boys.
• 2001 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 6H, 5 points ahead of closest followers RKGSV, RKVV Heeswijk manages an immediate return to Sunday League 5. The successful coach is Wil Janssen.
• 2002 / Coached by Wil Janssen, RKVV Heeswijk finishes in joint first place in District South II’s Sunday League 5G with vv Boekel Sport; subsequently, a tie-break match for the title must have been held between the two clubs, of which the result is unknown – what is clear, though, is that both clubs won promotion to Sunday League 4, one as champions, the other as play-off winners. For RKVV Heeswijk, this constitutes the second promotion in a row.
• 2005 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 4H, 4 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Volkel, RKVV Heeswijk accedes to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Theo van Lieshout.
• 2008 / Former Heeswijk youth academy defender Freek Heerkens makes his professional league debut with Jong PSV at the age of nineteen. In the following years, Heerkens goes on to have spells at Go Ahead Eagles and Willem II, hanging up his boots in the summer of 2024.
• 2009 / RKVV Heeswijk finishes as runner-up in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, 3 points behind champions RKVV Nulandia.
• 2011 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 3D, 2 points ahead of closest followers RKSV Prinses Irene, RKVV Heeswijk achieves a historic promotion to Sunday League 2. The successful coach is Ton Berens.
• 2012 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2H, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club cruises past NWC in R1 (7-0 aggr.), only to be pegged back in the final by vv Caesar in R2 (3-2 aggr.).
• 2013 / Former Heeswijk youth academy defender Ayrton Statie, born in Kralendijk (Bonaire, Netherlands’ Antilles) makes his professional league debut with FC Den Bosch at the age of nineteen. In subsequent years, Statie goes on to have spells at FC Eindhoven, FC Oss, Səbail FK, FC Lienden, Reno 1868, SV Kozakken Boys, SV CHC, and vv Achilles Veen. Moreover, he won 12 caps for Curaçao, being part of that country’s squad in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
• 2015 / Runner-up in Sunday League 2F, 5 points behind champions WVV WSC, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv DESK (8-2 aggr.).
• 2016 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 2H, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is unsuccessful yet again, bowing out in R1 against Laura Hopel Combinatie (3-2 aggr.).
• 2020 / Former Heeswijk youth academy goalkeeper Robin Roefs makes his professional league debut with NEC at the age of 17. In 2025, Roefs left the club from Nijmegen to sign a deal with Sunderland AFC in the English Premier League.
• 2023 / Finishing in tenth place in Sunday League 2G, RKVV Heeswijk staves off relegation thanks to successive wins over vv Scharn (2-4) and RKSV Merefeldia (2-1) in the promotion-relegation play-offs.
• 2024 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 2E with coach Mark Strik, RKVV Heeswijk has to avoid relegation in a round of promotion-relegation play-offs for the second year running. Drawing a bye in R1, Heeswijk goes on to knock out RKSV Heer (3-0) and HVV Helmond (2-1) in the following two rounds, only to suffer defeat against vv Bruheze (3-0) in the final, played at vv DVG’s Sportpark De Roode Bleek in Liempde. As such, the club descends into Sunday League 3 after thirteen years, accompanied by vv Berghem Sport, RKSV Prinses Irene, and direct drop-outs RKSV Eendracht ’30 and RKVV SSS ’18. Also in 2024, RKVV Heeswijk merges its youth academy with village rivals RKSV Avesteyn under the name SJO (Samenwerking Jeugdopleidingen) Hadee – generally seen as the first step towards a prospective total merger between the two clubs.
• 2025 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 3G, RKVV Heeswijk qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out RKSVO in R1 (1-2), only to be eliminated in R2 by RKHSV (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).

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

NETHERLANDS: RKVV SJC (B) (1976-2022) / RKVV SJC (2022-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg II, Noordwijk Noordwijk-Binnen (RKVV SJC, formerly training pitch of RKVV SJC)

Netherlands, province: South Holland = Zuid-Holland

24 I 2026 / RKVV SJC - RKVV DEM 1-1 / Vierde Divisie A (= NL level 5)

Timeline

• 1920 / Foundation of a first football club in Noordwijk, a seaside town in the Province of South Holland. Brought about at the behest of the Roman Catholic St Jeroen (St Iero) parish – notably its chaplain, Fr Braakman – the club takes on the name Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging (RKVV) Sint-Jeroensclub (SJC). SJC starts its existence on a pitch known locally as Terrein De Hoeve, on a location outside the town borders. However, the quest for a new-to-be laid-out ground closer to the St Iero church begins virtually straightaway. 
• 1921 / Works get underway on the projected Roomsch-Katholieke Noordwijksche Sportpark at Lagenweg, on a plot of land of 1,5 hectare bought for the club by the St Iero parish. 
• 1922 / The official inauguration of the Roomsch-Katholieke Noordwijksche Sportpark at Lagenweg – also referred to as the Sportpark van het Roomsch-Katholieke Jongenspatronaat, later officially renamed Sportpark Lageweg (note the change of orthography – Lagenweg/Lageweg – brought about by the 1934 spelling changes) – takes place on August 15th, 1922, with RKVV SJC moving into the new ground, where it has two pitches at its disposal. 
• 1976 / Having been privately owned in the first 54 years of its existence, Sportpark Lageweg now moves into the hands of Noordwijk’s town council. Following this, the park is extended with a third and a fourth pitch.
• 2018 / Municipal authorities in Noordwijk take the decision to undertake a complete renovation of Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg – this following a similar renovation of Sportpark Duinwetering of vv Noordwijk, which saw the construction of a new clubhouse alongside a newly laid-out main pitch (2012-15).
• 2019 / Awaiting the renovation of Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg, vv SJC abandons its old clubhouse, moving to a temporary clubhouse near the entrance of the park on April 8th. The old premises, of which the oldest parts date back to 1965, are knocked down. 
• 2020 / In May 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony takes place for the new clubhouse at Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg. Meanwhile, a synthetic surface is laid out on the main pitch, while works are carried out to turn Pitch/Veld 3 (the northernmost pitch of the park, one of the two pitches added to the ground in the late 1970s) into the new main pitch. Partly due to the outbreak of COVID and the ensuing lockdowns, the original completion date of the renovation works (September 2020) is not met. 
• 2022 / On September 25th – after a delay of two full years – the renovated Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lageweg, its new clubhouse with a (partly) covered stand, and its new sports hall are finally opened officially in the presence of Mrs Wendy Verkleij, the mayor of Noordwijk. This coincides with the inauguration of the new main pitch, with a hybrid surface, at the northernmost end of the park. The temporary clubhouse at the entrance of the park is knocked down to make way for a small 3G pitch for youth matches. The flagship team of RKVV SJC starts its tenure of the new main pitch as one of the clubs in the newly created Zondag Vierde Divisie (Sunday National Division 4), the fifth and lowest tier of the national league pyramid – to be amalgamated into a combined Vierde Divisie of Sunday and Saturday clubs from 2023 onwards.
• 2023 / After a tradition of 103 years as a Sunday club, RKVV SJC now makes the step to become a Saturday league club, playing the majority of its first team matches on Saturdays. Also in 2023, RKVV SJC qualifies for R1 of the Netherlands’ Cup (KNVB-Beker), in which the club is knocked out by Willem II (1-3).
• 2025 / Finishing in fourth place in Vierde Divisie A, RKVV SJC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by vv Staphorst (6-2 aggr.).

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Gaanderense Boys (1973-2004) / VVG '25 (B) (2004-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol West, Gaanderen (B pitch of VVG '25, formerly vv Gaanderense Boys)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

January 2026 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1925 / Foundation of no fewer than three football clubs in Gaanderen; first, there is vv Gaanderen, a non-confessional club, which joins the so-called Geldersche Voetbalbond (GVB), the Guelders sub-branch of the official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, later KNVB). Furthermore, two Roman Catholic clubs see the daylight, GVV (Gaandersche Voetbalvereeniging) and GVC (Gaandersche Voetbalclub), with the later taking on the name Eendracht later on – probably already in 1925 or 1926. Both of these clubs join the RKUVB (Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond), one of the sub-branches of the Roman Catholic Football Federation (RKF).
• 1929 / Whereas GVV and Eendracht conclude a merger to form one Roman Catholic club, RKSV VVG, vv Gaanderen ceases its activities, renouncing its membership of the GVB after four years. Some members of vv Gaanderen join RKSV VVG in the following years. 
• 1933 / As RKSV VVG wins a title in the Roman Catholic Federation, this club runs into problems due to one or two of its players turning out not to be members of the village’s Roman Catholic parish. This even leads to the title being withdrawn from the club. Thereupon, all non-Catholics are thrown out, which leads to the foundation of a new non-confessional club in Gaanderen. Initially named vv Gaanderen, just like its predecessor which had wound up in 1929, the club takes on the new name vv Gaandersche Boys in September 1933. Joining the GVB, vv Gaandersche Boys settles at Terrein Vlakweg, situated at the back of Café Mijnen.
• 1934 / vv Gaandersche Boys takes part in a GVB league championship for the first time.
• 1940 / Upon the outbreak of World War II and the occupation of the Netherlands, vv Gaandersche Boys is wound up, ceasing all activities.
• 1945 / Five years after the demise of vv Gaandersche Boys, the club is reformed under the slightly adapted name vv Gaanderense Boys. vv Gaanderense Boys settles on the old pitch at Vlakweg, with the club rejoining the KNVB – or rather, its Guelders sub-branch GVB.
• 1973-74 / In 1973 or 1974, simultaneously with village rivals VVG ’25, vv Gaanderense Boys settles at the newly laid-out Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol, with the club being given the luxury of two pitches at the western end of the new park; VVG ’25 settles at the eastern side.
• 1996 / Having spent fifty consecutive seasons in the ranks of the GVB, vv Gaanderense Boys is now placed in District East’s Sunday League 6F, the new bottom division in District East, following the abolition of the GVB and all other KNVB sub-branches.
• 2000 / In the best season the club had during the last ten years of its existence, vv Gaanderense Boys finishes in third place in District East’s Sunday League 6F, 16 points behind champions vv H en K.
• 2004 / In its last season, vv Gaanderense Boys, coached by Bart Beurskens, finishes bottom of the table in District East’s Sunday League 6C, with only 7 points (4 points less than the club in second-last place, SV Halle). As the club ceases all its activities, the two pitches at the western end of Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol are now added to the park of VVG ’25 as Pitch/Veld 4 and Pitch/Veld 5. The clubhouse of vv Gaanderense Boys is taken over by the local dog training club, Kringgroep Slingeland.
• 2016 / As Sportpark De Pol is thoroughly renovated, with a synthetic pitch being laid out as the new main pitch of VVG ’25 and the old main pitch being taken away, the park consists of just three pitches from now on, with the two old pitches of vv Gaanderense Boys still in use as Pitch/Veld 2 and Pitch/Veld 3.
• 2017 / Inauguration of the newly renovated Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol.

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

NETHERLANDS: VVG '25 (2016-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol Oost II, Gaanderen (VVG '25)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

18 I 2026 / VVG '25 - vv VIOD 1-1 / Sunday League 2F (= NL level 7)

Timeline

• 1925 / Two Roman Catholic football clubs see the daylight in Gaanderen, a village in the Province of Guelders, to the south of Doetinchem; GVV (Gaandersche Voetbalvereeniging) and GVC (Gaandersche Voetbalclub), with the latter taking on the name Eendracht later on – probably already in 1925 or 1926. In those early days, football is being played on pastures around Gaanderen, with sources mentioning locations such as Terrein Oude Möl (Hogeweg), Terrein Jan Geurtsen (Kerkstraat), and Terrein Café Waarbroek, nicknamed Bij Willem in de Bult.
• 1929 / With Eendracht having had to cease its activities, a merger is concluded between Eendracht and GVV, leading to the foundation of Roomsch-Katholieke Sportvereniging (RKSV) VVG (Voetbalvereeniging Gaanderen). RKSV VVG probably started its activities at Terrein Huitink, also referred to locally as Terrein Tergun, at Rijkschweg. 
• 1937 / Relocating from Terrein Huitink, RKSV VVG settles at a newly laid-out pitch at Vreeltstraat, at the back of the local state-run primary school.
• 1938 / After one season at Terrein Vreeltstraat, RKSV VVG moves to a new pitch at the crossroads of Hoofdstraat and Pelgrimstraat. The new park is renamed Sportpark Den Elshof subsequently. 
• 1941 / RKSV VVG takes on the new name (RKSV?) VVG ’25 to avoid confusion with VVG from Groningen.
• 1973 / VVG ’25 moves to the new Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol – in fact situated right next to the old Sportpark Den Elshof, which had to make way for the new local sports hall. 
• 1974 / Official inauguration of Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol (Oost). The new park consists of three pitches and a large covered grandstand alongside the main pitch. Simultaneously, village rivals vv Gaanderense Boys moves into Sportpark De Pol as well, being given the luxury of two pitches at the western end of the park.
• 2016 / As a complete renovation of Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol (Oost) gets underway, a new – synthetic – main pitch is laid out at the other, western, side of the clubhouse, which is knocked down later that same year. The old main pitch has to make way for the new clubhouse.
• 2017 / As the facelift of Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Pol is completed, the new MFA (‘Multi-Functionele Accommodatie’) is inaugurated, featuring a clubhouse with an uncovered stand, with the two primary schools in Gaanderen – the state-run as well as the Roman Catholic school – being housed in another part of the same building. The new park consists of three pitches – including the two former vv Gaanderense Boys pitches – and a smaller training pitch.
• 2019 / Runaway champions in District East’s Sunday League 4C, 14 points ahead of closest followers vv GWVV, VVG ’25 wins promotion to Sunday League 3 after an absence of 49 years at that level. The successful coach is Lars Krabbenborg.
• 2020 / In the 2019-20 season, cut short due to the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, VVG ’25 finds itself in second place in District East’s Sunday League 3C, 2 points behind leaders SV OBW, but with two games in hand. On that basis, VVG ’25 is placed in Sunday League 2 for the new season – a historic promotion, brought about under the aegis of coach Lars Krabbenborg.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Sunday League 2H, VVG ’25 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by vv ATC ’65 (5-2). In the summer of 2023, the club is joined by former VVG youth academy defender Ties Evers, who had enjoyed a nine-year-long professional league career at BV De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, and FC Volendam (2010-19), as its new head coach. Evers would stay on at the club for the following three years.
• 2024 / VVG ’25 finishes as runner-up in Sunday League 2G, 1 point behind champions vv DVC ’26. In a dramatic end of the season, VVG gave away the title on the last day, suffering a 2-0 away defeat at SV Leones, whilst vv DVC ’26 had the better of SV DCS (2-0). Qualifying for the promotion play-offs, VVG ’25 is knocked out in R1 by SV Gramsbergen (1-2).

Note 1 – Part of the information above has been derived from a magazine published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of VVG ’25 in 2025: “Jubileumuitgave VVG ’25. 100 joar springlèavend.”

Note 2 – Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-4 = non-matchday visit, October 2016 (during building works, old clubhouse still standing, old main pitch already removed to make way for MFA) / pictures 5-19 = match visit, January 2026.

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