BELGIUM: RAS Risquons-Tout (1972-2024) / RAS Risquons-Tout Mouscron (2024-)

Stade des Camps, Mouscron = Moeskroen Risquons-Tout (RAS Risquons-Tout Mouscron, formerly RAS Risquons-Tout)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

23 I 2022 / RAS Risquons-Tout - RUS Tournai-Warcoing 3-2 / Friendly

Note 1: The hamlet of Risquons-Tout, right on the Belgian-French border to the south - and right on the language border with West Flanders to the north and west - was named after a local inn (Risquons-Tout, translated literally in English, means 'Let's Risk It All'). In 1848, the Battle of Risquons-Tout took place between Belgium's armed forces and a motley Belgian-French troop of republicans in vain attempting to cross the border to spread the revolution which cost French King Louis Philippe his throne. Part of Flanders until a redrawing of the language border in 1963, Risquons-Tout, meanwhile absorbed by the town of Mouscron, has been a part of the Walloon province of Hainaut since. The football club Association Sportive (AS) Risquons-Tout saw the daylight in 1946, acquiring the royal epithet in 1996, thus becoming RAS Risquons-Tout. The club, who have played at the Stade des Camps from 1972 onwards, played in the West Flemish league system for decades until making the leap to Hainaut's provincial leagues in the 1980s. In 2024, the name of the municipality, Mouscron, was added to the name of the club.

Note 2: Below, a compilation of images of two different visits: photos 1-3 & 18 = non-matchday visit, August 2018 / photos 4-17 = match visit, January 2022.

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

BELGIUM: FC Olympic Namur

Stade Ronet, Namur = Namen Ronet (FC Olympic Namur)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

23 I 2022 / FCO Namur - RUS Biesme 2-5 / Friendly

Note: FC Olympic Namur saw the daylight in 2001 (matricule 9384) and constructed their ground at a quirky location, hemmed in between Belgian Railway's shunting yards and the buildings of Namur's shooting club (the latter of which provides some unusual background noise during your game of football) in Ronet, a hamlet of Flawinne which in itself is a village which has been absorbed by the ever-expanding city of Namur. Originally consisting of two pitches, the ground has been reduced to just one pitch, as the club have had to cede the other to the railway services, from whom they rent the premises. 

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

BELGIUM: US Yvetoise (matr. 3424) (1942-1943) / RUS Yvetoise (matr. 4681) (1947-2009) / US Walcourt (B) (2010-2018) / US Thy-le-Château (2018-2019) / RFC Somzée (B) (2020-)

Rue Fontaine, Yves-Gomezée (B ground of RFC Somzée, formerly US Yvetoise / RUS Yvetoise / B ground of US Walcourt / US Thy-le-Château)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

16 I 2022 / RFC Somzée B - R Excelsior FC Moustier B 0-2 / Friendly

Note: US Yvetoise, founded in 1942 (matricule 3424), took part in Namur's provincial leagues for just one season before folding - the matricule being erased from the Belgian FA's official lists on January 1st, 1944. A successor club saw the daylight just after the war, bearing the same name, but with a new matricule (4681). This 'new' US Yvetoise acquired the royal epithet in 1999, becoming RUS Yvetoise. After the 2008/2009 season, all the club's senior and youth teams were withdrawn; and their matricule was erased from the Belgian Football Association's official lists one year later, as Yvetoise was absorbed into US Walcourt. For the eight following years (2010-18), the ground was used by US Walcourt for lower team football and training purposes, thereby sparing the pitch of their own Stade Spayemont. In 2018-19, US Walcourt allowed US Thy-le-Château to use the ground in Yves-Gomezée while their own (sole) pitch was being equipped with a synthetic surface; another club who occasionally shared the ground with US Walcourt, but only for training purposes, was FC Clermont. Finally, in 2020, Walcourt's town council allowed the premises to be taken over temporarily by RFC Somzée, who have since used them for lower team football and training purposes.

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