NETHERLANDS: RKLVV (1931-1932) / Lindenheuvelsche Boys (1932-1933) / JWM (1934-1935) / RKVV Wilskracht (1938-1939) / RKSV Lindenheuvel (1939-1994) / RKFC Lindenheuvel (1994-2016) / RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie (2016-)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lindenheuvel Zuid - Rozenlaan, Geleen Lindenheuvel (RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie, formerly RKLVV / Lindenheuvelsche Boys / JWM / RKVV Wilskracht / RKSV Lindenheuvel / RKFC Lindenheuvel)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

4 VI 2023 / RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie - SV Hulsberg 1-4 / District South II, Sunday League 3 - promotion play-off R1 (= NL level 8)

Timeline

• 1931 / A municipal sports park is laid out in Lindenheuvel, a neighbourhood of Geleen built in the early stages of the 20th century - and mainly inhabited by workers of the Maurits coal mine. Apart from an athletics club, the main user of the new Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lindenheuvel, situated at the western end of Rozenlaan, is RKLVV (Roomsch-Katholieke Lindenheuvelsche Voetbalvereeniging), a football club founded in 1927 which joined RKLVB, a league of Roman-Catholic clubs in Limburg not associated to the official Netherlands' Football Association (KNVB). In 1931, RKLVV (mostly referred to in source material simply as LVV) won the title in RKLVB Division 1, thus acceding to the so-called Overgangsklasse, a 'transitional' division between RKLVB's regional divisions and the interregional IVCB (Interdiocesane Voetbal-Competitie-Bond).
• 1932 / Due to another, older club already having taken the name (RK)LVV, the club changes its name to become Lindenheuvelsche Boys.
• 1933 / Lindenheuvelsche Boys folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1934 / Foundation of 2 new Roman-Catholic football clubs in Geleen-Lindenheuvel, JWM (Jonge Werkman) & Sint Josephpatronaat. JWM folds in 1935 - and it is unclear how long Sint Josephpatronaat held out, but very probably not beyond the German occupation in 1940. 
• 1938 / Foundation of a new football club in Geleen-Lindenheuvel, RKVV (Rooms-Katholieke Voetbalvereniging) Wilskracht. The club's first chairman is J. Geerts, the spiritual advisor - an obligatory feature in any Roman-Catholic club in those days - is a local chaplain, P. Funke. On May 26th, 1938, RKVV Wilskracht plays its first match at Sportpark Lindenheuvel, a friendly against vv Geleen-Quick '08. The new club joins RKLVB's regional divisions. 
• 1939 / Probably due to another, older club already having taken on the name 'Wilskracht', RKVV Wilskracht changes its name to become RKSV (Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging) Lindenheuvel.
• 1940 / Upon German occupation of the Netherlands, RKLVB as well as all other football associations apart from the official FA (NVB) are abolished. Given the option between folding and joining NVB, RKSV Lindenheuvel chooses the latter, being placed in District South II's Sunday League 4 for the 1940-41 season.
• 1941 / Winning the title in Sunday League 4C, RKSV Lindenheuvel wins promotion to League 3.
• 1946 / Although RKSV Lindenheuvel clinches the title in District South II's Sunday League 3D, the club misses out on promotion in the ensuing round of play-offs. The same happens three years later, after the club manages 1st place in Sunday League 3C.
• 1955 / Winning the title in Sunday League 3C, RKSV Lindenheuvel finally accedes to Sunday League 2 for the 1st time. In the following season, the club manages a respectable 3rd place in Sunday League 2A - repeating that achievement in 1962 and 1964.
• 1969 / Finishing last in Sunday League 2B, RKSV Lindenheuvel drops back into League 3 after 14 years.
• 1974 / Winning the decisive home match against SV Zwart Wit '19 2-1 (goals by Borgt & Pijpers), RKSV Lindenheuvel clinches the Sunday League 3A title, thus returning to League 2 after a 5-year gap.
• 1975 / Managing a 1-0 away win at RKVV Chevremont (goal scored by Huisman), RKSV Lindenheuvel, trained by Jean Munsters, manages its 2nd promotion in a row, thus acceding to Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history.
• 1977 / Finishing second-last in Sunday League 1F, RKSV Lindenheuvel drops back into League 2 after 2 seasons. In the following 15 seasons, the club alternates spells in Sunday League 2 (1977-79, 1984-88 & 1990-92) and League 3 (1979-84, 1988-90) - managing one title, in Sunday League 3C in 1984.
• 1992 / Clinching the title in Sunday League 2B, RKSV Lindenheuvel returns to League 1 after a 15-year absence.
• 1994 / Coached by John Pfeiffer, RKSV Lindenheuvel finishes in 1st place in Sunday League 1F, thus acceding to Zondag Hoofdklasse, the highest level of the Sunday pyramid, for the first time in club history. In the summer of 1994, a merger is concluded between RKSV Lindenheuvel and LHBMC, resulting in the foundation of RKFC (Rooms-Katholieke Fusieclub) Lindenheuvel, with first team football moving to RKSV Lindenheuvel's pitch at the southern end of Sportpark Lindenheuvel.
• 1995 / In the best season in the combined histories of RKVV Wilskracht, RKSV Lindenheuvel, vv Maurits, LHBMC, and RKFC Lindenheuvel, the new merger club finishes in 5th place in Zondag Hoofdklasse C.
• 1996 / In January 1996, following six months of building works, Lindenheuvel's new clubhouse is inaugurated by Geleen's mayor, Hans Lurvink. Meanwhile, the results on the pitch are less joyful; finishing the 1995-96 season in 12th place in Zondag Hoofdklasse C, RKFC Lindenheuvel descends into Sunday League 1 after 2 years. 
• 1997 / Suffering back-to-back relegations following a 12th place in Sunday League 1D, RKFC Lindenheuvel suddenly finds itself in League 2.
• 1999 / Finishing 10th in Sunday League 2G, RKFC Lindenheuvel drops back into League 3 - amounting to a 3rd relegation in 4 seasons.
• 2002 / Following 2 more relegations, RKFC Lindenheuvel finds itself in Sunday League 5, the nadir in club history.
• 2003 / Winning the title in District South II's Sunday League 5C, RKFC Lindenheuvel wins promotion to Sunday League 4.
• 2012 / Having spent 9 consecutive seasons at League 4 level, RKFC Lindenheuvel obtains the title in Sunday League 4C, thus winning promotion to League 3. The club holds out at that level for 2 seasons before suffering relegation back into League 4 in 2014.
• 2016 / In its last season as RKFC Lindenheuvel, the club finishes in 3rd place in Sunday League 4C. That summer, a merger is concluded with vv Heidebloem, resulting in the foundation of RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie. While vv Heidebloem's Ton Caanen Sportcomplex (formerly known as Sportpark Landgraaf) is abandoned, all activities are moved to Sportpark Lindenheuvel.
• 2017 / With a 10-point advantage over RKVV Obbicht, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie wins the title in District South II's Sunday League 4C, thus clinching promotion to League 3.
• 2019 / Managing the title in Sunday League 3B with an impressive 15-point advantage over closest followers FC Geleen-Zuid, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie accedes to Sunday League 2.
• 2022 / Finishing 2nd-last in Sunday League 2G, with just vv Scharn picking up fewer points, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie drops back into League 3.
• 2023 / Having managed a 4th place in Sunday League 3A, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it crashes out in R1 against SV Hulsberg.
• 2024 / Finishing second from bottom in District South II's Sunday League 3B, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie drops back into League 4 along with bottom club FC Geleen Zuid. 
• 2025 / Runners-up in District South II's Sunday League 4C, 3 points behind champions RKVV De Leeuw, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebleom Combinatie qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out SV Simpelveld in R1 (4-2). Thus qualifying for the final against FC Roerdalen, played at RKVV Sint-Joost's Sportpark Tussen de Berken, the club goes on to win the encounter by the skin of its teeth (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out). As such, RKFC Lindenheuvel-Heidebloem Combinatie manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3.

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

NETHERLANDS: RKVV Steenbergse Boys (1947-1966) / vv Maurits (1966-1983) / LHBMC (1983-1994)

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lindenheuvel Noord, Geleen Lindenheuvel (formerly RKVV Steenbergse Boys / vv Maurits / LHBMC)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

June 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1931 / Inauguration of Gemeentelijk Sportpark Lindenheuvel. It is unclear if the northernmost pitch of the park was part of the original lay-out of the park, which comprised athletics facilities as well as a football pitch at the time.
• 1947 / Foundation of Steenbergse Boys. This club probably played its home matches on the northernmost pitch of Sportpark Lindenheuvel from the outset, although no absolute certainty can be given on this subject (as yet).
• 1953 / Winning the title in LVB (Afdeling Limburg) Division 1 - and probably winning an ensuing round of play-offs, Steenbergse Boys accedes to KNVB Sunday League 4 for the first time.
• 1966 / Steenbergse Boys takes on the new name vv Maurits - thereby echoing the former football club Staatsmijn Maurits, founded in 1926 and renamed SV Maurits in 1936, which merged into Fortuna '54 in the 1950s.
• 1982 / With the club's performances in the preceding 29 years being shrouded in obscurity, it is clear that vv Maurits suffered relegation from Sunday League 4 into LVB (Afdeling Limburg) Division 1 in the 1981-82 season.
• 1983 / vv Maurits concludes a merger with Lindenheuvelse Boys, resulting in the foundation of LHBMC (Lindenheuvelse Boys-Maurits Combinatie). Lindenheuvelse Boys - not to be confused with the short-lived Lindenheuvelsche Boys from the early 1930s - was a recreational club, playing its football in the so-called Geleense Zomeravond-Competitie; with a first mention of the club in newspaper sources in 1968. Initially playing its football at various grounds across Geleen (including Sportpark Lindenheuvel), Lindenheuvelse Boys later settled at 'De Berg', a pitch situated near the chemical plants to the west of Geleen. Upon the merger with vv Maurits, this pitch is abandoned - with all activities moving to vv Maurits' Sportpark Lindenheuvel Noord.
• 1986 / Clinching the title in LVB (Afdeling Limburg) Division 2E with an astounding goal difference of +100 (110-10), LHBMC, coached by Sip Bergsma, wins access to LVB's top division.
• 1987 / Winning its 2nd title in a row, this time in LVB (Afdeling Limburg Division 1E, obtaining the decisive point in a 2-2 draw with vv Slekker Boys (both LHBMC goals being scored by A. Geurts), LHBMC, still coached by Sip Bergsma, accedes to KNVB District South II's Sunday League 4.1
• 1989 / After a 5-2 away win at vv KASPORA (2 goals by Patarek and Wetsels each, 1 by Virdis), LHBMC obtains the Sunday League 4D title with trainer Jean Cloos, thus winning promotion to Sunday League 3. It is unclear how the club fared in the last 5 seasons prior to its merger with RKSV Lindenheuvel.
• 1994 / LHBMC concludes a merger with its southern neighbours RKSV Lindenheuvel, resulting in the foundation of RKFC (Rooms-Katholieke Fusieclub) Lindenheuvel. First team football moves to the southernmost pitch of the park, hitherto RKSV Lindenheuvel's main pitch. It is unclear from when on the pitch previously used by vv Maurits and LHBMC was abandoned. The clubhouse was taken over later by the local boy scouts.

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

NETHERLANDS: SVE (± 1953-2023)

Sportpark Op de Hei, Einighausen (formerly SVE)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

June 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1945 / Foundation of EVC (probably meaning: Einighausense Voetbalclub). The club's ground is situated to the east of the village, not far from modern-day Bielvelderweg.
• 1946 / Given that the abbreviation EVC has already been taken by a club from Edam, North Holland, the Netherlands' FA (KNVB) orders the new club in Einighausen to change its name. The solution chosen is as straightforward as unimaginative: SVE (Sportvereniging Einighausen).
• ± 1953 / Moving away from its first pitch, SVE moves to Sportpark Op de Hei, situated to the south of the village centre at Bokslootweg.
• 1972 / For the first time since the club's foundation, SVE manages to accede to District South II's Sunday League 4 after winning the title in Division 1 of LVB (Limburgse Voetbalbond).
• 1977 / Clinching the title in Sunday League 4E, SVE wins promotion to District South II's Sunday League 3 for the first time.
• 1980 / In the best season in club history, SVE finishes runners-up in Sunday League 3C. 
• 1984 / Having played 7 seasons in Sunday League 3, SVE now finishes 12th and last in League 3C, thus descending into League 4.
• 1989 / Winning the Sunday League 4E title again, SVE returns to League 3, but the joy is short-lived, as the club finishes last in League 3A in the 1989-90 season, thus suffering relegation back into League 4.
• 1997 / Rock bottom in Sunday League 4D, SVE descends into Sunday League 5 - the level which replaced LVB Division 1 in 1996. It is the first time in 27 years the club finds itself at a level lower than League 4.
• 1999 / Finishing in 1st place in Sunday League 5B, SVE accedes to League 4, managing to hold its own at that level for 2 seasons.
• 2002 / Following back-to-back relegations, SVE finds itself in Sunday League 6, a lowpoint in club history. In the following 13 seasons, the club alternates spells in League 6 (2002-06, 2011-12, 2014-15) & League 5 (2006-11, 2012-14).
• 2015 / SVE wins the title in District South II's Sunday League 6A, 9 points ahead of closest followers SV Sibbe. Due to the abolition of Sunday League 6, the club climbs two levels up the league ladder, acceding to League 4.
• 2022 / Finishing dead-last in Sunday League 4C, SVE drops back into League 5.
• 2023 / In its last season, SVE finishes second-last in District South II's Sunday League 5B, with only RKAVC picking up fewer points. Due to a decreasing club membership (in the 2022-23 season, SVE had just 2 teams left), the Sittard-Geleen municipality refused to further look after the pitches of a club which was deemed unviable; thereupon, SVE's board took the decision to fold, ceasing all activities.

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

NETHERLANDS: RKVV IASON (1966-±1970) / vv IASON (±1970-2024)

Sportpark De Kromme Steeg, Houthem-Sint Gerlach (formerly RKVV IASON & vv IASON)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

June 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1909 / A group of boys from Houthem-Sint Gerlach, who had been playing football together on pastures and meadows around the village in Southern Limburg since their introduction to the ball game during their military service two years previously, decides to form a proper football club, which is given the name HBC, an abbreviation standing for Houthemse Bal Club. Alfons Kockelmans, who is mentioned as the co-founder of the club along with Eddy Franquinet, takes over the role of chairman. For the moment, the club does not join any league association, with friendly matches being played on a pitch laid out on the pastures of a local smallholder, Mr Borghans.
• 1911 / HBC is absorbed into Juliana VC from nearby Meerssen, a member club of the so-called LVB or Limburgsche Voetbalbond (the Limburg sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Football Association, NVB), with the merger club taking on the name Juliana-HBC. All activities move to Meerssen.
• 1913 / Juliana-HBC folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1916 / HBC is re-established under a new name, Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging (RKVV) Iason, with the name being a reference to a Greek mythological hero. Again, Alfons Kockelmans takes on the role of chairman. It is unclear where the pitch of this new club was situated. One year later, the club is one of the founding members of the RKLVB or Roomsch-Katholieke Limburgsche Voetbalbond, the Limburg sub-branch of the Netherlands’ Roman Catholic football federation RKF.
• 1922 / Due to financial problems, RKVV Iason folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1931 / Activities are resumed, with RKVV Iason being re-established under the chairmanship of Mathieu van Caldenborgh.
• 1933 / Possibly after having ceased its activities one year previously, RKVV Iason now resumes its activities under the chairmanship of Emiel Arbeel.
• 1937 / RKVV Iason ceases its activities due to financial problems.
• 1938 / After one year of inactivity, RKVV Iason is re-established under the chairmanship of Jan Frissen.
• 1940 / At the outbreak of World War II, which sees the RKF and all sub-branches of the Roman Catholic Football Federation being wound up, RKVV Iason folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1944 / Following the liberation of the southern part of the Netherlands from the German yoke, RKVV Iason is re-established at the instigation of the local chaplain, Fr Van Amstel. However, wanting to do away with the martial reputation of the Greek hero Iason, the club now officially takes on the acronym IASON, standing for In Aangename Samenwerking Overwinning Nastrevend (i.e. 'Striving for Victory in Pleasant Cooperation'). As the RKF does not resume its activities, RKVV IASON joins the official Netherlands’ Football Association, KNVB, in the summer of 1945.
• 1949 / Clinching the title in Afdeling Limburg (Sunday) Division 2, RKVV IASON goes on to enjoy success in the subsequent round of championship play-offs against RKUVC and RKVV Steenbergse Boys, thus gaining promotion to Afdeling Limburg Division 1.
• 1952 / With the decisive points being clinched in a 1-0 home win over RKSV Wit-Groen (1,700 spectators!), RKVV IASON, coached by Paul den Hoed, clinches the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 1 without suffering a single defeat all season. The club fails to book a ticket for Sunday League 4 in the ensuing round of championship play-offs, having to leave the honours to RKVCL.
• 1955 / Coached by Henk Sluyten, RKVV IASON conquers the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 1 for the second time, but, again, the club fails to win promotion to Sunday League 4 in the subsequent round of championship play-offs, in which RKSV Kakertse Boys and RKVVM prove too strong.
• 1956 / Conquering the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 1 for the second year in a row, RKVV IASON is placed in District South II’s Sunday League 4 for the first time – without any play-offs, due to extra promotion places being available. The successful coach is Alex Suylen.
• 1959 / In the best season in club history, RKVV IASON finishes in fifth place in District South II’s Sunday League 4A.
• 1961 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 4B, RKVV IASON drops back into Afdeling Limburg Division 1 after five years.
• 1963 / Coached by Gerrit Otten, RKVV IASON wins the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 1, gaining promotion to Sunday League 4 after an absence of two years at that level.
• 1966 / Moving away from its old pitch at Kromme Steeg in March 1966, RKVV IASON concludes a temporary groundsharing agreement to finish the 1965-66 season at vv Berg ‘28’s Sportpark Wippertseheide (first team) and SV Vilt’s Terrein Vilterkuipje (lower teams), going on to settle on a newly laid-out park, laid out elsewhere at Kromme Steeg, in the late summer of the same year.
• 1967 / Finishing in joint-last position in District South II’s Sunday League 4B with vv Grachter Boys, RKVV IASON goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match against the club from Spekholzerheide, played at Terrein Hoebigerweg, the ground of SV Zwart-Wit ’19 in Eys (2-0). As a result, RKVV IASON descends into the ranks of Afdeling Limburg.
• ± 1970 / RKVV IASON’s board decides to drop the reference to the club’s Roman Catholic origins, with the club name thus becoming vv IASON.
• 1973 / A new clubhouse is inaugurated at Sportpark De Kromme Steeg in the summer of 1973.
• 1989 / Coached by Jo Vrösch, vv IASON wins promotion from Afdeling Limburg Division 1 to Sunday League 4 after an absence of 22 years at that level.
• 1992 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 4A, vv IASON drops back into the ranks of Afdeling Limburg along with the club in second-last place, RKUVC.
• 1996 / As Afdeling Limburg and all other KNVB sub-branches are abolished in a thorough reorganisation of the non-league pyramid, vv IASON is placed in the newly created Sunday League 5.
• 1999 / vv IASON finishes as runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 5A, 12 points behind runaway champions RKBFC. The club goes on to reach the final of the promotion play-offs, in which is suffers defeat (1-0) at the hands of RKVV Sportclub ’25.
• 2000 / Finishing as runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 5A, 8 points behind champions SC Jekerdal, vv IASON goes on to win promotion to Sunday League 4 via the play-offs.
• 2002 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 4A, vv IASON drops back into Sunday League 5 along with the club in second-last position, RKUVC.
• 2004 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South II’s Sunday League 5A, vv IASON descends into Sunday League 6 for the first time, along with the club in second-last place, vv Daalhof.
• 2005 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 6A, 1 point behind champions RKIVV, vv IASON manages an immediate return to Sunday League 5 via the ensuing play-off rounds.
• 2012 / Finishing in second-last place in District South II’s Sunday League 5A, vv IASON drops back into Sunday League 6 along with bottom club SV Vilt.
• 2013 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 6A, 1 point behind champions vv Amstenrade, vv IASON accedes to Sunday League 5 without play-offs due to extra promotion places being available. The successful coach is Ron Ruijgh.
• 2014 / Finishing in fifth place in District South II’s Sunday League 5A, vv IASON qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in the group stage against vv Daalhof and FC Gulpen, managing a home win against the former (6-2), but suffering an away defeat against the latter (6-4).
• 2015 / In its last season with a regular first team, vv IASON finishes in joint last place in District South II’s Sunday League 5B, along with vv Puth, but with an inferior goal difference (-70 vs. -61). Following the 2014-15 season, the club withdraws from regular non-league, continuing its existence with just recreational teams.
• 2024 / Following the 2023-24 season, vv IASON withdraws its last competing team from District South II’s Reserves’ League 6. In the summer of 2024, the club ceases all activities after an existence of eighty years.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Westerbeekse Boys

Sportpark D'n Twist, Westerbeek (vv Westerbeekse Boys)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

1 VI 2023 / vv Westerbeekse Boys - vv Menos Reserves 1-2 / District South II, Reserves' Sunday League 6-32

Timeline

• 1970 / Foundation of a football club in Westerbeek, given the name vv Westerbeekse Boys. The club plays its football at Sportpark D'n Eik.
• 1988 / Sportpark D'n Eik having to make way for housing, vv Westerbeekse Boys moves to the newly built Sportpark D'n Twist.
• 1996 / Having played in the lower reaches of BVB (Brabantse Voetbalbond, an association of clubs from North Brabant playing their football below the level of KNVB League 4) for the first 26 years of its existence, vv Westerbeekse Boys is placed in District South II's Sunday League 6 upon the abolition of BVB and all other regional football associations in 1996.
• 2001 / After finishing last in 3 consecutive years in Sunday League 6, the bottom division in District South II, vv Westerbeekse Boys withdraws its first teams, henceforth focusing on recreational football.
• 2017 / The club having such a limited membership, the decision is taken to give up the main pitch of Sportpark D'n Twist, with the training pitch becoming the main pitch from now on. Whereas vv Westerbeekse Boys had previously merged its youth teams with vv Excellent, the two clubs now conclude a cooperation agreement with SV Stevensbeek (SVS) to merge the respective youth academies under the name Samenwerkende Teams (ST) Excellent/SVS/Westerbeekse Boys.

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