NETHERLANDS: RKVV Almania (1970-2013) / Sporting Sittard '13 (2013-2025)

Sportpark Bachstraat, Sittard Broeksittard (formerly RKVV Almania / Sporting Sittard '13)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

17 IX 2023 / Sporting Sittard '13 - RKVV Wijnandia 4-2 / District South II, Regional Cup - group stage, group 2-12

Timeline

• 1919 / Having been inspired by French occupation troops just across the border in Germany, the soldiers of which play each other in football matches to kill time, the decision is taken in the village of Broeksittard to found a football club, which is given the name Blauw Wit. The club’s first chairman is Mr. M. Jetten. In 1919 or shortly after it, the club finds itself a ground, Terrein Schelberg. 
• 1920 / Blauw Wit starts its life in Division 2 of the so-called Roomsch-Katholieke Limburgsche Voetbalbond (RKLVB), a league of Roman-Catholic football clubs in Limburg not affiliated to the official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB).
• 1930 / Having played in several Roman-Catholic leagues in the past 10 years (initially RKLVB, later RKF and IVCB), Blauw Wit applies for membership of the official Netherlands’ FA (KNVB), being placed in District South II’s Sunday League 3 on the condition that the club changes its name – the name Blauw Wit already having been taken by several other clubs. As such, Blauw Wit changes its name to become RKVV (Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging) Almania.
• 1932 / Having played in KNVB Sunday League 3 for two seasons, RKVV Almania chooses to withdraw its KNVB membership, preferring to return to the ranks of RKLVB, being placed in that league’s Overgangsklasse (feeder division of the ranks of IVCB).
• 1934 / RKVV Almania has a successful year – although it is unclear in which division –, winning all of its matches and finishing the season with a 68-0 goal difference.
• 1939 / RKVV Almania wins a title in RKLVB or IVCB.
• 1940 / Following the German occupation of the Netherlands, all football associations except the official Netherlands’ FA (renamed NVB, naturally without the royal epithet ‘K’ – or ‘koninklijk’) are abolished. RKVV Almania rejoins NVB, being placed in Sunday League 2.
• 1946 / Foundation of vv Stadbroek, a new club created in the eastern outskirts of Sittard - soon to coalesce with the village of Broeksittard in the post-war years. It is unclear if this club played at Sportpark Stadbroek at Jan Steenstraat from the outset.
• 1949 / vv Stadbroek reaches KNVB Sunday League 4 for the first time. It is unclear for how long the club managed to hold its own at this level before dropping back into Afdeling Limburg (Limburgse Voetbalbond, LVB).
• 1955 / With the introduction of professional league football – and many Sunday league clubs joining –, the open places in Sunday League 1 are taken by clubs from the level below. As such, RKVV Almania, which had finished 3rd in Sunday League 2A in the 1954-55 season, wins promotion to the highest non-league level. Meanwhile, in another part of Sittard, in the Ophoven neighbourrhood, a new football club is founded which is given the name vv Thien Bunder Boys.
• 1956 / Unable to hold its own in Sunday League 1 – also because its strongest players had joined the newly created professional league side in Sittard, RKSV Sittardia –, RKVV Almania drops back into League 2 after just one season.
• 1960 / Finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 2B, RKVV Almania finds itself in Sunday League 3 for the first time since rejoining the ranks of the Netherlands’ official FA in 1940.
• 1963 / Winning the title in District South II’s Sunday League 3C, RKVV Almania returns to the League 2 level.
• 1964 / Although RKVV Almania wins the title in Sunday League 2A, the club fails to win promotion due to an unsuccessful set of promotion play-offs.
• 1966 / RKVV Almania loses the title in Sunday League 2B in the last match of the season. Leading at VCH in Hout-Blerick 0-2 until 15 minutes before the end of the match, the club goes on to lose 3-2, with rivals SV Panningen thus pipping the Broeksittard side at the post – and walking away with first place.
• 1967 / RKVV Almania eventually accedes to Sunday League 1 after obtaining the title in Sunday League 2B. This promotion heralds the most successful spell in club history.
• 1968 / Incredibly, RKVV Almania wins the title in Sunday League 1F in its first season after returning to this level. In the subsequent play-offs against the champions of the five other Sunday League 1 divisions (RKSV DCG, UVS, vv Rheden, vv Emmen, and MV&AV Middelburg), RKVV Almania plays its home matches at Stadion De Baandert, the stadium of professional league side Fortuna SC. Managing just one win in 10 matches, Almania finishes bottom of the table, with Amsterdam’s DCG clinching first place.
• 1970 / RKVV Almania comes close to the title in Sunday League 1F once again, eventually having to leave the honours to local rivals vv Sanderbout. The derby encounters between the two clubs draw crowds of 4,000 (at Almania) and 2,500 (at Sanderbout). In the preparatory stages of the 1970-71 season, RKVV Almania wins the so-called Twente-Ros Tournament in Enschede. On September 6th, 1970, the club’s newly laid-out ground, Sportpark Bachstraat, is inaugurated with Almania managing a 1-1 draw against vv RIOS ’31. Possibly also in or around 1970, vv Thien Bunder Boys moves from Ophoven to the southern half of this newly created Sportpark Bachstraat in Broeksittard.
• 1971 / Finishing with an equal number of points as vv Caesar in Sunday League 1F, RKVV Almania meets its rival in a tie-break match for the title at Stadion De Baandert (attended by 16,000 spectators!), with vv Caesar winning the match after extra time (3-2) – thus pushing back Almania into second place. Meanwhile, vv Stadbroek wins promotion to KNVB Sunday League 4 for a second time.
• 1973 / Winning the final against RKVV Voerendaal at Voerendaal’s ground (0-2), RKVV Almania wins District South II’s Regional Cup (‘Districtsbeker’).
• 1974 / Finishing 6th in Sunday League 1F, RKVV Almania wins promotion to the newly created top level of Sunday football, Zondag Hoofdklasse.
• 1975 / In its first season in Zondag Hoofdklasse C, RKVV Almania finishes in 6th place – and, not unimportant in view of local rivalries, being the most successful non-league club in Limburg that season.
• 1977 / Clinching the title in District South II’s Sunday League 4D, vv Stadbroek accedes to Sunday League 3, probably for the first time.
• 1978 / Winning its second title in a row, this time in Sunday League 3B, vv Stadbroek accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 1979 / Its fate being sealed following a 4-2 defeat away at SV Panningen, RKVV Almania drops out of Zondag Hoofdklasse C after 4 seasons, never managing a return to that level in subsequent years. On June 4th, 1979, the club plays its last-ever match at Hoofdklasse level, a 1-2 home defeat against TSV LONGA. Meanwhile, in the club’s best season ever, vv Stadbroek finishes in 4th place in Sunday League 2B.
• 1980 / RKVV Almania reaches the semis of District South II’s Regional Cup, in which it is eliminated by RFC Roermond (1-3). Meanwhile, at the southern end of Sportpark Bachstraat, vv Thien Bunder Boys changes its name to become Sportclub (SC) Sittardia ’80.
• 1981 / SC Sittardia ’80 absorbs a small, local non-league club, vv Vrangendael, without a name change resulting from the merger.
• 1982 / Finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 1F, RKVV Almania finds itself in Sunday League 2 for the first time in 15 years. Meanwhile, having managed 4 seasons in League 2, vv Stadbroek now finishes last in Sunday League 2B, thus dropping back into League 3.
• 1983 / Finishing 6 points ahead of RKVV Waubach, RKVV Almania wins the title in Sunday League 2A, thus managing an immediate return to League 1. In November 1983, the clubhouse at Sportpark Bachstraat is consumed in a fire.
• 1985 / RKVV Almania drops back into League 2 following a 13th place in Sunday League 1F. On a happier note, a rebuilt clubhouse is inaugurated at Sportpark Bachstraat, the official ceremony being performed by a local alderman, Mr Houthakkers. Meanwhile, finishing last in District South II’s Sunday League 3C, vv Stadbroek finds itself back in League 4 after 8 years.
• 1986 / Following a 0-4 win at RKVV Kolonia, RKVV Almania clinches the title in Sunday League 2A, thus returning to League 1 at the first instance. Meanwhile, in its third relegation in four years, vv Stadbroek falls back into the ranks of Afdeling Limburg after finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 4D.
• 1988 / RKVV Almania finishes runners-up in Sunday League 1F, but misses out on promotion to Zondag Hoofdklasse.
• 1990 / Finishing 10th in Sunday League 1F, RKVV Almania drops back into League 2. Meanwhile, after four years in Afdeling Limburg, vv Stadbroek manages a return to Sunday League 4. The stay at that level lasts for two seasons, with relegation following in 1992.
• 1994 / Winning the title in Sunday League 2A, RKVV Almania manages a return to League 1. The stay at that level does not last longer than one season, though, with relegation duly following in 1995.
• 1996 / vv Stadbroek wins promotion to Sunday League 4. This time, the stay at that level lasts for 5 seasons, with relegation following in 2001.
• 1997 / RKVV Almania wins the title in Sunday League 2H, thus returning to League 1. Again, though, the spell at that level does not last longer than one season, with relegation following in 1998. The club never returned to the League 1 level in subsequent years.
• 1999 / Finishing 11th in Sunday League 2G, RKVV Almania suffers relegation to Sunday League 3, a level at which the club had last played 36 years back.
• 2001 / Winning the title in Sunday League 3C, RKVV Almania manages a return to League 2. The spell at that level lasts for 3 seasons, with relegation following in 2004.
• 2004 / Clinching the title in District South II’s Sunday League 5C, vv Stadbroek wins promotion to Sunday League 4.
• 2005 / SC Sittardia ’80 changes its name to become vv Sittard-Oost.
• 2006 / Finishing in 10th place in Sunday League 3B, RKVV Almania drops back into League 4, a level at which the club had never played previously.
• 2007 / Winning the title in District South II’s Sunday League 4C, RKVV Almania finds its way back to League 3 at the first instance. As for vv Stadbroek, in its last season as an independent club, it finishes in 9th place in Sunday League 4C. The club concludes a merger with vv Sittard-Oost, resulting in the foundation of SSOC (Stadbroek-Sittard-Oost Combinatie). With vv Sittard-Oost’s ground, Sportpark Bachstraat (Zuid), having to make way for a playground, all activities move to Sportpark Stadbroek at Jan Steenstraat. SSOC starts its life in Sunday League 4 by virtue of vv Stadbroek having stayed up at that level the previous season.
• 2008 / Finishing last in Sunday League 4C, SSOC suffers relegation to League 5.
• 2009 / Winning the title in Sunday League 5C, SSOC manages an immediate return to League 4.
• 2011 / SSOC finishes runners-up in Sunday League 4C, but fails to win promotion in the play-offs. Nonetheless, the 2010-11 season goes down as the most successful year in the merger club’s short existence.
• 2013 / In its last season as an independent club, RKVV Almania finishes 12th in Sunday League 3B, thus suffering relegation to League 4. Meanwhile, SSOC finishes in 10th place in Sunday League 4C, narrowly saving its skin at that level. In mid-2013, SSOC concludes a merger with RKVV Almania, resulting in the foundation of Sporting Sittard ’13. All activities move to Almania’s ground at Bachstraat, with SSOC’s Sportpark Stadbroek at Jan Steenstraat being abandoned – and subsequently laid out anew as a recreation area. Sporting Sittard ’13 starts its life in Sunday League 4, a level at which the club played for the following twelve years.
• 2025 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South II's Sunday League 4C, Sporting Sittard '13 descends into Sunday League 5 along with play-off victim RKSV Olympia Schinveld. However, in the 2025-26 season, Sporting Sittard '13 no longer fields any teams, ceasing all activities once and for all, due to energy debts. The clubhouse is knocked down in late 2025 already, with the future of the park as yet being unclear.

Note - Picture 21 below (the last in the series) shows the two open terraces on each side of the main stand before the discovery of concrete degradation incited Sittard's municipal authorities to take the decision to cover both terraces under a set of thick groves. Photo, taken in April 2018, courtesy of Sjoerd van Leeuwen.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Doetinchem

Sportpark De Bezelhorst Noord, Doetinchem (vv Doetinchem)

Netherlands, province: Guelders = Gelderland

10 IX 2023 / vv Doetinchem - SC EDS 0-2 / District East, Regional Cup - group stage, group 3-34

Timeline

• 1907 / Foundation of Doetinchemsche Football Club (DFC) – not the oldest club in Doetinchem, given that DVC (Doetinchemsche Voetbalclub) dated back to 1900 – but this club folded in 1911. The first pitch of Doetinchemsche FC, originally an elitist club, was situated in Wijnbergen, Terrein Cleve – a plot of farmland rented from a local smallholder.
• 1915 / Doetinchemsche FC reaches NVB District East’s League 3 for the first time (with no League 4 existing at that time).
• 1918 / Winning the title in League 3 for the second time running, DFC wins promotion to League 2. That same year, a new club sees the daylight in Doetinchem, Excelsior. It is unclear where Excelsior’s ground was situated.
• 1922 / Forced by NVB authorities, who frown upon clubs sharing the same name, Excelsior changes its name to become DLO (‘Door Lichamelijk Oefenen’, or, literally translated in English, ‘By Physical Training’). 
• 1924 / DLO reaches NVB League 4 for the first time. That same year, Doetinchemsche FC drops back into League 3 after having played in League 2 for the past 6 seasons.
• 1928 / A merger is concluded between DLO and DFC, resulting in the foundation of Voetbalvereeniging (vv) Doetinchem. All activities move to Doetinchemsche FC’s ground – by then no longer situated in Wijnbergen, but in Doetinchem proper, Terrein De Kruisberg.
• 1930 / Winning the title in League 3C, vv Doetinchem accedes to League 2. In the 1930s, the club alternates spells in League 2 (1930-34, 1936-38) and League 3 (1934-36, 1938-41). Also in the course of this decade, a wooden covered stand is erected at Terrein De Kruisberg.
• 1937 / Having its best season in the pre-war era, vv Doetinchem finishes in 4th place in League 2B.
• 1941 / Winning the title in District East’s Sunday League 3C, vv Doetinchem manages a return to League 2. The club holds out at that level for 8 years, with relegation following in 1949.
• 1951 / Finishing in 1st place in Sunday League 3C, vv Doetinchem returns to League 2. This time, the spell at that level lasts for 3 seasons, with relegation following in 1954.
• 1956 / Although, at a club meeting, a majority of the members votes in favour of a merger with fledgling professional league club BVC De Graafschap (founded in 1954), the decision is reversed shortly afterwards amid a sharp conflict between those in favour and those against a professional league adventure. In the end, BVC De Graafschap finds another merger partner, vv Oosseld – with the new merger club taking on the name VBV De Graafschap and with vv Oosseld becoming the club’s non-league branch. For many years, the relations between De Graafschap and vv Doetinchem remain strained.
• 1962 / Finishing in last place in District East’s Sunday League 3C, vv Doetinchem drops back into League 4 for the first time in club history. In the following 15 years, the club alternates spells in League 4 (1962-65, 1969-74) and League 3 (1965-69, 1974-77).
• 1977 / Clinching the title in Sunday League 3C, vv Doetinchem returns to League 2 after an absence of 23 years at that level.
• 1979 / For the first time in club history, vv Doetinchem accedes to League 1 following a title win in League 2A. In the following season, the club finishes in a respectable 5th place in League 1D.
• 1986 / In the best season in club history, vv Doetinchem finishes in 4th place in League 1D.
• 1987 / Having held out at League 1 level for 8 consecutive seasons, vv Doetinchem drops back into League 2.
• 1988 / Suffering back-to-back relegations, the club suddenly finds itself in League 3.
• 1990 / Having played at Terrein De Kruisberg for some 65 years (including the DFC era pre-1928), vv Doetinchem moves to the newly laid-out Sportpark De Bezelhorst, to the north of Doetinchem’s town centre.
• 1999 / Having spent 11 consecutive seasons in League 3, vv Doetinchem now wins the title in Sunday League 3C, thus acceding to League 2. The stay at that level does not last longer than one season though, with relegation duly following in 2000. The club spends the following 9 seasons in League 3.
• 2002 / VBV De Graafschap has a youth academy ground built at Sportpark De Bezelhorst, to the south of vv Doetinchem's ground. In the following years, also due to vv Doetinchem's membership dwindling, De Graafschap is also allowed the use of the southern end of the park.
• 2010 / Having suffered relegation into League 4 the previous season, vv Doetinchem now wins the title in Sunday League 4D, thus returning to League 3.
• 2015 / Finishing last in Sunday League 3C, vv Doetinchem drops back into League 4.
• 2018 / vv Doetinchem clinches the title in Sunday League 4D, 1 point ahead of vv MvR. As such, the club returns to League 3.
• 2022 / Coached by Hans Hendriksen, vv Doetinchem finishes in 4th place in Sunday League 3B, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Defeating vv Trekvogels in R1 (2-3) and RKSV Brakkenstein in R2 (1-5), the club qualifies for the final, played against vv Witkampers at a neutral venue, Sportclub Eefde’s Sportpark De Wolzak. After 90 minutes, the score is 2-2, with the tie going into extra time. After vv Witkampers scores the 3-2, the atmosphere on and off the pitch becomes extremely heated – with matters running out of hand quickly. Due to some of vv Doetinchem’s players having misbehaved badly, the match, which was called off with just 1 minute of play remaining, was awarded to vv Witkampers. Amateur footage of the brawls off the pitch goes viral, drawing nationwide attention.
• 2023 / In March 2023, due to an away match at vv Gendringen being suspended by the referee after misconduct by vv Doetinchem players, KNVB authorities punish the club with a deduction of 5 points. The following month, after another match – at home against VDZ – being broken off by the referee, vv Doetinchem’s board takes the far-reaching decision to withdraw its first team voluntarily – with automatic relegation being the logical result. Most players are expelled from the club.
• 2024 / After one year of inactivity, vv Doetinchem returns to first team football, but in the Saturday pyramid rather than as a Sunday club, making a restart in District East's Saturday League 5C.
• 2026 / Champions in District East's Saturday League 5C, 3 points ahead of closest rivals Sportclub Brummen, vv Doetinchem wins promotion to Saturday League 4. 

Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-3 = non-matchday visit, October 2019 / pictures 4-14 = match visit, September 2023.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv RESIA '42

Sportpark Bos & Heide, Wellerlooi (vv RESIA '42)

Netherlands, province: Limburg

3 IX 2023 / vv RESIA '42 - RKSV Meterik 0-5 / District South II, Regional Cup - group stage, group 2-39

Timeline

• 1928 / A first football club is founded in Wellerlooi, WFC (abbreviation for Wellerlooische Football Club). The club’s ground is a piece of farmland rented from a local smallholder, Bertus Arts. Although definite proof is lacking, WFC probably joined the so-called Roomsch-Katholieke Limburgsche Voetbalbond (RKLVB), a league association of clubs from the province of Limburg. 
• 1936 / Due to a lack of players and financial difficulties, WFC folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1942 / After 6 years of inactivity, a recreational football club sees the daylight in Wellerlooi, with a provisional name being thought up, UVO (‘Uit Vreugde Ontstaan’); the founding fathers listed in the club’s annals are Thei Swemers, Albert Camps, Ben Hermans, Toon Hermans, Jan Litjens, and Piet Litjens. Initially settling at ‘De Zandkuil’ (or ‘The Sand Pit’) a particularly poor piece of farmland put at the club’s disposal by Wim Camps, UVO moves to Terrein Van Rhee at Rijksweg later that same year. Still in 1942, the decision is taken to take matters a bit more seriously, with a membership application going out to the official Netherlands’ FA (named NVB in the years of German occupation) under the name RESIA (‘Rooms en Sportief In Alles’, or in English: ‘Roman-Catholic and Sportsmanlike in All Circumstances’), but for reasons which are unclear the club is allowed in only as a branch of Walaria, a club from nearby Well. 
• 1944 / Mere months before the end of German occupation of the southern half of the Netherlands, Walaria’s branch in Wellerlooi moves from Terrein Van Rhee to Terrein Ben Hermans, also situated at Rijksweg. After the liberation of the Netherlands, the club officially joins the Netherlands’ Football Association as an independent entity, thus becoming vv RESIA ’42. 
• 1946 / vv RESIA ’42 clinches the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 1, winning the decisive last match emphatically at the dispense of vv Tienray (7-0). Subsequently also winning a promotion play-off against SV Brughusia (3-2), the club accedes to KNVB Sunday League 4 for the first time. Its pitch at Rijksweg not having the correct dimensions for League 4 football, vv RESIA ’42 moves to a newly laid-out ground at the back of Café Fleuren.
• 1950 / vv RESIA ’42 fields youth academy teams for the first time.
• ± 1956 / Moving away from Café Fleuren, vv RESIA ’42 settles at a newly laid-out pitch at the back of another local pub, Café Jan de Smid. 
• 1958 / Usually finding itself in the lower reaches of Sunday League 4, vv RESIA ’42 has a reasonably good 1957-58 campaign, resulting in a 4th place in District South II’s Sunday League 4G – and as such, it is the most successful season in the first 50 years of club history.
• 1969 / Having competed in League 4 for the past 23 seasons, vv RESIA ’42 now finishes 12th and last in District South II’s Sunday League 4H, thus dropping back into Afdeling Limburg. In spite of this, there is reason to celebrate, given that the club moves to newly laid-out, municipal sports facilities at Venweg, in the woods situated halfway between Wellerlooi and Tuindorp, Gemeentelijk Sportpark Bos & Heide. Inaugurated by Bergen’s mayor, Mr Huyben, on August 28th, 1969, the first match played on the pitch is a friendly encounter against derby rivals vv EWC ’46, ending in a 4-0 win for the guests – playing in Sunday League 3 at that time.
• 1970 / Losing its last match of the season in Afdeling Limburg Division 1 against lowly SV Ysselsteyn, vv RESIA ’42, coached by Frans Knor, has to leave the title – and promotion to League 4 – to derby rivals RKVV HRC ’27. 
• 1974 / Sportpark Bos & Heide is extended, as a second pitch, mainly used for training purposes, is laid out. 
• 1979 / Having suffered relegation in one of the previous years, vv RESIA ’42 now wins the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 2, thus returning to Division 1. Also in that year, the club reaches the semi-final of the regional cup, being defeated by Maastricht side RKVV Willem I (3-2) in a tie played at MVV’s Stadion De Geusselt. 
• 1983 / Having suffered relegation in one of the previous years, vv RESIA ’42 again wins the title in Afdeling Limburg Division 2, thus managing a return to Division 1.
• 1984 / With both club’s youth academies slowly shrinking, vv RESIA ’42 and vv EWC ’46 from nearby Well field a first combined youth team.
• 1988 / Having finished runners-up in Afdeling Limburg Division 1H 2 years previously, vv RESIA ’42 now wins the title in that division under the guidance of coach Frans van Denderen. Thus, after an absence of 19 seasons, the club manages a return to KNVB Sunday League 4. The club holds out at that level for 2 seasons, dropping back into Afdeling Limburg in 1990.
• 1992 / At its 50th anniversary, vv RESIA ’42 hosts professional league side VVV in a gala match at Sportpark Bos & Heide. 
• 1993 / Qualifying for the promotion play-offs in Afdeling Limburg Division 1, vv RESIA ’42, coached by Sjef Siero, finishes top of a group with SV Oostrum and RKDSO, thus managing a return to Sunday League 4. Again, the stay at that level lasts for 2 seasons, with relegation following in 1995.
• 1996 / Finishing in 3rd place in Afdeling Limburg Hoofdklasse D, vv RESIA ’42 qualifies for the newly created Sunday League 5.
• 1997 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 5D, vv RESIA ’42 wins promotion in a subsequent round of play-offs.
• 1998 / In the best season in club history, vv RESIA ’42 – coached by Peter Groenen and with skipper Bas Fleuren – finishes in 3rd place in Sunday League 4H.
• 2000 / Exactly 50 years after RESIA fielded its first youth side, the club merges its entire youth academy with vv EWC ’46.
• 2002 / Suffering its second relegation in a row, vv RESIA ’42 suddenly finds itself in Sunday League 6.
• 2003 / Finishing in joint-first place with SV Swolgense Boys in District South II’s Sunday League 6E, RESIA loses the subsequent tie-break match against the Swolgen side, played at Well’s Sportpark Oude Linde (1-2) – thus missing out on promotion to League 5.
• 2004 / Clinching the title in Sunday League 6F, vv RESIA ’42 wins promotion to League 5.
• 2009 / Having descended into League 6 the previous season, RESIA now wins the title in Sunday League 6E, thus returning to League 5 after just one year.
• 2016 / Finishing 4th in Sunday League 5F, vv RESIA ’42, coached by Wim Rijs, qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating vv Reuver (4-3 aggregate) – with Maik Michiels scoring 3 of RESIA’s 4 goals –, the club returns to League 4 level after a 16-year absence.
• 2018 / RESIA descends back into League 5 following a 14th place in District South II’s Sunday League 4E.
• 2022 / Finishing in 5th place in Sunday League 5D, vv RESIA ’42 qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it is defeated by vv Nieuw Woensel (8-4 aggregate), thus missing out on a return to League 4.
• 2023 / A provisional merger is concluded between three clubs in the municipality of Bergen, as RKVV Montagnards, RKVV HRC '27, and RKSV Stormvogels '28 form SJO SSA MSH Maasduinen - with vv EWC '46 poised to join the merger in 2024 -, but vv RESIA '42 chooses to continue as an independent club.
• 2024 / Following a last place finish in District South II's Sunday League 5D, vv RESIA '42 withdraws from first team football for the time being, continuing its existence with recreational teams in the reserves' leagues.

Note – The main source for the information given above is a booklet published by vv RESIA ’42 on the occasion of the club’s 75th anniversary in 2017: “Hoe de bal in Wellerlooi is gaan rollen”, written by Ger Fleuren & Christien Steegh.

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