NETHERLANDS: RKSV Nemelaer

Sportpark De Walzaad, Haaren (RKSV Nemelaer)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord Brabant

11 VI 2023 / RKSV Nemelaer - SC Susteren 1-0 / Sunday League 1, promotion play-off R1 (= NL level 6)

Timeline

• 1944 / In spite of objections raised by the local priest - who is eventually overruled by his bishop -, a football club is founded in Haaren on July 15th, mere months before the liberation of the southern half of the Netherlands. The club's first chairman is Piet Paymans. The name chosen for the new club is RKSV (Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging) Nemelaer - Nemelaer being a corrupted orthography (tainted by local dialect) of Nemerlaer, the local 14th-century castle. Due to no pitch being available in Haaren proper, the club settles at Terrein Huize Assisië in Udenhout for the time being.
• 1945 / Abandoning Huize Assisië, RKSV Nemelaer settles at a ground in Haaren proper, Terrein Janus van Hurk, better known locally as Terrein D'n Oude Toren. The club is placed in Division 2 of the so-called Brabantse Voetbalbond (BVB) or KNVB Afdeling Brabant, a league system organising football in North Brabant played below KNVB League 4.
• 1946 / In its first competitive season, the club clinches the title in BVB Sunday Division 2, thus acceding to Division 1.
• 1953 / After 7 seasons in BVB's top division, RKSV Nemelaer suffers relegation into BVB Division 2. Due to the state of the pitch, the club is nearly disbanded, but a solution is found in the shape of a new pitch, Terrein Leyepad, alternately referred to locally as Terrein Achter de Kerk.
• 1955 / Clinching the title in BVB Division 2, RKSV Nemelaer returns to Division 1 - yet, the joy is short-lived, with relegation duly following in 1956.
• 1961 / RKSV Nemelaer drops back into BVB's bottom level, Division 3 - the nadir in club history.
• 1962 / Winning the title in BVB Sunday Division 3, RKSV Nemelaer manages a return to Division 2 after just one season.
• 1968 / Construction works having started one year previously, RKSV Nemelaer's new ground, Sportpark De Walzaad, is inaugurated on August 1st, 1968. In its original lay-out, the park consists of 2 pitches - with a 3rd being added in c. 1979. 
• 1974 / RKSV Nemelaer becomes a multi-sports club, adding branches for volleyball and later badminton to the set-up. The situation is short-lived, though, with just the football branch continuing from 1977 onwards.
• 1978 / Coached by Harrie de Kok, RKSV Nemelaer wins the title in BVB Division 2, thus managing a return to Division 1 after 22 years.
• 1984 / After 6 seasons in BVB Division 1, the club drops back into Division 2.
• 1987 / RKSV Nemelaer wins the title in BVB Division 2, thus returning to Afdeling Brabant's top division after just 1 year. The successful trainer is Rien Pennings. 
• 1988 / In a historic promotion, Rien Pennings' men win a 2nd title in a row, thus gaining promotion from BVB Division 1 to KNVB District South I's Sunday League 4 for the first time ever.
• 1992 / Managing a 5th place in Sunday League 4E, RKSV Nemelaer, coached by Rini de Groot, qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it surprisingly comes out on top, thus gaining promotion to Sunday League 3 for the first time in club history.
• 1994 / Hitherto without any sort of cover, Sportpark De Walzaad's main pitch is adorned with a large main stand, works on which had commenced in 1993. On the pitch, there is less reason for celebration, as RKSV Nemelaer finishes second-last in Sunday League 3C, thus dropping back into League 4 after 2 years.
• 2000 / Former Nemelaer player Piet Drijvers takes over the role of trainer-coach, hailing the start of a very successful period for the club
• 2002 / Winning the title in District South I's Sunday League 4G, RKSV Nemelaer returns to League 3 after a 8-year absence.
• 2005 / Clinching the title in Sunday League 3C, RKSV Nemelaer, still coached by Piet Drijvers, accedes to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 2010 / Finishing in 4th place in Sunday League 2F, RKSV Nemelaer qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Reaching the final, played at vv Beerse Boys' Sportpark De Klep in Middelbeers, Piet Drijvers' men defeat RKVVO with the narrowest of margins (1-0), resulting in a historic promotion to Sunday League 1.
• 2012 / Runners-up in Sunday League 1C behind RKVV Brabantia, RKSV Nemelaer qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Edging past SV Meerssen, the club eventually succumbs in both legs of the final against vv GOES (5-1 aggregate score) - thus missing out on promotion to Zondag Hoofdklasse.
• 2013 / With only RKVV JEKA picking up fewer points, RKSV Nemelaer finishes in 13th place in Sunday League 1C, thus dropping back into League 2 after 3 seasons.
• 2014 / Finishing in a rather underwhelming 4th place in Sunday League 2F, RKSV Nemelaer qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating vv Nieuw Woensel in R1 (following a penalty shoot-out after a 3-3 aggregate score), Nemelaer emphatically defeats SC 't Zand in the final (7-3 aggregate), thus managing an immediate return to League 1. After 14 years of loyal service - and 4 promotions -, trainer Piet Drijvers leaves the club, signing a contract with vv Oirschot Vooruit.
• 2016 / Finishing in 6th place in Sunday League 1C, RKSV Nemelaer qualifies for the promotion play-offs, but the club crashes out in R1 against RKSV Groene Ster. That same year, Sportpark De Walzaad's B pitch is equipped with a synthetic surface.
• 2018 / A thorough renovation is carried out on Sportpark De Walzaad's clubhouse.
• 2019 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 1C, RKSV Nemelaer qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it is eliminated in R1 by SV Leones (1-2).
• 2022 / Runners-up in Sunday League 1C, finishing 4 points behind RKSV HVCH, RKSV Nemelaer is given a new opportunity in the promotion play-offs, successively defeating SV Fortuna Wormerveer and scs TAC '90 to qualify for the final. This match, played at vv Alverna's Sportpark Bospad, the club is defeated in the most spectacular of fashions by SV LONGA '30 (8-5 A.E.T.), thus missing out on promotion.
• 2023 / Coached by Theo van Geffen, RKSV Nemelaer squanders the chance to win the Sunday League 1B title on the last day of the season, losing its away game at RKVV Erp (1-0), while rivals SC Kruisland defeat scs TAC '90 (7-3). Thus, SC Kruisland, in spite of an inferior goal difference, wins the title with a 3-point difference. In the promotion play-offs, Nemelaer defeats SC Susteren, but is eliminated in the final (played at vv UNA's Sportpark Zeelst in Veldhoven) by RKVV EVV (2-0). In a lucky loser round, organised due to an extra promotion place being available, the club is drawn against RKHVV and RKSV NEO. Defeating both clubs - with the decisive win being a narrow 1-0 defeat of NEO at Sportpark 't Wooldrik in Borne -, the club finally achieves its much longed-for promotion to the national leagues.
• 2024 / Finishing in fifteenth place in National Division 4C, RKSV Nemelaer drops back into League 1 after just one season, along with bottom club RKSV HVCH.

Note - The main source of the information above is a (comic) book published on the occasion of the club's 75th anniversary, “RKSV Nemelaer 75 jaar. Hét Haarense voetbalavontuur van 1944 tot 2019”, by Luc Verschuuren. Other valuable information was provided by senior club man Victor van Loon.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv THEO (1947-2012)

Sportpark 't Haantje, 't Haantje (formerly vv THEO)

Netherlands, province: Drenthe

June 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1947 / Foundation of a football club in ’t Haantje, a hamlet in the southern half of Drenthe; the new club is given the name vv THEO (’t Haantje En Omstreken). No data are available about the club's performances in its first 34 years, but it is clear the club never managed to climb out of DVB (KNVB Afdeling Drenthe) to reach the regular Sunday League 4 level.
• 1991 / Having played in DVB Division 2 for at least 10 consecutive years, vv THEO descends into DVB Division 3, the bottom division of the football pyramid, following a 9th place in DVB Division 2B. In the following years, the club is having a hard time finding enough players – and it seems no regular first team was fielded during two spells, 1992-94 & 1999-2001.
• 2003 / Bolstered by a trainer from Emmen, who took along several players, vv THEO wins the title in District North’s Sunday League 6E, thus gaining promotion to League 5.
• 2004 / Winning its 2nd title in a row, this time in Sunday League 5F, vv THEO accedes to League 4 for the first time in club history. Around this time, Coevorden’s municipal authorities upgrade Sportpark ’t Haantje’s main pitch, widening it to be in conformity with KNVB regulations as well as adding a set of fences – a feature hitherto missing at the park.
• 2005 / In the club’s first and only season at League 4 level, vv THEO finishes 11th (and second-last) in Sunday League 4F, thus dropping back into League 5 immediately.
• 2007 / The club’s 60th anniversary is celebrated with a gala match against ‘Lucky Ajax’, a team of former AFC Ajax players, featuring, among others, Simon Tahamata, Sjaak Swart, and Gerrie Mühren. The match is won by the away team (3-7) with goals by Danny Muller (4), John Bosman (2), and John van den Brom.
• 2008 / Having had 3 good seasons in Sunday League 5F (finishing in 3rd, 2nd, and again 3rd place), vv THEO withdraws its first team, as not enough players are available for the new season. In fact, the club nearly folds due to a lack of players, but in the end the decision is taken to continue with a team in the reserves’ divisions.
• 2012 / Due to an ever decreasing membership, vv THEO folds, ceasing all activities. The club’s main pitch is sold to a local farmer, while the training pitch has been left more or less untouched until the present day. 

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

NETHERLANDS: Eendracht (1948-1949) / Elper Boys (1949-1968)

Terrein Zwiggelterweg, Elp (formerly Eendracht & Elper Boys)

Netherlands, province: Drenthe

June 2023 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1948 / Foundation of a football club in Elp, named Eendracht, on September 21st, 1948. The club was named after a windmill, named ‘Eendracht Maakt Macht’, previously located on the site of the ground, Terrein Zwiggelterweg. The ground never disposed of a clubhouse or even dressing rooms, with players being constrained to change clothes in a nearby pub, Café Ten Berge.
• 1949 / At the behest of the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB), which does not allow member clubs to bear a name already taken by another club, Eendracht changes its name to become Elper Boys.
• 1959 / Winning the title in Afdeling Drenthe (DVB) Division 1, Elper Boys accedes to KNVB Sunday League 4 for the first – and only – time. In its debut match in District North’s Sunday League 4F, the club manages a 3-3 draw with vv EMMS.
• 1960 / In the club’s first season in Sunday League 4F, Elper Boys holds its own by finishing in 8th place.
• 1961 / After 2 seasons in Sunday League 4F, Elper Boys descends back into Afdeling Drenthe Division 1 due to a 10th (and last) place in the final table.
• 1968 / Elper Boys folds, ceasing all activities. Most of its membership switches to vv VKW in Westerbork.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv Holwierde

Sportpark Katmis, Holwierde (vv Holwierde)

Netherlands, province: Groningen

10 VI 2023 / vv Holwierde - vv NEC Delfzijl 0-3 / District North, Saturday Leagues 3 & 4 - promotion-relegation play-off (= NL levels 8 & 9)

Timeline

• 1933 / Foundation of a football club in Holwierde, which is given the name DVS (Door Vriendschap Sterk), with P. Til being chosen as the club's first chairman. A makeshift pitch is laid out on a pasture owned by a local farmer, Mr Alting, at Damsterweg (just beyond the confines of the village). The club's first match, a friendly played in Holwierde, is won 1-0 against SSS from nearby Bierum, with Luit Windt scoring the only goal. Later that year, a new pitch is found in Nansum on a pasture owned by another farmer, Mr Elema. Meanwhile, DVS joined a small league of clubs from the northeastern part of Groningen, the so-called OLVB (Onderlinge Voetbalbond).
• 1934 / Abandoning Terrein Elema, DVS settles on a pitch laid out in Bierum on a pasture owned by yet another local farmer, Mr Van Weerden.
• 1940 / Having played on a temporary pitch in Krewerd for a short while, DVS finds itself a new home at Nansumerweg, on a pitch inaugurated by club chairman E. ten Hove. Shortly after the German occupation of the Netherlands, however, OLVB football comes to a complete standstill. 
• 1945 / Much of the village of Holwierde is destructed in the so-called Bombardment of Delfzijl in April 1945, with the German occupation forces resisting heavily in the face of the Allied onslaught. The official Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) offers help to DVS, handing a club delegation travelling down to The Hague a set of balls and football boots on the condition that the club would apply for membership. Given that the name DVS had already been taken by several other clubs, an obligatory name change took place - the unimaginative yet obvious option being chosen, vv Holwierde. With OLVB not restarting its activities, other members of the former league association take the step to the official FA's Saturday leagues as well, including Noordster (from Spijk), changing its name to become vv Noordpool; and Heracles (from Uithuizermeeden), adapting its name to become SV De Heracliden.
• ± 1947 / Abandoning Terrein Nansumerweg (a location later known as 'Het Vlietje'), vv Holwierde moves to the current Sportpark Katmis in the second half of the 1940s. The name of the location is a derivation of this area, originally a hamlet slightly to the west of Holwierde proper. Allegedly, the name 'Katmis' was derived from an odd event in the grey past - about a tom-cat ('kat') attempting to jump from one windmill to another, but missing ('mis') its target. The story can be found (written in local dialect) in a newspaper article from 1930.  
• 1960 / At Sportpark Katmis, a first set of dressing rooms is inaugurated.
• 1963 / Having played in KNVB Afdeling Groningen for the first 18 years of its existence, vv Holwierde now clinches the title in Afdeling Groningen Saturday Division 1, the decisive points being won in an emphatic 7-1 away defeat of CVV Viboa. vv Holwierde's squad includes the likes of Derk Kramer, Evert Bierman, and Ritze Mooi. Earning promotion, the club accedes to KNVB Saturday League 4 for the first time.
• 1964 / In its first season in the regular KNVB league system, vv Holwierde wins the title in Saturday League 4C, thus acceding to League 3.
• 1967 / Finishing in 11th place in District North's Saturday League 3C, vv Holwierde drops back into League 4 after 3 years.
• ± 1970 / A second pitch is laid out at Sportpark Katmis.
• 1971 / Having suffered just one defeat in the entire season (against vv Wagenborger Boys), vv Holwierde clinches the title in Saturday League 4C. In the following 21 years, the club alternates spells in Saturday League 3 (1971-74, 1975-77, 1978-85 & 1988-92) & League 4 (1974-75, 1977-78 & 1985-88), each promotion being won with a title in League 4C. In total, vv Holwierde won 1st place in this division on 5 occasions between 1964 and 1988.
• 1980 / The current clubhouse at Sportpark Katmis is inaugurated.
• 1992 / In the most successful season in club history until then, vv Holwierde, coached by Jan Piek, reaches the semi-final of the Regional Cup (Districtsbeker), eventually bowing out against Sunday league team vv Achilles. In District North's Saturday League 3B, the club wins the title, thus acceding to League 2 for the first time. 
• 1993 / Finishing second-last in Saturday League 2E, vv Holwierde descends into League 3 after just 1 season. In the following seasons, the club alternates spells in League 3 (1993-95 & 1997-99) and League 2 (1995-97, 1999-2000). The 2 promotions are both earned by winning the League 3B title (in 1995 with coach Rinie Jurna).
• 1994 / As Jan Hendrik Norden steps down from the club's presidency after 25 years, Bert ten Hove, the owner of a local insurance company, takes over the chairmanship. Before long, Ten Hove also starts investing serious amounts of money in the club's first team.
• 2000 / Clinching the title in Saturday League 2L, vv Holwierde manages a historic promotion to League 1.
• 2002 / In the best season of club history, vv Holwierde, coached by Dick van Streun, finishes in 3rd place in Saturday League 1E. The club also manages 4th places in the final tables of that same division in 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2011.
• 2003 / vv Holwierde's 70th anniversary is celebrated with a gala match at Sportpark Katmis against FC Groningen on July 19th, 2003 (0-8).
• 2007 / In the course of the 2007-08 season, the 3 former bus shelters, which served as covered 'stands' along vv Holwierde's main pitch for many years, are replaced by a slightly bigger stand, of which the cover was previously in use as a bicycle shed - with a capacity of 42 (!) seats.
• 2012 / After 18 years, Bert ten Hove withdraws as vv Holwierde's chairman and main sponsor - mainly because, by now, he preferred investing his money in a professional speedskating team. Although vv Holwierde stayed up in Saturday League 1E that season, finishing in 10th place, the club withdraws its first team for the following season; given that the entire squad left the club, it would have been impossible to field a team able to hold its own at League 1 level. 
• 2013 / vv Holwierde's new board enters a first team in Saturday League 5, the bottom level of the Saturday pyramid in District North.
• 2016 / Finishing 4th in Saturday League 5D, vv Holwierde qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it is knocked out in R1 by NWVV.
• 2017 / Finishing 4th in Saturday League 5A, vv Holwierde, guided by trainer Eddy Tuik, qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Reaching the final, the club defeats vv Ternaard (8-7 aggregate), thus winning promotion to League 4.
• 2018 / With a 10-point advantage over closest followers - and derby rivals - vv Poolster, vv Holwierde, still coached by Eddy Tuik, wins the title in its first season in Saturday League 4D. 
• 2019 / The B pitch at Sportpark Katmis is equipped with a synthetic surface.
• 2022 / Finishing 12th in Saturday League 3C, vv Holwierde has to play a round of play-offs to remain in League 3. Reaching the final, played at NWVV's Gemeentelijk Sportpark Nieuw-Weerdinge, the club is defeated by vv DKB (2-3), thus dropping back into League 4. Trainer Eddy Tuik is succeeded by Danny Schudde. Later that year, in October 2022, Bert ten Hove, the chairman and sponsor who led the club during its pinnacle.
• 2023 / Finishing runners-up in District North's Saturday League 4C, 6 points behind champions vv Mamio, vv Holwierde qualifies for the play-offs, in which it is eliminated in R1 by vv NEC Delfzijl (0-3).
• 2025 / Finishing in fourth place in District North's Saturday League 4E, vv Holwierde qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by SV RWF (3-2).

Note - The main source for the information given above is a magazine published on the occasion of vv Holwierde's 90th anniversary in 2023: "Jubileumuitgave vv Holwierde 90 jaar". Thanks to vv Holwierde's board for providing me with a copy.

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

NETHERLANDS: RKVV Voorwaarts (1927-1938) / LSVV (1938-)

Sportpark Voorwaarts, Zuid-Scharwoude (LSVV, formery RKVV Voorwaarts)

Netherlands, province: North Holland = Noord-Holland

8 VI 2023 / LSVV - AVV ZSGOWMS 1-3 A.E.T. / Sunday Leagues 1 & 2 - promotion-relegation play-off R1 (= NL levels 6 & 7)

Timeline

• 1926 / An interconfessional football club in Noord- & Zuid-Scharwoude, called Holland, falls apart, with the non-Roman Catholics seeking affiliation with SV DTS in nearby Oud-Karspel, while the Roman Catholic part of the membership founds a club of its own, RKVV Voorwaarts. Joining the Roman Catholic football association in North Holland, the so-called DHVB (Diocesaan Haarlemsche Voetbalbond), RKVV Voorwaarts rents the pitch previously used by Holland at Laanweg (near Roskambrug), a plot of farmland owned by Teun Kostelijk.
• 1927 / Filing a request at the local Roman Catholic church, RKVV Voorwaarts is given permission to lay out a pitch on 4 plots of farmland at the back of Noord-Scharwoude's Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk - still the main pitch of the ground, later renamed Sportpark Voorwaarts, today. Because the entrance to the pitch is had via Zuid-Scharwoude (modern-day Sportlaan), the club is officially home in that village rather than in Noord-Scharwoude.
• 1932 / Winning the title in DHVB Division 2, RKVV Voorwaarts accedes to Division 1.
• 1936 / RKVV Voorwaarts manages the title in DHVB Division 1.
• 1938 / At the behest of DHVB, RKVV Voorwaarts changes its name to become LSVV (Langedijker Sportvereniging Voorwaarts), most probably because the name 'Voorwaarts' had already been taken by another club with older rights. That summer, LSVV wins the final of the so-called Noordhollandsch Dagblad Beker, defeating the short-lived vv Oranje Wit (Alkmaar).
• 1939 / LSVV wins its 2nd Noordhollandsch Dagblad Beker in a row, having the better of RKAFC in the final.
• 1940 / Due to the mobilisation in the Netherlands, no regular 1939-40 season is organised by DHVB, with clubs instead being placed in regional leagues; LSVV wins one of those local competitions. After the German occupation, DHVB as well as all other football associations except the official KNVB, renamed NVB (losing the epithet 'koninklijk' or royal, for obvious reasons), LSVV seeks affiliation with NVB, being placed in Afdeling Noord-Holland (NHVB) Sunday Division 1.
• 1942 / Winning all of its 14 league games, LSVV clinches the title in NHVB Division 1, thus acceding to NVB Sunday League 4.
• 1943 / Again without losing a single match, LSVV finishes in 1st place in NVB District West I's Sunday League 4A - yet, there is to be no new promotion, given that no promotion play-offs are held due to the war circumstances.
• 1950 / Following back-to-back relegations, LSVV finds itself in NHVB Division 2.
• 1953 / A second pitch is added to LSVV's ground, to the south of the main pitch. That same year, the club wins the title in NHVB Division 2, thus managing a return to Division 1.
• 1958 / Winning the title in NHVB Division 1C with an impressive 8-point gap over its closest follower, LSVV returns to KNVB Sunday League 4 after 9 years.
• 1960 / Probably at the request of KNVB officials, LSVV's main pitch is extended.
• 1966 / Following a renovation of Sportpark Voorwaarts, a covered stand is inaugurated with 4 dressing rooms and a small clubhouse at the back. Building works had taken some 2 years.
• 1967 / In a new round of renovations, pitch 2 of Sportpark Voorwaarts is replaced by 2 new training pitches. As a result, lower team football and training sessions are moved to a temporary pitch, Terrein Oostelijke Randweg (later renamed Mavo-veld).
• 1969 / The new B & C pitches are inaugurated. Although lower team football returns to Sportpark Voorwaarts, the Mavo-pitch is destined remain in use for training sessions for many years to come.
• 1973 / Winning the title in Sunday League 4A, LSVV accedes to League 3 for the first time.
• 1990 / Having played 17 consecutive seasons at League 3 level, LSVV wins the title in Sunday League 3A, thus acceding to League 2 for the first time. In its first season at that level, the club manages a respectable 4th place in Sunday League 2A.
• 1993 / A new round of renovations gets underway at Sportpark Voorwaarts. The works are completed in 1995.
• 1995 / Following back-to-back relegations, LSVV suddenly finds itself in District West I's Sunday League 4. In the 1995-96 season, relegation from this level is avoided narrowly, in the last match of the competition.
• 2002 / Winning the title in Sunday League 4A, LSVV wins promotion to League 3; its stay at this level is short-lived, however, with relegation duly following in 2003.
• 2010 / The main pitch as well as the C pitch at Sportpark Voorwaarts are equipped with a synthetic surface. As a result, after 43 years, the club abandons its training ground, the Mavo-veld at Oostelijke Randweg.
• 2011 / Winning the title in Sunday League 4A with a 20-point (!) margin over vv Con Zelo and vv SRC, LSVV manages a return to Sunday League 3.
• 2013 / In District West I's Sunday League 3A, LSVV, coached by Sem Wokke, loses its last game of the season, a home match against SC Spirit '30 (0-2); as a result, the club misses out on direct promotion, as Spirit now has an equal number of points. A tie-break match is held between the two clubs at SV Westfriezen's Sportpark 't Krijt, with LSVV winning this all-important match 2-0 - thus clinching promotion to League 2 after all.
• 2015 / Sportpark Voorwaarts is privatised, with the municipality of Dijk & Waard handing the ground to the club itself - with the exception of the main pitch, the use of which is still allowed to the club by local church authorities in a loan agreement existing from 1927 onwards.
• 2017 / Finishing in 4th place in Sunday League 4A, 9 points behind champions FC Uitgeest, LSVV qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating SO Soest in R1 (4-2 aggregate), the club manages a 1-1 draw away at ZVV Zilvermeeuwen in the first leg of the final. In the decisive home match at Sportpark Voorwaarts, goals by Toon Merk and Danny Konijn hand the club a 2-0 win - as well as a historic promotion to Sunday League 1. After this season, 36-year-old LSVV skipper Rob ter Burg hangs up his boots after 509 matches in the club's first squad.
• 2019 / In the best season in club history so far, LSVV finishes 7th in Sunday League 1A - a performance which is repeated in the 2021-22 season.
• 2023 / Due to a reorganisation of the football pyramid, which sees an extra number of clubs facing relegation, a 10th place in Sunday League 1A means LSVV's season is extended with a round of relegation play-offs. Given a bye in R1, the club crashes out against League 2 side AVV ZSGOWMS in R2 (cp. photos below), thereby dropping back into League 2 after 6 years.
• 2024 / Finishing in ninth place in Sunday League 2A, LSVV only avoids a second consecutive season of relegation play-offs on goal difference (+8 vs. -8 for no. 10 RKVV Saenden).
• 2026 / Finishing in second-last place in Sunday League 2A, LSVV descends into League 3 alongside bottom club vv De Zouaven.

Note - ZSGOWMS's coach, celebrating his club's win in the play-off match which I attended at Sportpark Voorwaarts (photos 14 & 16), is Rob Rijnink, former professional league player at AFC Ajax, Roda JC, and VVV.

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