BELGIUM: FCRW Wymar Oeselgem (1978?-) / Short Turn United Dentergem (±2005-)

Terrein De Borre, Oeselgem (FCRW Wymar Oeselgem & Short Turn United Dentergem)

Belgium, province: West Flanders = West-Vlaanderen

6 IX 2026 / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem - FC 't Postje Wielsbeke 3-5 / VLVB Sunday Provincial League 1

Timeline

• 1952 / Foundation of a factory for household items in Oeselgem, a village in the Province of West Flanders, on its eastern border with East Flanders; the factory takes on the name Wymar, progressively focusing on PVC windows and doors in the following decades.
• 1972 / As is so often the case with recreational clubs, no exact club history has been preserved, but we find the name FC Wymar Oeselgem for the first time in the Voetbalverbond (VV) Deinze competition – with a name change following in 1975, becoming FCRW (Football Club Rood Wit) Wymar Oeselgem. 
• 1977 / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem wins promotion from VV Deinze Division 2 to Division 1. In later years, FCRW Oeselgem joined the LVU, a local recreational league from Courtray comparable to the VV Deinze. VV Deinze and the LVU later merged with an association from Tielt to become the West Flanders branch of the Belgian (Flemish) association for recreational clubs, the KBLVB (Koninklijke Belgische Liefhebbersvoetbalbond); breaking away from the KBLVB, this West Flanders branch became independent as the VLVB (Vlaamse Liefhebbersvoetbalbond) in 1999.
• 1978 (?) / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem settles on the pitch laid out at Deinzestraat still in use today, referred to locally as Terrein De Borre.
• ± 2005 / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem is joined at Terrein De Borre by another VLVB club, Short Turn United Dentergem, with the two having remained groundsharers until the present day.
• 2015 / In spite of the Wymar factory in Oeselgem closing its doors, the recreational football club continues its existence under the unchanged name FCRW Wymar Oeselgem.
• 2016 / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem entertains the so-called Deaf Devils, the Belgian national team of deaf players, at Terrein De Borre, suffering a clear-cut 9-0 defeat on the day.
• 2025 / FCRW Wymar Oeselgem wins the title in the VLVB Sunday championship, officially called Sunday Provincial League 1 (although being a single-tiered affair).

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

BELGIUM: JUS Maubray (1981-2020) / AC Barry-Carrières (B) (2026-)

Terrain de Bouchegnies, Maubray (B ground of AC Barry-Carrières, formerly JUS Maubray)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

September 2026 / no match visited

Timeline

• ± 1979 / Foundation of a recreational football club in Maubray, a village in the Province of Hainaut, situated halfway between Tournay (Tournai, Doornik) and Péruwelz, with the new club being given the name Jeunesse Union Sportive (JUS) Maubray and Serge Durieux becoming its first chairman. The new club settles on a makeshift pitch laid out on a plot of land owned by a local smallholder, referred to locally as the Prairie de la Ferme de Morlies.
• 1980 / JUS Maubray joins the Tournay-based recreational football association Entente Terrienne.
• 1981 / Moving away from its initial pitch at the Ferme de Morlies, JUS Maubray settles on a newly laid-out pitch on a plot of land owned by Joseph Defoort at Rue des Français in the hamlet of Bouchegnies just north of Maubray proper, alongside the Mons-Tournay motorway. The new ground is inaugurated ahead of the 1981-82 season, in August 1981.
• 1983 / Clinching the title in (Division 1 of?) the Entente Terrienne, JUS Maubray decides to take the leap to the regular Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), acquiring membership with registration number 8887; the club is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4 for the 1983-84 season. Tragically, in July 1983, the canteen and dressing rooms at the Terrain de Bouchegnies are consumed in a fire. 
• 1984 / The newly built clubhouse of the Terrain de Bouchegnies is inaugurated in May 1984.
• 1986 / JUS Maubray finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, 8 points behind champions FC Frasnois.
• 1993 / Finishing in fifth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, JUS Maubray goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
• 1994 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, JUS Maubray drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, along with bottom club AS Baisieux.
• 1995 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 1 point ahead of FC Ramegnies-Lamain, JUS Maubray manages an immediate return to Provincial League 3.
• 1996 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, JUS Maubray descends into Provincial League 4, yet again after one year only, along with bottom club FC Chièvres 69.
• 1997 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 2 points behind champions AC Estaimbourg, JUS Maubray wins promotion to Provincial League 3 – probably automatically, without play-offs, due to extra promotion places being available.
• 1998 / In the club’s best season so far, JUS Maubray finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, 2 points behind champions SC Ramevinnes.
• 2000 / JUS Maubray finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, 19 points behind runaway champions AC Estaimbourg.
• 2002 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, JUS Maubray drops back into Provincial League 4, along with FC Etoiles d’Ère, FC Frasnois, and bottom club FC Esplechin.
• 2009 / Runaway champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, 12 points ahead of closest followers RUS Beloeil B, JUS Maubray accedes to Provincial League 3 after an absence of seven seasons at that level.
• 2011 / Finishing in fifth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, JUS Maubray qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 in a spectacular match against RFC Entité Enghien Sports (9-8).
• 2012 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, 3 points ahead of closest rivals FC Etoiles d’Ère-Allain, JUS Maubray wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first – and only – time in its history. Moreover, the club also qualifies for the Belgian Cup, suffering elimination in R1 against a P2 side from East Flanders, VC Eendracht Houtem (1-2).
• 2013 / In the best performance in club history, JUS Maubray finishes in twelfth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A.
• 2014 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A, JUS Maubray drops back into Provincial League 3, along with the club in second-last place, FC Béclers.
• 2015 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, JUS Maubray suffers back-to-back relegations, descending into Provincial League 4 along with the club in second-last place, FC Ellezellois.
• 2020 / In the 2019-20 season, cut short due to the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, JUS Maubray sits in fifth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B after 19 of 28 matches played. In the 2020-21 season, the club no longer fields any competitive teams.
• 2021 / In March 2021, with chairman Olivier Cliquet being the source of the information, news comes through of the demise of JUS Maubray, with the club folding and registration number 8887 being struck from the membership list of the Belgian FA. The Terrain de Bouchegnies at Rue des Français is taken over by a dog agility club.
• 2023 / With the dog agility club leaving the premises, the Terrain de Bouchegnies is abandoned altogether.
• 2026 / In September 2026, news comes through of the Terrain de Bouchegnies being taken over by AC Barry-Carrières for lower team football and training sessions, in addition to their main ground at Rue Bonneau in Barry proper. It is as yet unclear when the club will move into their B ground.

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

BELGIUM: RRFC Gozéen (1947-2020) / RRFC Gozée (2020-)

Stade Auguste Mans, Gozée (RRFC Gozée, formerly RRFC Gozéen)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

5 IX 2026 / RRFC Gozée - RUFC Ransartoise B 7-3 / Hainaut, Provincial League 3D (= BE level 8)

Timeline

• 1922 / Foundation of a first football club in Gozée, a village some 10 km to the south of Charleroi, with the new club taking on the name Gozée FC and joining the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB). It is unclear where the pitch of this club was situated.
• ± 1926 / Gozée FC folds, ceasing all activities, in 1926 at its latest, as the club is not given a registration number – with the system of registration numbers being introduced in December 1926. In its short existence, the club does not seem to have featured in Hainaut’s regional divisions.
• 1927 / Foundation of a new football club in Gozée, FC Gozée, which acquires registration number 962 upon being allowed into the Belgian FA. One local source thinks that FC Gozée already played on the pitch called Stade Auguste Mans nowadays, but no further evidence to buttress this suspicion is available.
• 1928 / FC Gozée folds after an existence of barely one year, with registration number 962 being struck from the Belgian FA’s membership list. The club may have prolonged its existence in another league association in the following two decades, but there is no proof of this.
• 1947 / Foundation of a new football club in Gozée, which takes on the name Racing Football Club (RFC) Gozéen, with the club obtaining registration number 4754 upon being allowed into the Belgian FA. The club settles on a pitch laid out on a plot of farmland in the hamlet Fontenelle owned by a local smallholder, Auguste Mans – with the ground, still in use today, later being renamed Stade Auguste Mans in his honour.
• 1948 / In its first competitive season, RFC Gozéen is placed in Hainaut’s Regional League 3, the third and lowest tier of the provincial league pyramid.
• 1949 / RFC Gozéen finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Regional League 3E, 2 points behind champions US Grand-Reng – with Regional League 3 being renamed Provincial League 3 in 1952.
• 1958 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3E, RFC Gozéen wins promotion to Provincial League 2 along with champions US Grand-Reng.
• 1959 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, RFC Gozéen drops back into Provincial League 3 after one season only, along with the club in second-last place, JS Momignies.
• 1961 / Clinching the title in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, RFC Gozéen manages a return to Provincial League 2, gaining promotion along with runner-up CS Erquelinnois.
• 1967 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, RFC Gozéen descends into Provincial League 3, along with bottom club FC Labuissière.
• 1970 / Finishing in tenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, RFC Gozéen is retrograded into the newly created Provincial League 4, alongside JS Thudinienne, FC Carnièrois, JS Ham-sur-Heure, FC Landelies, FC Lobbain, US Buvrinnes-Epinois, US Sars, and bottom club SC Anderlues.
• 1973 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4D, 5 points ahead of closest followers – and derby rivals – JS Thudinienne, RFC Gozéen manages a return to Provincial League 3 after three years.
• 1974 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, with an equal number of points as runner-up Baileux Sport, but with 19 wins (against 18 for Baileux) and a better goal difference, RFC Gozéen wins back-to-back promotions, acceding to Provincial League 2 – along with Baileux Sport.
• 1975 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, RFC Gozéen drops back into Provincial League 3 after one season only, along with bottom club Baileux Sport.
• 1976 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, 3 points ahead of closest rivals US Anderluesienne, RFC Gozéen wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
• 1985 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, RFC Gozéen descends into Provincial League 3 after nine years, alongside the club in second-last place, FC JS Bouffioulx.
• 1997 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3E, 1 point ahead of closest rivals Marcinelle FC, RFC Gozéen wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
• 2002 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 6 points ahead of closest followers AS Chimay-Virelles, RFC Gozéen manages a historic promotion to Provincial League 1.
• 2003 / Finishing in third-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1, RFC Gozéen drops back into Provincial League 2 after one season only, along with Bracquegnies Sports and bottom club AS Chimay-Virelles.
• 2004 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, 4 points ahead of closest rivals RAS Monceau, RFC Gozéen manages a return to Provincial League 1.
• 2005 / Finishing in third-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 1, RFC Gozéen drops back into Provincial League 2, yet again after just one year, along with RLC Hornu and bottom club RSC Templeuvois.
• 2006 / RFC Gozéen finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C with an equal number of points as champions RUS Courcelloise, but with 19 wins (against 20 for Courcelles) and a minor goal difference. Also in 2006, RFC Gozéen acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royal Racing Football Club (RRFC) Gozéen.
• 2007 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2C, RRFC Gozéen suffers back-to-back relegations, descending into Provincial League 3 along with bottom club EC Erpion.
• 2009 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, RRFC Gozéen descends into Provincial League 4, alongside JS Ragnicole and bottom club Sporting Pont-de-Loup. It is the first time 36 years that Gozée features at this lowly level.
• 2011 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4H, RRFC Gozéen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out Couillet Sport in R1 (1-0), bowing out in R2 against RSA Forchies B (3-1).
• 2013 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4H, RRFC Gozéen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by US Merbesars (0-3).
• 2015 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4H, RRFC Gozéen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club suffers elimination in R1 at the hands of Football-Couillet Marcinelle (2-2 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-outs).
• 2017 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4G, 5 points behind champions AS Docherie, RRFC Gozéen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out AS Ghlinoise in R1 (2-1), going on to suffer defeat in R2 against AC Quaregnon-Wasmuel (3-0) – however, due to extra promotion places being available, Gozée accedes to Provincial League 3 through the backdoor.
• 2018 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3D, RRFC Gozéen descends into Provincial League 4, along with R Goutroux Sports and bottom club ES Mominoise.
• 2020 / With former JS Ragnicole youth academy coach Olivier Deliège taking over the chairmanship, he officially adapts the name of the club from RRFC Gozéen to RRFC Gozée.
• 2023 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4H, RRFC Gozée qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 against Carolo Football Charleroi (6-1). That same year, the club returns to its training ground, the Terrain des Dauphins at Rue Emile Vandervelde, after some years of not making use of it. Also in 2023, ultimate Gozée club volunteer Alain Wallet, who, among other things, served as groundsman for many years, passes away suddenly. 
• 2024 / Runaway champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4F, 11 points ahead of closest followers RSA Forchies B, RRFC Gozée manages a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of six seasons. Also in 2024, the small covered stand alongside the eastern end of the Stade Auguste Mans is officially named Tribune Alain Wallet after a thorough restoration.

Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-8 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 9-23 = match visit, September 2026.

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