GROUNDS 4/22

GROUND // Dreef - KRC Haaltert (lost ground)

We already wrote about the history of FC Kerksken. That team underwent a merger in 2020 with the neighbouring KFC Haaltert. The stadium...

GROUND // Willy Michiels Stadion - FC Kerksken-Haaltert

In Haaltert in East Flanders, there's a lot of football to be found. Besides the sports activities in Denderhoutem (part of Haaltert),...

GROUND // Molenveld - KFC Voorde-Appelterre

Holland has quite some villages with strange names. But Belgium can go just as strange as their neighbours in the north. One of the...

GROUND // Pijperzele - EC Oudenhove

Sint-Maria-Oudenhove is almost completely locked in by Brakel and Zottegem. And it's also one of those exceptions in Belgium that...

GROUND // Casterstraat - Racing Mater

In the rural Mater, part of Oudenaarde, life goes on with nothing but peace and quiet. They did have to wait until 1971 before they had...

GROUND // Haneveld - K Eendracht De Haan

2021 was yet another year full of Covid-19 sh*t. Not so often could we go to football games without any stress. On the other hand, when...

GROUND // Ambachtslaan - K Brecht SK

KFC Sint-Lenaarts is perhaps the better known team in the village of Brecht (if we include the smaller villages forming part of Brecht)....

GROUND // Kattegat - K Wuustwezel FC

Football in small villages that even have a history in second division; in Belgium it's not that uncommon. One of those examples is...

GROUND // Vic Coveliersstadion - FC Belgica & OSTAN

Earlier we already visited "Den Bolhoed", one of the many grounds Belgica Edegem had used in the past. But "Den Belgica" actually played...

GROUND // Den Bolhoed - KVV Belgica Edegem Sport (lost ground)

Back in the good old days, when football was still pure and passionate, there were some smaller clubs that managed to reach the highest...

GROUND // Sportcomplex Seminarie - Hoogstraten VV

High up in the Belgian 'Noorderkempen', you cannot pass by Hoogstraten. It's mostly known for the high amount of Dutch inhabitants, the...

GROUND // Ter Beke - KWS Oudenburg

Oudenburg might not sound familiar, but being in the shadow of Oostende it does have an old and consistent football team. "Waait Star"...

GROUND // Houtstraat - KFC Sint-Lenaarts

Not far away from the Dutch-Belgian border, you can find a small team in the neighbourhood of Brecht. A club which has been playing in...

GROUND // Terrein aan de Leuvensebaan - VK Rode (lost ground)

Surrounded by Leuven, Brussels and Wavre, you'll find the village Huldenberg. OHR Huldenberg is the number one team of the village, but...

GROUND // Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium - OFI Crete (Greece)

To go on a holiday as a groundhopper, is a little bit of a quest for new and undiscovered areas and stadiums. Last summer we had the...

GROUND // Grotenburg Stadion - KFC Uerdingen 05 (Germany)

When we talk about monumental stadiums in Germany, Krefeld is one not to be missed on the list. Because that's where the Grotenburg...

GROUND // Jahnplatz - TuS Preussen Vluyn 09 (lost ground - Germany)

Neukirchen-Vluyn is a village just across the Dutch/German border. Completely surrounded by German top teams, the village briefly had a...

GROUND // Glückauf-Kampfbahn - DJK Teutonia Schalke-Nord (Germany)

Let's talk about FC Schalke 04. To be more precise, their old Glückauf-Kampfbahn. For 45 years straight, this was the home ground of the...

GROUND // Fürstenbergstadion - BV Horst-Süd 1962 (Germany)

The German Gelsenkirchen is well known for its many lovely football stadiums. Most groundhoppers will immediately think of Schalke 04 and...

GROUND // Koppelpaarden/Veerseweg - VV SCO (lost ground)

Belgium is loaded with lost grounds and if you look carefully you can find some absolute treasures. Germany has its way with lost grounds...