GROUNDS 7/22

GROUND // Sportpark Molenvliet - GVV Unitas (The Netherlands)

Groundhoppers often have fantasies about stadiums in Belgium, England or Germany. But too frequently Holland is being overlooked. There...

GROUND // Maurice Vandewielestadion - ASSA Ronse (lost ground)

KSK Ronse is already playing their home games in the Orphale Cruckestadion for 27 years now. Six year earlier, KSK came to exist after a...

GROUND // Sportcentrum Balsakker - KFC LIlle

Teams merge and stadiums disappear almost faster than the average politician makes and breaks a promise. In 'De Kempen' in Belgium this...

GROUND // Sportpark De Blauwe Kei - VV Baronie (The Netherlands)

Name changes and mergers don't always have to be a bad thing for the history of a football club. In some cases the team comes out...

GROUND // Sportpleinen ROG - VC Eendracht Sint-Pietersveld (lost ground)

It's obvious for most fans and football lovers football stadiums carry a certain history and culture. But that same feeling isn't always...

GROUND // Fernand Schuermanstadion - SC Lokeren-Temse B & SV Blauw Wit Temse

The last few months Lokeren and Temse have been in the news on a frequent basis. KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen had to file for bankruptcy...

GROUND // Beau Site - Union Flémalloise B

The Stade Robert Lecomte in Ivoz-Ramet is not the only piece of football history that will disappear sooner or later. In the neighbouring...

GROUND // Stade Robert Lecomte - Union Flémalloise

When you take a boat trip on the Maas in the Liège area you'll find a lot of interesting teams and stadiums. But the small region of...

GROUND // Gemeentepark - KFC Schoten SK

Not far from where R Antwerp FC, Brasschaat, Kapellen, City Pirates (in Merksem) and the former Germinal Ekeren are (or were) playing,...

GROUND // Melsbroekstraat - SK Nossegem

Football fields next to airport; it's an interesting spectacle. The most famous one in this category was for sure FC Melsbroek. Was,...

GROUND // Burgemeester Van De Wielestadion - KMSK Deinze

Covid-19 shook the football world upside down and that can be seen in all countries all over the world. Here and there it even caused law...

GROUND // Route de Perwez - FC Saint-Germain

In the midst of the green fields somewhere in the neighbourhood of Namur you come across FC Saint-Germain. A relatively young team that...

GROUND // Stade Bernard Rubay - Jeunesse Sportive Eghezée

It's no secret Belgium has a lot of hidden treasures. You'll find nothing different in the province of Namur. On the way to the city of...

GROUND // Lippelodorp - VV Herleving Lippelo

Voetbal Vereniging Herleving Lippelo. Sometimes football teams come as lower league as they are. Pure and not yet soaked in the big money...

GROUND // Gemeentelijk Stadion De Zeype - Sporting Kampenhout

When you think of Kampenhout, football isn't the first thing that comes to mind. The village between Leuven and Mechelen does have a team...

GROUND // Le Martineau - Royal Wavre Limal

There are quite some changes happening in Wavre near Brussels. At least when it comes to football. Recently Racing Jet Wavre (not long...

GROUND // Andenne Arena - RCS Andennais

In the shadows of Namur you can live your hearts up as a groundhopper. Many ancient teams and interesting teams are all very close to...

GROUND // Stade Joseph Lambert - RUW Ciney (lost ground)

The iconic stadium of RUW Ciney is ready to be demolished. Recently the team took a drastic decision and this one had big consequences...

GROUND // Meirstraat - FC Oppuurs

Football has conquered the world very rapidly and you'd almost expect every little Belgian village to have a football team of their own...

GROUND // Vossevelden - KFC Katelijne

Who doesn't know players like Savo Milosevic, Darko Kovacevic, Mateja Kezman and Vladimir Jugovic? But who knows these guys and other...