OLD & GOLD 3/8

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...

GROUND // Stade Alphonse Bardet - R Gosselies Sports

East of Charleroi airport, you'll find Heppignies with a beautiful lost ground. But west of that same airport, there is a more or less...

GROUND // Rue du Trou à la Vigne - RJS Heppignies-Lambusart-Fleurus (lost ground)

We don't know any groundhoppers who don't have a soft spot for lost grounds. In the northwest of Charleroi lies a magnificent lost ground...

GROUND // Stade de la Docherie - Jeunesse Docherie 61

How often do you find hidden football treasures in the middle of a city centre? Let alone a football gem that not many people know about?...

GROUND // Stade Adrien Mura - RAS Monceau

The lovely city of Charleroi, in the south of Belgium, is packed with absolute gems when we talk about football stadiums. Just outside of...

Stade Communal Avenue de la Croix-Rouge - RFC Huy (lost ground)

Take a really old football team somewhere in Wallonia, and add to that a beautiful history and very nice results. Combine that with a...

GROUND // Avenue de Houffalize - RCS Libramontois

Right in the middle of the province of Luxembourg, you'll find the touristic village of Libramont-Chevigny. It's actually a combination...

GROUND // Oude Schrieksebaan - VV Adler

Corona is making victims. Football teams have problems finding solutions and the consequences are more and more visible. Some teams...

GROUND // Stade Adolphe Hisette - CS Toernich

Only a couple of hundred meters away from the Stade Avenue Longwy in Arlon, there is still the old home ground of the former Royale...

GROUND // Stade Avenue Longwy - FC Arlon

In the southeast of Belgium, right next to Luxembourg and not that far away from France, the historical city of Arlon can be found....

GROUND // Rue Du Bonny d'Au ban - RFC Yvoir

Yvoir is a fairly quiet village in the shadow of Dinant and Ciney, deeply hidden in the Wallonian region. Football there is almost just...

GROUND // Hippodrome de Boitsfort (lost ground)

Again an unexpected football history in Belgium! This time we found one in Brussels (Uccle to be exact) and we'll dive into the history...

GROUND // Vélodrome de Charleroi (lost ground)

We have seen it before (in a video), but since it's so beautiful - here it is again. The forgotten third ring of the Stade du Pays de...

GROUND // Nieuw-Zeelanderstraat - FC Mesen (lost ground)

Football in Mesen. It's a little bit different compared to football in the rest of the world. You can find Mesen in the Westhoek in...

GROUND // Rodenbachstadion - Club Roeselare

Newly built stadiums are almost only to be found in or near boring industrial areas, far away from the village or city centre. But in...

GROUND // Georges Bosmansstadion - KV Zuun

In the shadow of the great Brussels you can find the rural Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. The village is mostly known thanks to the medieval writer...

GROUND // Rue des Keutures - RAC Leuze-Longchamps

One will find, while visiting Leuze in Namur, a lot of green. This small village is a part of the neighbouring Eghezée since 1977, but it...