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GROUND // Avenue Des Platanes - FC Andoy Wierde

As a groundhopper sometimes you drive along the highways and by accident you stumble upon football beauties. Especially in Belgium chance...

GROUND // Dreef - K Eendracht Buggenhout

In the shadow of Dendermonde you can find Buggenhout and its submunicipalities Opstal and Opdorp. To know the history of football in thos...

GROUND // Sportpark De Warande - VV TSC Oosterhout (The Netherlands)

Football clubs that are more than 100 years old. Yes, they also exist in The Netherlands. And there are quite a lot of them. Not far from...

GROUND // Schoolstraat - K Ramsel FC

Hidden somewhere in the Belgian Kempen you'll find the small village of Ramsel. Not only does the local football team have a bigger histo...

GROUND // Stade Yves Delrée - RCS Schaltin

It's not that uncommon local football stadiums in the French speaking part of Belgium make up for a lot due to their location only. Not f...

GROUND // Minister A. De Taeyelaan - KSV Kortrijk

In the shadow of the great KV Kortrijk you'll find another football team in the same city. KSV Kortrijk plays its games in the suburbs of...

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 i...

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 a...

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 Flém...

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, th...

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, beca...

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 h...

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 N...

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 ag...

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 eac...

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