LOWER LEAGUE LOVE 3/9

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 // 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 // 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 // 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 // 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 // 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 de la Malaise - AS Morlanwelz (lost ground)

La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut, has a relatively known history. The 2003 cup winner doesn't exist anymore, but in the meantime...

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 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...

GROUND // Sportpark Hazebeek - KV Koksijde Oostduinkerke B

Right at the Belgian coastline, not that far from the French border, there are quite some football teams very close to each other....

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...