Belgium
Brabant Provincial V.V. 4E
Sunday 27th April 2025
Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.01
K.F.C. Werchter 2 K.V. Tremelo 4, attendance 121
13’ 0-1
36’ 1-1
43’ 2-1
45’ 2-2
65’ 2-3
70’ 2-4
@ Grotestraat
3118 Werchter
€5 Admission
No Programme.
It was an early start for this one, booked on the 0815 P&O ferry from Dover to Calais, which left dead on time. The driver and the other passenger were heading for the league match at Sportief Rotselaar, a ground I’d already visited, so I needed a game nearby and this fitted the bill perfectly, as the two grounds are only four miles apart and I was dropped off about an hour before kick off. Considering it was picked purely on its close proximity to Rotselaar, I certainly came up trumps with this one. Despite it being the lowest level of Belgian football, it was a cracking ground, similar to something right out of the Scottish Juniors. There is a clubhouse behind the near goal end, with the changing rooms at the halfway point of the right hand touchline, a side that would be covered for it’s entire length, were it not for two sections of missing pieces of roof, which look to be due to old age/storm damage, which give the initial appearance of there being three separate sections of cover. On the left hand side is a two step section of cover, whilst the far goal end is inaccessible. Even the rail around the pitch adds to the charm, with some sections looking like they’ve certainly been leaned on a lot over the years!
I was also lucky that I got a very good game out of it too, where 5th hosted 6th in the league table, between two clubs just three miles apart. It was a glorious sunny afternoon, where it was around 22 degrees, resulting in a drinks break (for the players, not me) being taken during each half. Tremelo broke the deadlock after thirteen minutes, when a shot on the turn found the bottom corner from the edge of the box. On thirty six minutes Werchter were level, when a ball across the face of the goal was finished at the far post. Two minutes before halftime they went ahead, with another finish from the edge of the box into the bottom corner, but with the last kick of the half Tremelo made it 2-2, when a deep cross from the left hand touchline was left by the home defence and put in by a striker sneaking in at the far post.
Twenty minutes into the second half Tremelo made it 2-3, breaking quickly from defending a corner and from the second attempt at getting the cross in, it was volleyed in from six yards, with this being the point to then take the second drinks break. Tremelo finally killed the game off when they made it 2-4 with twenty minutes left, when a through ball split the defence and the ‘keeper was beaten low at his near post.
I was picked up just after five o’clock and we headed for home, stopping for a meal en route back to Calais, as we were not booked to return until 22.25, arriving back at the port at 20.45. I arrived home about 00.40. A long day, but well worth it, with this bringing up ground visit number 850 for me in Belgium.
