K. Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst v V.C. Kesselt

Belgium

Limburg Provincial Cup

Region Zuid Oost

Saturday 4th August 2018

Kick Off 16.00 Actual 15.59

K. Eendracht White Star Schoonbeek-Beverst 2 V. C. Kesselt 5, attendance 43

26’ 0-1

35’ 0-2

54’ 1-2

56’ 1-3

60’ 1-4

77’ 1-5

78’ 2-5

@ Hereveld, 3G Pitch

Hereveld

Schoonbeek

3740 Bilzen

€5 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

Originally, the plan today was to visit K.F.C. Pulle for their Antwerp Provincial Cup match at 3pm, but with this match being an hour later kicking off and the fact it meant far less driving for our intended evening matches, we switched our attention to this instead.

We had been here previously, where we had seen K. Eendracht F.C. Schoonbeek lose 0-1 to K.S.K. Meeuwen in a Limburg Provincial 1 match back in January 2010. It is a ground I am unlikely to forget, as it was the first time I had seen a match played on a snow covered pitch. It was a good 2” deep, with just the main pitch markings cleared, but everyone just got on with it and there seemed little doubt that the game would go ahead !

The following month, the club merged with White Star Beverst, taking on the current name and playing home games in Schoonbeek. Last season they began playing matches on their newly installed 3G Pitch, which has now become the ‘main’ ground. The new clubhouse/changing room block is now built, but is yet to be fitted out, so the old clubhouse is still in use, as are the old changing rooms.

The weather couldn’t have been more of a contrast from our last visit, as the temperature hit 36 degrees. Despite Kesselt being in Provincial 3, one level below the hosts, this was a comfortable win for them. Schoonbeek fielded a very young side, with Kesselt containing a number of ‘old heads’ and it was very much a case of ‘men against boys’.