Belgium
West Vlaanderen Provincial 4B
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Kick Off 20.00 Actual 20.02
V.C. Vamos Zandvoorde 3 V.V. Eendracht Brugge 2, attendance 64
33’ 1-0
45’ 2-0
52’ 2-1
57’ 2-2 (pen)
85’ 3-2
@ Stationstraat 111
8400 Zandvoorde
€5 Admission
Team Sheet, free.
At the start of the 2018/19 season, Zandvoorde decided to change the name of the club, (having just suffered relegation to the lowest level of the Belgian pyramid at the end of the previous season) rebranding themselves as Vamos Zandvoorde instead of the original Union Zandvoorde title.There are still quite a few references to Union dotted around the ground, most notably the sign at the entrance to the car park.
On Sunday Zandvoorde travelled to the league leaders K.V.V. Artijke and came away with a 3-2 win, meaning if they won their game in hand, tonight, it would put them top of the table. They were well on top for the majority of the first half and having taken just over half an hour to edge in front, they deservedly added a second goal in the final minute of the half to take a comfortable 2-0 lead into the break. Brugge, who are ninth in the league table, must have had a good talking to at halftime, as they started the second period looking like a totally different team. A close range tap in saw them pull it back to 2-1 early in the second half and it was level at 2-2 just five minutes later, when a penalty was emphatically dispatched following a foul by the ‘keeper. Brugge looked very dangerous on the break, but it was Zandvoorde who nicked the winner, when a shot on the turn was smashed past the ‘keeper with five minutes left to send them top of the table.
We had travelled out on the 14.50 Eurotunnel, which according to the information screens would be running 30 minutes late, due to earlier ‘problems’, but it did in fact run as scheduled, although it departed three minutes late. The journey back to The Tunnel saw us arrive at 23.00 for our booked 23.50 return, which thankfully only left a minute late. With the M20 being closed between Junctions 9 and 8, it meant the drive home took fifteen minutes longer than normal.
