K.F.C. Wezel Sport 2 Racing V.C. Hoboken 0, attendance 216
33’ 1-0
86’ 2-0
@ Moresnetlaan
Wezel
2400 Mol
€8 Admission
Team Sheet, free.
The ground here was opened in 1995 and was formerly a youth and training complex and home to F.C. Wezel Sport ‘B’ team.
Both these clubs are newly promoted into Provincial 1 this season. Wezel started the day eighth in the league table, with Hoboken down in fifteenth place (second bottom). Neither team seemed to have any idea as far as attacking flair was concerned and every attack broke down through poor passing as each team reached the final third of the pitch. Wezel opened the scoring following a quick break away just after the half hour mark and it took them until four minutes from the end of the match before they added a second goal to make the three points safe.
A trouble free journey back to The Tunnel saw us arrive in plenty of time for our 20.36 return crossing. As is the norm, it left late, but only three minutes behind schedule.
Above : I wonder if any locals turned up a day early ?Above : The Wezel Sport No.11 (white boots) scores the first of his two goals.
As we drove past the main stadium on our way to the morning youth match, we noticed that the gates were open, so we called in afterwards to have a look around.
I had visited the ground back on 23rd August 2014, when I saw Lommel United beat R.A.E.C. Mons 2-0 in a Belgian F.A. Cup 5th Round match. It completed a very good days football for me, as it was the only time whilst living there that I managed to do four new ground visits in the same day, the first three games being Limburg Provincial Cup matches.
I had started off the day at S.V. Breugel at 13.00, then moved on to K. Lutlommel V.V. for a 16.00 start, before taking in the 18.00 kick off at K.F.C. Verbroedering Lommel. I see from my records that I took it easy the next day, ‘only’ ticking off three grounds, two in the Brabant Provincial Cup and an evening game in the Oost Vlaanderen Provincial Cup.
I took no photos on my previous visit here, but the ground looks pretty much unchanged over the intervening five years….
Lommel S.K. U17 14 Park Houthalen U17 0, attendance 38
@ Jeugdcomplex ‘t Gestelbos, Pitch 5 synthetic
Soevereinpark
Speelpleinstraat
3920 Lommel
€2 Admission
No Programme.
As our overnight accommodation was only a fifteen minute drive from our intended afternoon match, we needed something to fill in a bit of time. This was the nearest match we could find, although it was also the earliest kick off as well, but it fitted the bill.
The game was as one sided as the score line suggests and was an awful match to watch as a neutral. Lommel were simply too good for Park and there was no comparison as far as the physical size of the players went. It was only 4-0 at halftime, but the second half saw the goals go in by the bucket load. Thankfully it was only 2 x 40 minute halves, as watching another ten minutes of this would have been a real drag. Not something that I would want to watch too often and it is easy to see why I didn’t bother with this kind of thing when I lived in Belgium
