Belgium

Brabant Provincial 1 V.F.V.

Sunday 25th February 2018

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.02

K.F.C. Strombeek 0 Sporting Club Hoegaarden-Outgaarden 4,  attendance 142

1’ 0-1

50’ 0-2

75’ 0-3

87’ 0-4

@ Stadion Singel

Singel 65

1853 Strombeek- Bever

€8 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

Pocket size Season Fixture Card, free.

Once again, it was a day being dropped at a different ground to that of the driver as I had already visited F.C. Naninnois (Namur Provincial) which was his choice for today. As it turned out, all three passengers chose the option of being dropped off at Strombeek, which is just inside Brussels Ring Road, to the north of the capital.

The ground has hosted Belgian League football in the past and is still a pretty impressive venue, especially the main stand that seats around 550 on bench seating, with old terracing on the other three sides taking the capacity up to 3,000. What would have been the away supporters section behind the goal still has the imposing fences in place, giving an indication of what it was like to be caged in as a visiting fan in the good old days.

Todays match was 13th versus 11th. Hoegaarden got off to a perfect start, scoring in the first attack of the match. Having gone two up early in the second half they began to take control. Strombeek had a man red carded on the hour mark, which meant it was pretty much game over for them.

We were picked up shortly after 17.30  having walked 15 minutes back to the nearest motorway junction and back at The Tunnel in time to be offered an earlier train than we were booked on, making it onto the 20.06 departure. Our outbound crossing was only two minutes late this morning, so perhaps Eurotunnel are finally getting the hang of things !