Belgium

Liege Provincial 1

Sunday 15th October 2017

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 15.01

Union Flemalloise 1 F.C. 1912 Raeren-Eynatten 2,  attendance 106

30’ 0-1

83’ 1-1

86’ 1-2

@ Stade Robert Lecomte

Avenue Théodule Gonda 5

4400 Ivoz-Ramet

€6.50 Admission

Team Sheet, free.

I had visited the old ground of Flemalle, at Rue Du Beau Site (Trixhes) in Flemalle- Haute, on 26th May 2015 (2-1 versus C.S. Sart-Tilman in a friendly Match) when they were in Provincial 2. They have since moved south, across the river, now playing at the ground that was home to R.S.F.C. Ivoz, who dropped out of Liège Provincial football a few years back.

The visitors for today’s game are from the German speaking region of Belgium, based at the home of Raeren since the merger with Eynatten two years ago. At least I had already visited each club, so wasn’t going to miss out on whichever ground was discarded for first team use. Before losing last week, the visitors had been top of the league table, so this win puts them back on track. They had a man sent off on 59 minutes, but despite being pegged back, were still good enough to snatch the win with 10 men.

The near three hour journey back to The Tunnel went smoothly and we were offered the 20.36 train home, rather than the 20.50 we were booked on. The U.K. Border Control seemed to have sorted out the dreadful queues they have been causing recently, meaning we were able to make the earlier crossing on offer, which would not have been possible at the speed of the passport checks on our last few returns !