Royal Sassport Boezinge - Terrein Sassport Boezinge

Royal Sassport Boezinge

Terrein Sassport Boezinge

Dekemelelaan 5

8904 Boezinge

Belgium

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Ground Number: 1407

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Sassport Boezinge 2-0 KFC Moen
1E Provincial West-Vlanderen

ROYAL SASSPORT BOEZINGE - A BRIEF HISTORY

The club was established as Sassport Boezinge in 1952. They were in the fourth tier of provincial football in the 70s, progressing to the third in the next decade. Rapid progress around the turn of the millennium saw promotions in 1999 and 2002 to reach the summit of amateur football. Better was to follow in 2013 when they reached the national level at the fourth tier of Dutch football. Despite finishing 10th in their last season, they were relegated back to semi-pro football in 2015. A reorganisation of Dutch football occurred in 2016, making the First Provincial the fourth tier. Boezinge have been there ever since, finishing as high as 3rd in 2023.

Boezinge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a sub-municipality of the city of Ypres , it was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977. An 1846 census listed, among other things, three blacksmiths, four breweries, a lime kiln, two brickworks and two starch factories. At the outbreak of the First World War, Boezinge had to deal with refugees from Mechelen and the surrounding area. When the Germans attacked the civilian population on Schuwe Maandag in Roeselare ( 19 October 1914 ), a second wave of refugees arrived from the eastern villages of Oostnieuwkerke, Passendale, Westrozebeke, Staden, Poelkapelle and the like. The first gas attack took place on 22 April 1915.

During the First Battle of Ypres, despite the dangers, part of the population remained there. After the Second Battle of Ypres, Boezinge became a ghost town. Nothing remained of the buildings; the church was also completely destroyed. It was not until the summer of 1919 that the first Boezinge residents returned. At first, they lived in wooden barracks and it took years to rebuild their village. Various war cemeteries, war monuments and bunkers still bear witness to this period. Saint Michael is the patron saint of Boezinge.

MY VISIT 

This weekend was decided way back in January when Colin and his Dad invited me to stay at their friend's house in Ypres. As Colin mentioned it about a thousand times previously, just as fellow hopper Daniel has with Ireland, I felt it would be rude to turn it down. It was also going to be financially kind after an extremely expensive month. The only issue was, that after looking at the options, football-wise, there was barely anything on. Had I been making this trip independently, there was no chance that I'd have chosen here, but I had agreed to it and it would be good to help Colin get his first non-UK tick, despite him thinking the world revolves around him on several occasions. I could make a plan of sorts from the scraps on offer, even digging deep to find us a Friday night game. As the week approached, I wasn't overly looking forward to it, as I feared that I'd not be able to get France done.

 

As it was, fortune smiled on me and I had a brilliant time in Bolougne. France was probably my second favourite country for football after Poland, and the best for food and drink. It was only 20 minutes walk back to my hotel where I typed my blog and had a drink. I was asleep around midnight, before being woken up by noisy seagulls around 6 am. It meant plenty of time to get ready for when it came to leave at 8.25. We were at the station 20 minutes before the train, our platform had several homeless asylum seekers camping on it. Not much in terms of facilities at the station but the train was on time, comfortable and decent value at £17.57. We had a 25 minutes wait at Les Fontiers before train two to Hazebrouck. Colin has a sleep (Le Gorille Dort) whilst I looked at options for my second June week off. I narrowed it down to Iceland, Ireland, Faroe Islands or Lithuania with all having pros and cons.

 

We arrived into Hazebrouck at 10.50 and it looked like a nice place. A small bus was 20 minutes wait and this got us to Poperinge. It was a nice scenic journey with us spotting a ground in Steenvoorde on the way that looked like it was worth a visit. The same could be said of the one in Poperinge, where we changed buses. We were at Ypres around 12.40 where we met Colin's Dad and went to his friend Aldwin's house. There we had a nice lunch before going out and looking at the war memorials. We then headed out for a couple of drinks in some nice bars. The highlight of the four I tried was the Rodenbach Grand Cru, made locally in Roeselare. I took another bottle to drink with me on the bus called Barbar Rouge, another great drop. The restaurant that we had planned did not open until 5.30 so we headed to Spar. Two Kriek beers, one new, a soft drink and some Pringles filled the gap. The ground was a nice surprise, proper stand and you could walk the whole way around.

 

Sassport Boezinge sat 2nd in the league having won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five.In their last game, they lost 1-0 at KFC Rumbeke. Visitors KFC Moen were 8th, having drawn four and lost one of their last five. Their last game was a 2-2 draw against Royal Racing Waregem. Sassport started brightly and they took the lead on 13 minutes, a finish from wide on the left. Lots of pressure followed and it was all from the hosts, a rather one sided game. They made it 2-0 with an excellent 30 yard free kick to seal the win, which was well deserved. From there, it was an 80 minute walk back to Ypres. We met Alan and Aldwin, sadly not in my favoured bar. But I was still in great spirits, having a great Mojito and then, one of the ciders back in my room. A good buzz it gave me, but I decided to leave my blog until the following morning, due to being pissed.

THE GROUND

The ground was a better venue than I was expecting, you can walk the whole way around. There's only one covered area, holding around 300 seated and 50 standing to the side. Parking is plentiful and bus 92 from Ypres runs close by. There was a bar at the ground and there was a Spar and a couple of restaurants nearby, but not much else.