Merksem
It's Friday in June, cold and wet.....must be a Royal Antwerp pre-season game!!
A week on from the 'aqua-bowl' in Berendrecht, 5th tier Merksem play hosts to the Great Old. Merksem have clearly had some investment as the ground has been recently modernised. There is also a rarity in Belgian football, an artificial pitch. Sources close to PDM (yes again!) inform us that the only other one is at STVV. Both have been installed this off-season. It will be interesting to see what the reaction to them is and whether we an increase in them (as in the Netherlands).
Merksem 0-6 Royal Antwerp (17-6-11).
A week on from the 'aqua-bowl' in Berendrecht, 5th tier Merksem play hosts to the Great Old. Merksem have clearly had some investment as the ground has been recently modernised. There is also a rarity in Belgian football, an artificial pitch. Sources close to PDM (yes again!) inform us that the only other one is at STVV. Both have been installed this off-season. It will be interesting to see what the reaction to them is and whether we an increase in them (as in the Netherlands).
Merksem 0-6 Royal Antwerp (17-6-11).