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From Sugar Factory Ground to Modern Complex: 100 Years of Stayen in Sint-Truiden

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

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  • Stayen stadium in Sint-Truiden is marking its 100th anniversary.
  • The venue hosted its first football match on Aug. 29, 1926, on a field opposite the sugar factory.
  • The anniversary feature traces ten milestones, from flying sugar beet leaves and a vanished goat to the final building block of the modern stadium.

A football first took place at Stayen in Sint-Truiden on Aug. 29, 1926, when the ball rolled across a field opposite the sugar factory. Today, the stadium is officially celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The venue’s century is being marked through ten milestones from Haspengouw football history. They range from sugar beet leaves blowing across the ground to a goat that disappeared, along with the final building block of the modern stadium.

Together, the milestones chart Stayen’s transformation from a football field beside an industrial site into the modern complex it is today.

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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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