The former leader of RUS Binche in particular also mentions in his book some anecdotes about 60 years of football on our grounds.
Kids who made it
In addition to the history of the region’s clubs, Bernard Braglia has researched and listed many players who made their first steps on fields in the Centre region. The best known are the Hazard brothers and Enzon Scifo, but other “local kids” have also reached the top of football.I did not want the little history of football in our region of the Centre to forget too quickly these guys who have carried high the colors and values of our region. For 60 years, we can estimate that 25,000 children have met first on Wednesday afternoons, then for 2 to 3 sessions a week to discover the joys and sensations that football should always provide.“
Of these 25,000 kids and now little girls, only 37 have managed to reach the elite of football.”In my eyes, it is extraordinary and far too little at the same time! Especially since the beginning of this 21st century, those who have stepped on the lawns of our D1 are really rare. Why have our kids today become too short, too fair to attract the attention of professional clubs? There are undoubtedly many parameters that come into play, including the added value aspect that we talk about so much today, but I think that among these, the ACFF LABEL is rather a disadvantage for small and medium-sized clubs that have to do without the skills of former players who are certainly more technically gifted than certain trainers who have obtained a Brevet, which earns LABEL points..”
