Cup of Belgium, The Belgian ‘Cup Final’ displays will soon be her first secret, when we know who the first bekerfinalist. One thing is for sure: with the Union of KV Mechelen is anyway a popular club with a passion. Where nostalgia is never far around the corner lurks, but where there are also dreams that for a long time (in the case of Union of even very long) bygone glory years to revive. Not in the least by the supporters. Their roll number
Both Union as KV Mechelen are the proud owner of a low number. The Brussels club also boasts the number 10, Malinwa has number 25. At the time of the liquidation, in the 2002-2003 season, there was the KVM fans committed to keeping the number – the clubsymbool ideally – to be able to keep. The group around tv-icon (and KVM-supporter) Marc Uytterhoeven did a bid on the roll number, so that ‘25′ was maintained. KV Mechelen was founded in 1904. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, the official name of the club, to the duden park, is much older and saw the light of day in 1897. Only three clubs from 1A have a lower number than Union: AA Gent (jupiler pro league (7), Club Brugge (jupiler pro league (3) and, of course, Antwerp or the Great Old (number 1).
