SC 't Gooi (Sport Club Het Gooi) is a sports club from Hilversum, Netherlands. The club was established on 19 October 1905 as Hilversumsche Voetbal Club Rapiditas, abbreviated as HVV 't Gooi. In the 1950s and 1960s it played professional soccer under this name. The professional division continued under the name SC Gooiland from 1965 until 1971. With

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nearby, many players of Ajax Amsterdam developed at 't Gooi.

History

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Henk Twelker played for 't Gooi 1921–22 continuing to Ajax Amsterdam.

Wim Anderiesen Willem Gerardus "Wim" Anderiesen (27 November 1903 – 18 July 1944) was a Dutch footballer. Club career Born in Amsterdam, he played for Romein and 't Gooi before being admitted to Ajax, where he would play from 1925 to 1940, winning five ...

played for 't Gooi 1922 through 1926, also continued to Ajax, as well to an international career on the

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. The English football manager

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coached the first squad 1927–1929, in his second season alongside FC Eindhoven. Pim Bekkering starred in the club 1956 through 1957, before continuing to

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. Rinus Schaap participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification while playing voor 't Gooi. Goalkeeper Theo Mostard also stood out on the Hilversum team during this time. The later Professor

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also played at this time on the team. In the 1958–59 Tweede Divisie 't Gooi won the championship, along with Go Ahead Eagles from Deventer.

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was the goalie 1957 through 1961, like Bekkering continuing to PSV Eindhoven. In Round 4 of the 1961-62 KNVB Cup 't Gooi lost 1–0 to Ajax Amsterdam. As ''SC Gooiland'', the professional division reached in seasons 1967–68 and 1968–69 a seventh place in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

. In 1971 it reached an all time high with a sixth slot. Nevertheless the club was forced to stop playing professional soccer as

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discontinued the Tweede Divisie. Since the club engages in multiple sports, in 2001 the club was rebranded from Hilversum Football Club 't Gooi into Sports Club 't Gooi. Since 2013 the focus is again on football with secondary branches in

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and

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. Diangi Matusiwa played in the youth of 't Gooi. In November 2017 the club had to withdraw its first soccer squad from the

Vierde Klasse The Vierde Klasse ( en, Fourth Class) is the ninth tier of football in the Netherlands and the seventh tier of Dutch amateur football. This is the lowest league in the West II region. The league is divided into 64 divisions, 32 played on Saturday a ...

, lacking sufficient motivated players to continue.

Players

Historical list of coaches

* 1924:

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* 1926–1929:

* 1947–1948: Tom Bradshaw * 1955–1956: Ron Dellow * 1956–1957:

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* 1963–1964: Ron Dellow * 1964–1965: Piet Kluit * 1966–1967: Ko Stijger * 1969–1971: Ron Dellow

References

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