TSV NOAD

NOAD
Full nameTilburgse Sportvereniging Nooit Ophouden Altijd Doorspelen
(Tilburgian Sports Association Never Stop Always Play)
Founded1910
Dissolved2017
GroundSportpark TSV NOAD
Tilburg
Capacity2,000
2016–17Derde Klasse Sunday B, 14th

TSV NOAD was an association football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. Founded in 1910, the club played at the highest level of Dutch football between 1918 and 1961.

History

NOAD was founded on 5 June 1910. Unlike most other clubs in North Brabant, the club was not formed as Roman Catholic but was rather secular. Initially, NOAD mainly played friendly matches against Roman Catholic institutes. Many so-called Roman Catholic clubs were not allowed by the clergy to play the "savages" of NOAD.[1]

The first competitive league matches were played as Brabantian Football Association (BVB). In November 1917, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) placed NOAD in the National 2nd Klasse B. This meant, that the team regularly left the city and the province of Brabant to play at national level.[1] NOAD immediately won the National 2nd Klasse B title. In order to reach promotion to the National 1st Division, two games had to be played against Bredania.[2] In Breda, the score was 0–0. At home on Bosscheweg, Jan Panis scored the only goal – in front of more than 3,000 spectators – and secured the promotion to the 1st Division.[1]

From 1918, the club played at the highest level, and from 1954 to 1971 as a professional club. In 1971, the municipality of Tilburg wanted a merger of the three professional teams of the town Willem II, NOAD and LONGA, but Willem II refused. The result was that NOAD and LONGA became non-league amateur clubs and Willem II continued as the only professional team of the city.[3] Eventually in 2017, NOAD merged with LONGA and RKTVV to form FC Tilburg.[4]

The exact meaning of the club name is unclear. TSV stands for Tilburgse Sportvereniging (Tilburgian Sports Association), and NOAD probably stands for "Nooit Ophouden Altijd Doorspelen" (Never Stop Always Play), which has been the most commonly used explanation.[5] Another theory is that the name means is "Nooit Ophouden Altijd Doorgaan" (Never Stop Always Continue).[6]

Logo at entrance (left) and stadium with main stand (right)

Former players

National team players

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with NOAD:

  • Years in brackets indicate careerspan with NOAD.

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Geschiedenis". TSV NOAD (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Bredania". Voetbalarchieven (in Dutch). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ Verhoeven, Harrie. "Uit de oude doos: Clubsentiment verhindert fusie". Willem II (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "FC Tilburg". OldStars (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ego, Ton (2007). Voetbal verenigingsnamen verklaard : 1.800 namen van Nederlandse voetbalverenigingen verklaard (in Dutch) (1e dr ed.). Woerden: Free Musketeers. ISBN 9789085397441.
  6. ^ "Sportbonden, sportclubs en sportperiodieken in Nederland tot 1940". resources.huygens.knaw.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ "NOAD en Enschedé 20 jaar". De Revue Der Sporten (in Dutch). 10 June 1930.
  8. ^ "Trainer Longin verlaat N.O.A.D." Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant (in Dutch). 20 July 1933.
  9. ^ "Nieuwe trainer bij N.O.A.D." Noordbrabantsch dagblad het huisgezin (in Dutch). 16 August 1941.