With Beerschot starting the 2020-2021 season in the First Division, we look back at our club’s history and turn the spotlight on a corresponding fixture from yesteryear… Today: Anderlecht - Beerschot, season 1980-1981.
ANDERLECHT WINS THE TITLE… AND SCORE EIGHT AGAINST JAN TOMASZEWSKI
When browsing through our club’s history the Anderlecht v Beerschot game that jumps out immediately is the confrontation from April 1981, where the home team produced “champagne football” , won the title and beat goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski eight times on the way. It was a disastrous night for Beerschot.
Eight-two the final score was, with Kenneth Brylle scoring four. The Beerschot defense had no answer to Anderlecht’s impressive combination football. They were outplayed and outran, didn’t find any space and hardly got out of their own penalty area.
Despite Anderlecht’s dominance Beerschot in the end scored twice: late in the first half when Julien Cools chipped the ball over Munaron, and in the dying minutes of the game through Jean Rylant who had come on for Ignace Suply on the hour. Cold consolation it was…
“They were unstoppable”, Beerschot defender Louis Van Gucht sighed afterwards. “The Anderlecht players came to us from all possible angles. We didn’t have a clue where to run first. On top of that they were ever so efficient when shooting at goal. We were totally outclassed. This memory will linger on for the rest of my career.”
SATURDAY 11 APRIL 1981 – ASTRIDPARK ANDERLECHT
ANDERLECHT – BEERSCHOT 8 – 2
ATTENDANCE: 28.000
REFEREE: Rion
GOALS: 10’ Brylle 1-0, 18’ Brylle 2-0, 24’ De Groote 3-0, 40’ Cools 3-1, 43’ Brylle 4-1, 47’ Vercauteren 5-1, 52’ Nielsen 6-1, 72’ Haan 7-1, 74’ Brylle 8-1, 81’ Rylant 8-2
ANDERLECHT: Munaron, Broos, Olsen, Perusovic, Coeck, De Groote, Hofkens, Haan, Vercauteren, Nielsen, Brylle
BEERSCHOT: Tomaszewski, Van Nerum, De Weerdt, L. Van Gucht, Mücher, Suply (62’ Rylant), Lambert, Andries, Cools, Gzil, Schouwenaar
