The 3rd edition of ‘Lier Sings’ has been a great success. Thanks to the weather Gods, the Lierse market square was packed with thousands of people. After the warm up tones of Wim Leys and his group @fundum, the singing talents on the market were ready for an evening of singing.

From around 21.00 they sang non-stop until midnight, conducted by the choir and presentor Marc D’hollander, about 35 big hits. The atmosphere was great and a packed market square let themselves go. Maged Samy also had a great time and joined the choir on the stage. Work has already begun on the next edition!
Until next year!

Click here for a series of photos.

The Fixture list for the 2008-09 season was revealed today. Lierse open their League programme on Wednesday 13th
August away to VW Hamme. There then follow two CuP weekends (16/17 August & 23/24 August), followed by a
matchday when Lierse is without a game (odd team in division of 19 teams).
The first ‘topper’ comes with an away match at Antwerp on Saturday 30th August. The first home League match is on Sunday 7th September against FC Luik (Liege)

As was the case last season, there is no winter break this season, but for Lierse, they are without a game in the
weekend of 10-11 January.

13/08/2008 19:00 K.FC.Vigor Wuitens Hamme - K.Lierse SK.
30/08/2008 20:00 R.Antwerp FC. - K.Lierse SK.
07/09/2008 15:00 K.Lierse SK. - R.FC.De Liege
14/09/2008 15:00 Union Royale Namur - K.Lierse SK.
20/09/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - KV.Oostende
27/09/2008 20:00 R.FC.Tournai - K.Lierse SK.
04/10/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.VK.Tienen
12/10/2008 15:00 K.MSK.Deinze - K.Lierse SK.
18/10/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.AS.Eupen
25/10/2008 20:00 K.United Overpelt-Lommel - K.Lierse SK.
01/11/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - KV.Red Star Waasland
08/11/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.SK.Ronse
15/11/2008 20:00 K.St.-Truidense VV. - K.Lierse SK.
22/11/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.SK.Beveren
29/11/2008 20:00 R.Excelsior Virton - K.Lierse SK.
06/12/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - FC.M.Brussels S.
14/12/2008 14:30 Oud-Heverlee Leuven - K.Lierse SK.
20/12/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - R.OC.De Charleroi-March.
27/12/2008 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.FC.Vigor Wuitens Hamme
17/01/2009 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - R.Antwerp FC.
25/01/2009 15:00 R.Fc.De Liege - K.Lierse SK.
31/01/2009 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - Union Royale Namur
07/02/2009 20:00 KV.Oostende - K.Lierse SK.
14/02/2009 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - R.FCc.Tournai
22/02/2009 15:00 K.VK.Tienen - K.Lierse SK.
28/02/2009 20:00 K.Lierse SK. - K.MSK.Deinze
07/03/2009 20:00 K.As.Eupen (2959) - K.Lierse SK.

As the official Summer holiday period began the day before yesterday, Lierse.com is organising a Lierse holiday photo competition, an initiative that proved to be an enormous success on this site a few years ago.
We invite every Lierse fan to take their yellow & black on holiday with them. Pose at your holiday destination with your Lierse scarf, cap, shirt, flag or other paraphernalia, and mail your photos to vakantiefoto@lierse.be.
All the photo’s will be published on Lierse.com, and the best and most original 10 will receive a prize. The top prize is a replica shirt from the coming season. The competition runs until 15th September.
On the photos above you can see some examples from 2003.

On Friday 4th July from 19.30 on the Grote Markt, “Lier Sings” takes place.

This is an initiative from the Lier Sings organisation, which consists of delegates from Lier council, Lierse 2006 vzw and residents from the Grote Markt.

Lierse has a new fan Club, SC Lierse on tour, started up by a few Lierse fans from the Hove-Mortsel-Edegem area.

Due to the demand for season tickets, the ticket office is extending its opening hours. From Wednesday 2nd July,it will be open every day, seven days a week, from 10.00 am to 09.00 pm!

Theeratep Winothai is the new acquisition of K.Lierse S.K. He is generally considered as one of the biggest Asian talents. As you would suspect from his name, he originates from Thailand. He’s one of the biggest football stars in his country. He is a regular in the Thai national team and scores consistently.

Winothai was born on in Bangkok on 16th February 1985, and is 23 years old. When he was only fourteen he appeared for the U-17 national team during the World Championships in New Zealand. He went to England, where he played for the youth teams of Crystal Palace and Everton. He returned to Thailand four years ago, to sign for First Division side Tero Sasano. In 2003 the club were second in the Asian Champions League. Last season they finished third in the Thai Premier League. Winothai will always be famous for scoring a hat trick in the final of the South East Asian Games against Vietnam. As a result Thailand were Gold medal winners for the seventh successive time.

Hat tricks are seemingly his speciality, as he’s scored them already this year against China & Nepal. Up to now Winothai has scored fifteen goals for the Thai national team. That’s not gone unnoticed in the football world, because also Manchester City, owned by Thai businessman Thaksin Shinawatra, wanted Winothai in their ranks. But it’s Lierse who have him. Due to the Thai League still being in progress, Winothai cannot be at Lierse for the start of the 2008-09 season. He will come to Belgium in October, and be fully operational for January 2009.

On Lierse TV you can watch a ciompilation of Winothai: Long version - Short Version

On the first training day, the 9th of July, 2 players will come on a trial: de 21-year old Nigerian striker Eze Otorogu (Enyimba International FC), and a 24-yeard old Egytain right midfielder, Barakat Mahmoud Youssef Allam (Wadi Degla)

Just before the start of the season K.Lierse S.K will play a friendly on Thursday 7th August at 20.00 against the Spanish side Getafe CF.
Getafe (a province of Madrid) have played in the Spanish Primera division since 2004.
In the 2006-07 season the club surprisingly reached the the final of the Spanish Cup, the Copa del Rey.
They lost the away leg of the semi-final 5-2 to FC Barcelona.
But in the home leg Los Azulones dominated the match and eventually won 4-0.
As a result Getafe reached the Cup final for the first time, where they lost 1-0 to Sevilla FC.
In September 2007 Getafe made their debut in the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 victory at FC Twente.
They eventually reached the quarter finals, where Getafe with ten players after extra time were knocked out by Bayern Munich.
A week later Getafe were again in the final of the Copa del Rey, but they lost again, this time to Valencia.
So it’s certainly a strong opponent, who produce fantastic attacking football.
Absolutely keep an eye on Ruben De la Red, who shone for Spain a couple of times in the recent European Championships. Also captain David Belenguer and the Swiss Fabio Celestini, the former captain of Marseille are not bad.
Also look out for Getafe’s new coach, Victor Munoz, ex-coach of Zaragoza (amongst others), who succeeded Michael Laudrup as coach a few days ago.
Thursday 7th August 20.00 at the Herman Vanderpoorten Stadium - K.Lierse S.K vs Getafe CF.
A more than fantastic fixture then. Soon we’ll announce the admission prices. These will be published first here.

Because we read in various newspapers that Mama Dissa wants to leave and shall leave to go ‘South’, the Lierse
board wants to point out that for them this chapter is not totally closed.
Lierse is still prepared to put a respectable transfer fee on the table for this player.
But it should be made clear, that the sky’s the limit, and our wallet has its limits.
Additionally we’re also in well progressed negotiations with a Nigerian striker.
He’ll come for a trial in the next few days.
After that the coaching staff will decide if he fits into the Lierse model.
In any case, we’ll of course keep you informed over the progression of any transfers.

The Season ticket campaign is in full swing. The Promo team is taking no prisoners in the Kempen, the supporters gave received a guide in the mail, there special campaigns targeted at business and social members. The K.Lierse S.K. players are also prepared. No mountain is too high, no river too deep, in short there is no trouble spared to make a fantastic season. Also Chris Janssens, last season’s most valued player, only has his mind focused on his job.

This film recorded in the utmost secrecy proves it.