285:(Quick and Free Merelbeke), receiving matricule number 3551 and choosing yellow and green as club colours. A first title came in 1954 when VV Merelbeke became champions in the Second Provincial Division, but the club relegated immediately the season after, where it would remain until 1973, when it dropped to the Third Provincial Division. With the exception of the 1974–75 season (Second Provincial Division) the club remained at this level until the merger in 1988 when the club merged with neighbouring clubs Union Merelbeke and Sporting Merelbeke to form
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