Clueless about which of the two is historically correct, club members eventually settled on "Altijd Sterker Worden" because of a general preference for this phrase as is.
Henceforth ASW played in section C in the equivalent of a regional class 1, so it went supposedly up two tiers, while there was a stronger quality variance.
In its first loss for this season, ASWH was beaten 7–4 by VVE Nieuw Lekkerland, in what the Nieuwsblad voor de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde [sic] praised as "a match in which often good soccer could be enjoyed.
"[8] On Monday, 6 June 1938 ASWH drew 1–1 against ONA Gouda and 0–0 against ZCFC Zaandam – the eventual winners of the 1B division cup – in the Western Tourneer of the Christian Dutch Football Association.
[14] In 1942 the Nazis confiscated the field of ASW after which it played on Ido's Football Club grounds on the Nieuwe Bosweg.
[15][16] The last game during World War II was a 1–5 loss against Kinderdijk-side VV De Zwerver in February 1944.
The first section title for ASWH 1, in the highest division of the Dordrecht district of the Royal Dutch Football Association, was won in 1949, after winning all matches.
The right for promotion posed a problem: the pitch didn't meet the criteria for admission to the main league system of the KNVB.
[6] While ASWH suffered a moderate loss and returned to Ambacht with dignified results against a leading professional team, AZ did not utilize several of its prime players.
ASWH started its first Derde Divisie season with a series of victories, eventually stopped at a 1–3 defeat against Heemskerk-side ODIN '59 on 25 September 2016.
[22] It was a sour loss as ASWH had not been beaten at Sportpark Schildman since November 2015 and controlled the ball 70 percent of the game.
The second Derde Divisie season of ASWH started rather weak with defeats against FC Groningen (0–1), Quick Boys (0–1), and FC Volendam (0–5),[23] draws against SV Spakenburg (2–2),[24] DSV Ermelo (0–0), Jong Twente (2–2),[25] VVOG Harderwijk (1–1), and VV Spijkenisse (0–0),[26] and victories against Magreb Utrecht (2–5)[27] and in a regional derby against VV Capelle (0–1).
[29] ASWH 2 followed suit; it did not pass the classifying stage of the District Cup after it lost 3–1 against VV De Zwerver.
[33][34][35][36] In the finals, it lost the first game at Sportpark Schildman 0–1,[37][38][39][40] then won 2–0 in Lienden, securing the promotion to the Tweede Divisie.
[45] Next Saturday, ASWH was beaten 0–3 by VV Katwijk, another contender for the Tweede Divisie championship,[46] and dropped from a shared 7th place to 15th position.
In the third week, ASWH won its first Tweede Divisie game, 2–0 against SVV Scheveningen through goals by Abderrahim Loukili and Clarence Bijl, rising to 11th position.
ASWH had a usually successful game preparation for its second Tweede Klasse Season that included a 1–0 victory against the 1st squad of the professional side FC Dordrecht.
ASWH finished last with 27 points, and was relegated for the second year in a row, this time to the fifth-tier Vierde Divisie.
By winter break it led the table at a staggering 11-point advantage over FC 's-Gravenzande in second position, having lost only one game since the beginning of the season, against bottom-dweller RVVH of Ridderkerk.
ASWH went on to also win the second trimester and, on April 20, a very early Vierde Klasse championship, as it had opened a 17-point distance from any competition.
For the 2024–25 season, ASWH recruited from Jodan Boys the former FC Dordrecht and NAC Breda professional Quincy Tavares.
While it lost Wout Neelen to VV Kloetinge, Luis Pedro, Genridge Prijor, and most other players continued.
It started the new season in the Derde Divisie with a series four defeats in a row, broken off with a 1–4 victory against fellow bottom dweller VV Goes.
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