Quick Boys is an amateur football club from Katwijk, the Netherlands, in the Hoofdklasse. The club, established on February 1, 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels.
The club joined the football competition in 1921-22, in the Leidsche Voetbal Bond (LVB), the football association for Leiden. The club played in the Sunday league but a ban on entry charges on Sunday caused financial troubles and Quick Boys moved to the new Saturday league.
Quick Boys have played at the highest amateur level since 1970. The club won 9 titles in the Eerste Klasse, and joined the new Saturday Hoofdklasse in 1996, winning a further two titles.
Quick Boys reached the quarter finals of the KNVB Cup 2007-08.
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