Archive | October, 2007
God damnit, I missed the game
Sometimes it pays to have the lergy. My head is full of snot and I did not want to get properly sick and miss some quite important stuff this week, so I gave the Oulu game a miss today. Extra time and penalties saw TamU go through after a 0-0 draw. They now face GBK [...]
HIFK Soccer
28. October 2007
HIFK are kind of unique in Finland. A lot of Finnish sports organisations were originally established as multi-sport clubs, but many of them have over the years narrowed their focus and ended up specialising in one or two sports. HJK split from their hockey division in1972, for instance, and now Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi play hockey and [...]
Partytime in Tampere!
27. October 2007
Tampere United have planned a big celebration tonight in Keskustori. If you’re at a loose end after the Honka game why not buy a six pack and head on down to celebrate the championship? It starts at 7pm, and Tesoma’s finest Pate Mustajärvi will be playing. I cannot wait. Toni Lähteenmäki and Sami Hintsanen will [...]
Football on the television
26. October 2007
Just a quick word in praise of YLE’s coverage, as I’ve been pretty darn negative about it for the matches I’ve actually been to. It’s a pretty good programme, and the MIFK win in Valkeakoski was covered very well. Good crowd shots, good interviews, good segments (Popovits’s kids need a new backyard, and the man [...]
Any one from three
25. October 2007
Oulu hung on grimly, despite losing 1-0 at home to HJK. Jaro snatched a creditable draw away at TPS while Viikingit got a point away at VPS. The bottom of the table now looks like this: FC KooTeePee 25 7 5 13 27 – 37 26 FF Jaro 25 6 7 12 27 – 41 [...]
TamU win the title
22. October 2007
Despite the best efforts of a very strange referee, who disallowed a perfectly good goal from Daniel on Saturday. Haka couldn’t beat Lahti on Sunday so the title remains in Tampere. Highlights here Congratulations also go to FC Honka, who clinched the women’s championship with a barnstorming 3-3 draw at home to HJK. The bottom [...]
Ykkonen Wrap- Literally!
21. October 2007
It was always going to be a entertaining day of football in the Ykkonen this weekend. Two were fighting it out for the championship and two were fighting it out to avoid the drop. RoPS and KuPS entered the final fixture with the Rovaniemi squad sitting on a 2 point lead. I don’t think anyone [...]
Liverpool’s new scout
19. October 2007
As if they didn’t already have enough of a stranglehold on the Finnish replica shirt market, those loveable scamps from Merseyside have been in the news this week. The first story was that Simon Skrabb, a 12 year old from Pietersaari, had been to Melwood on trial. Simon had a whale of a time, apparently: [...]
Researchers required
19. October 2007
Got a mail from a company that must have already stolen several months of my life, and led me to the conclusion that Henri Schewelleff and Heikki Aho are both worth £5m. Anyway, they want researchers for their new game: A games company developing the latest football manager simulation game are looking to recruit reliable [...]
Four Drink Too Much and End Up in a Belgian Gay Bar
19. October 2007
Oh that Belgium – the land of waffles, fiscal suicides and women as hot as they were sculpted of the flames of hell. It was my first time there, and I was positively surprised. My love affair with Eastern Europe usually dictates that I must routinely associate the western travel potential with factors such as [...]
FiF welcomes FIFA President Sepp Blatter to Finland
16. October 2007
This is the most transparent and least corrupt country in the world, so I expect Blatter will get a good going over this week. Like I said before, the man’s a crook. Here are some articles about Pekka Hämälainen’s honoured guest: A question to Sepp Blatter about bribes Sepp’s secrets Unfit to govern An interview [...]
Tammela pictures
16. October 2007
I bought a digital camera last week, and these are the pictures I took at TPV-VIFK on Saturday. I love this ground. The picture of the fence is there because that is one of the reasons the ground can’t be renovated-it’s a protected structure.
More news from Brussels
15. October 2007
William Moore’s take on the Belgium game Goal.com’s match report Some great Americanisms from the IHT Congratulations to Jon on Jippo’s escape from relegation worries. It’s looking like TPV are peering over the abyss after their dismal performance at home to VIFK on Saturday. GBK take on the worst team in the league, Klubi 04, [...]
Belgium 0 Finland 0
14. October 2007
Finland now have to win two games to qualify, without having shown much evidence to suggest that they are capable of doing so. That’s what it boils down to, after a third successive 0-0 left them trailing Poland and Portugal. Portugal play on Wednesday, and a win in Kazakhstan will see them three points clear [...]
Susanna Lehtinen takes things to the next level
14. October 2007
Some decent coverage for a Finnish footballer, in English, so I’m happy to pass it on. International play takes Lehtinen to the next level Her team are called ‘the Owls’, too.
Probable team
13. October 2007
JääskelainenPasanenTihinenHyypiäKallio;R. EremenkoRiihilahtiKolkkaSjölund;JohanssonA. Eremenko If it’s not right, blame Jonas Von Wendt of HBL and Timo Järviö of Helsingin Sanomat. It’ll be interesting to see Riihilahti and Eremenko in the middle, and relief greats the return of Kallio. HBL leads with an interview with Djurgårdener Sjölund (the only member of the squad who isn’t comfortable speaking [...]
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31. October 2007
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