Archive | October, 2008
Suomen Cup Final Preview
The women’s cup final between Lahti club Kuusysi and HJK Helsinki will be an attacking game, according to Kuusysi coach Jukka Makelä. “The pressure is on HJK, they are the leading cup team in Finland. Challenges are nice and we’ve played the whole season with the attitude that we don’t play for a draw. We [...]
Who cares about the Cup?
30. October 2008
The two semi finals were played last night, and to be honest I was embarassed for all four teams, everyone that went to watch them, and the competition itself. The game I saw was Haka v Honka, and finished 1-0 to the Espoo side, but it was a travesty of a match. First the positives: [...]
2008 Veikkausliiga – the changing of the guard
28. October 2008
The biggest disappointment this year has been HJK Helsinki. They started with high hopes, big signings, and a fluent attacking style, but things have fallen apart for them since the 3-2 win over Inter that seemed to renew their title hopes back in August. Their strategy – big money signings combined with the cream of [...]
Inter Turku 2 FF Jaro 0 FT – Inter are 2008 Veikkausliiga Champions!
26. October 2008
Watch the match from YLE’s stream here(click the link) Full time: Inter win the league, and Mika Mäkitalo does a tremendous sliding tackle on Stefan Håkans, Inter owner who always stands next to the bench. Celebrations in full swing now, I need that hot rum to warm my frozen fingers…. 88 mins: Ojala tried twice [...]
Veikkausliiga last day
25. October 2008
I’ll do a live blog of Veikkausliiga’s last day tomorrow. It will begin a couple of hours before the games start, as I’m a bit too tipsy to write a preview now. I’ll be in Turku watching Inter v Jaro, which is hopefully not going to be postponed, while Honka travel to Åland to take [...]
Political Football
25. October 2008
There are local elections taking place tomorrow, and Football in Finland has nailed its Tampere colours firmly to Jussi Kahola’s mast. He is candidate number 610, and I really hope you vote for him if you can. There are a lot of candidates who claim to care about football when elections come around, but you [...]
Veikkausliiga players of the year
23. October 2008
The Veikkausliiga players of the year have been announced. The players union choices are as follows: Player of the year: Dominic Chatto (FC Inter) Newcomer of the year: Aleksandr Kokko (FC Honka) Referee of the year: Tero Nieminen And Veikkausliiga selected: Goalkeeper of the year: Patrick Bantamoi (FC Inter) Defender of the year: Jos Hooiveld [...]
Espoo
23. October 2008
Cities tend to have a distinguishing feature, something that sets them apart from their rivals. Venice has canals, Barcelona offers weird looking Gaudi architecture, New York has sky scrapers. In Espoo – second biggest municipality in Finland, and home to Nokia headquarters – the main feature of the landscape is the car park. Multi-story, dirt-track, [...]
Election debate tonight on Radio Moreeni!
22. October 2008
I hosted a football-themed election debate yesterday, with Jussi ’610′ Kahola, Toni ’418′ Paju and Petteri ‘Eero Huhtakallio, 276′ Tyni. It will be broadcast tonight at 7pm. We talked about Fifth division football, Pirkkahalli, terrible pitches in Tampere and, of course, Tammela. You can listen at the Radio Moreeni site.
Mondial
21. October 2008
Niclas Lonnqvist wrote a series of articles in Hufvudstadsbladet this summer, focusing on immigrant sides in Helsinki. There was a Kosovan side, a Hispanic one, a Russian club and Mondial stars, a club that draws its players from any and all immigrant groups. They have different problems to ‘normal’ Finnish clubs. As immigrants they have [...]
Veikkausliiga Round 25 preview, part 2
19. October 2008
TamU beat Honka 4-3 in an entertaining game that saw TamU stir up the title race once again. A few weeks ago they got a home win against Inter and now the other title candidate was treated to a defeat at their hands. FC Lahti – IFK Mariehamn A win would guarantee IFK Mariehamn a [...]
JJK win promotion to Veikkausliiga
18. October 2008
Jyväskylä in Central Finland is a town of about 85 000 people and until today it has held a record they should not be proud of: for a long time Jyväskylä has been the biggest town in Finland that has never had a football club in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. In Jyväskylä, [...]
Veikkausliiga Round 25 Preview
18. October 2008
Honka v TamU This is a rehearsal for the Cup Semi final on Wednesday. TamU have nothing to play for in the league, and a big game against the same opponents on Wednesday. On the other hand, they probably won’t want to go into that game off the back of a heavy defeat. “We got [...]
Russia 3 Finland 0: old-school Finnish football is back!
15. October 2008
Just last night I thought Finnish football had changed considerably as the U-21 team overturned a deficit to come out as victors against Austria, but little did I know. Tonight, Finland went down 3-0 against Russia and to make it Finnish enough, the first two goals were Finland’s own goals and Arshavin’s strike that settled [...]
Finland v Austria: the penalty shoot out
15. October 2008
[youtube=http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9a7N65uXs] And William Moore’s report in HSIntEd is excellent as usual.
A message for Juha’s Dad: you didn’t miss much (Finland 2 Austria 1 Finland, won 4-2 on penalties)
14. October 2008
[youtube=http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=G5d17Sb7hLY] The Salminen household might not be that harmonious tomorrow. Juha’s Dad was at the game, until the 75th minute, when Juha’s sister had to go to dancing practice. Having not seen much to indicate it would be worthwhile staying, Salminen senior headed off to do his fatherly duty. Five minutes later, and Jussi Vasara [...]
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31. October 2008
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