Archive | January, 2009
Veikkausliiga: no football please, it might be snowing
Veikkausliiga’s 2009 fixtures were announced last week, and immediately greeted by much wailing and gnashing of teeth. The problem is simple: football’s season is too short, and games are cramped together in the schedule. The Veikkausliiga season will be interrupted by the European Under-21 Championships, in which Finland will participate, and the Women’s European Championships, [...]
Olsen’s First Squad Is True To Form
28. January 2009
Egil “Drillo” Olsen’s first Norway squad in his second spell as national team manager provided plenty of talking points when it was published on Tuesday. In line to make his international debut against Germany is giant forward Tor Hogne Aarøy (31), as well as pacy fullback Mounir Hamoud (23) and defender Børre Steenslid (23). Along [...]
Winter-Transfers: The story So Far (part 2)
27. January 2009
Sandefjord In: Erik Lamøy (Tromsdalen), Roger Gimre (Stavanger, loan expired), Marciano (Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Admir Rascic (FK Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), Matt Allen (Bryne) Out: Fredrik Thorsen (Retired), Albert Krietziu (Free Transfer), Kjell Johannesen (Fram Larvik) Finnish winger Kari Arkivou is reportedly looking to try his hand at another league and could be on his way out, while the future is uncertain for some of [...]
Veikkausliiga transfer update (Part 2)
27. January 2009
Photo from Inter v IFK Mariehamn in 2008, courtesy of Tero Wester (www.terowester.net) This is the second part of the winter transfer update, you can read the first part of the update here. This time we look at a few clubs from the west coast and beyond, FF Jaro, IFK Mariehamn and Inter Turku. All [...]
Veikkausliiga transfer update (Part 1)
26. January 2009
With thanks to FF2′s Wahn, here is a more comprehensive round-up of transfers confirmed so far. Let’s start in Pirkanmaa, with a look at what has become known as Sedu’s circus. The other club in the region, Tampere United, are currently selling anything that is not nailed down, or even giving it away, so their [...]
Winter-Transfers: The story so far (Part 1)
23. January 2009
It’s been a winter of prudency for Norwegian teams as global financial trouble sees sponsors and sugar-daddies alike tighten their collective purse-strings. For most clubs it’s been a case of trying to get players off their wage-bill rather than trying to pull off marquee signings, so it’s very much a buyer’s market in the Tippeliga [...]
It’s All Gone A Bit Strange At Fredrikstad
23. January 2009
Fredrikstad. A grand old club with 9 league titles and 11 cup wins to their name, who got relegated in 1984 and spent 18 years in the unsettling wilderness of the Norwegian lower divisions before returning to the big-time in 2003. Since then they’ve won a cup, built a shiny new ground and gradually made [...]
Back to the Stoneage for Norway as Olsen Gets the Gig
22. January 2009
There’s an old football-adage that says once you’ve been successful somewhere you should never go back, but then again it shouldn’t surprise anyone that a pragmatic, scientific man like Egil “Drillo” Olsen doesn’t put much stock into such things. Yes, in an unexpected and slightly bizarre turn of events, the 66 year old wellie-wearing weirdo [...]
Eriksson under pressure before Sweden match
22. January 2009
Sven-Göran Eriksson’s relationship with the Mexican press, never destined to be a happy one, has suffered considerably since he started picking naturalised players from the Mexican league. Matias Vuoso and Lucas Ayala, born in Argentina, and Leandro Augusto and Antonio Naelson, who moved to Mexico from Brazil, are the current source of his difficulties. “I [...]
Nordic Football News
22. January 2009
Football in Finland now has a new home over at Nordic Football News. You’ll still get your Veikkausliiga fix, as me and Juha will be running the Finland section there, which will have all the stuff we’ve been posting here and more. The new site will have all kinds of interesting stuff, covering Allsvenskan, Norwegian [...]
Veikkausliiga fixtures announced
20. January 2009
Veikkausliiga unveiled the 2009 season’s fixture list today, and league chairman Jan Walden was in an upbeat mood. “We have a really exciting football year on our hands,” Walden said, apparently without sarcasm. “We have two important milestones: it’s the 100th Finnish championship this year, and the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Veikkausliiga.” Those [...]
Photo Gallery: Lapland derby
20. January 2009
PS Kemi 1 TP-47 0 17 July 2008 This fixture drew an attendance of 1,660 people, a big crowd for the Finnish First Division and an all-time record for PS Kemi. The Sauvosaari ground in the centre of Kemi once saw a crowd of over 4,000, for a promotion play-off between Into Kemi and Ponnistus [...]
Veikkausliiga transfer update
19. January 2009
The new year has seen a flurry of confirmed transfers, as well as a few trials that might lead to permanent moves. Some clubs are busier than others, with one in particular seemingly in the business of fire-fighting rather than planning for the future right now. Tampere United have seen chairman Jari Viita depart, after [...]
Avdic replaces Toivonen in Sweden squad for American trip
18. January 2009
IF Elfsborgs midfielder Denni Avdic has replaced Ola Toivonen in the Sweden squad for the upcoming training camp in the United States. Toivonen recently completed a move from Malmö FF to PSV Eindhoven, and will therefore miss out on the games against the USA on 24 January and Mexico on the 28th. The squad is [...]
Veikkausliiga transfer update
18. January 2009
The new year has seen a flurry of confirmed transfers, as well as a few trials that might lead to permanent moves. Some clubs are busier than others, with one in particular seemingly in the business of fire-fighting rather than planning for the future right now. Tampere United have seen chairman Jari Viita depart, after [...]
Marta thanks Umeå
18. January 2009
Brazilian star Marta has thanked her former club Umeå IK after winning her third FIFA World Women’s player of the year in a row. Uefa.com reports that Marta is very grateful indeed for her time in Västerbotten: “I want to thank God, my family and everyone who’s believed in me through the years, but also [...]
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28. January 2009
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