Archive | May, 2010
The cutting edge reality of Finnish football fandom
Finland’s friendly against Poland was televised live on Saturday evening. That is not such a common occurrence in Finland, as the media tends to rank football somewhere between tractor-pulling and volleyball in the list of broadcasting priorities. Helsingin Sanomat’s reporter at the game, Kristian Sundqvist, kindly gave NFN permission to translate his column from Sunday’s [...]
Continue reading...Tippeligaen round 13: The reason for sorcasms!
26. May 2010
NFN continues to be somewhat semi-accurate in match predictions, but we are certainly right on the money when it comes to capturing the -spirit- of this year’s Tippeliga. Almost every game had some neat gameplay happening, or somebody did something incredibly stupid. And that’s just what NFN said would happen! The result of this correctness, not to mention the combined entertainment of nice matches and stupid players, gave us all a sarcastic orgasm, or a sorcasm.
Continue reading...Allsvenskan and the World Cup
26. May 2010
Nic Townsend of Doing Goals examines Allsvenskan’s contribution to the World Cup.»crosslinked«Tweet
Continue reading...Tammela Talk: Finnish football phrase book
23. May 2010
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this football season. Pub Harald have expanded their beer-selling operations from Ilves to TPV matches, ensuring that pretty much every game taking place at Tammela can now be enjoyed with alcoholic enhancement. And Finnish football, much as I love it, does often need alcoholic enhancement.Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga preview round 13: It doesn’t get any better than this
21. May 2010
Still high on the schadenfreude endorphins that came from this week’s cup upsets, this NFN writer is graciously feeling that the Tippeliga is right where it belongs. When the players fail to create entertainment on the field, there are plenty of people who will gladly say stupid things to a camera in the hopes that the match will look better in comparison. Although it can sometimes make his job harder, seeing as it can be troublesome writing sarcastic comments about something that is so absurd that it provides its own irony without any help. Absurdity and weak excuses are -my- job, dammit!
Continue reading...Oh, that crazy cup! Two tippeliga teams thoroughly trashed.
20. May 2010
The second round of the cup’s been played, and it contained a fair amount of action. Referee blunders, underdogs giving a good fight until nearly the end… But the fourteen Tippeliga teams that did manage to get through one way or another isn’t what everyone’s talking about.
Continue reading...The Tippeliga Reviewer that isn’t fired for competence
18. May 2010
Before taking over the prediction part, I was told to maintain NFN’s rather low standards of accuracy, lest I get fired from this gig, and also get a good “high school swirling” going on*. Thankfully, I have proved to be just as incompetent as Lars Sivertsen, so here are your excuses for why I was wrong most of the time:
Continue reading...Danes name provisional World Cup squad
13. May 2010
It’s not just league football the Nordics play during the summer – some of them are even going to the World Cup! Glenn Dowd runs the rule over the squad going to South Africa to represent the good Queen Margrethe II, lots of angry cartoonists, and the world’s unfinished-sandwich producing community. Denmark manager Morten Olsen [...]
Continue reading...The earliest preview, and the new evil overlord of NFN’s Norwegian segment
12. May 2010
OK, with Lars out of the picture, that leaves the door open for me gaining world domination… MOWAHAHAHA! Anyway, this preview’s a bit early because the Norwegian cup is also starting soon.
Continue reading...Allsvenskan Club Profile: AIK Solna
12. May 2010
Continuing his series of profiles, Nic Townsend from Doing Goals offers his take on Sweden’s biggest club, the rodents of Stockholm. AIK are another of Sweden’s more popular clubs, but they also seem to be one of the most detested too. Much like Millwall (“Everyone hates and we don’t care”) and Leeds United, they relish [...]
Continue reading...Tromsø Target Title Tilt
11. May 2010
Tromsø are desperately clinging to the top of the table like a man whose kitchen floor is covered in corrosive acid, while in altogether more reassuring news: Brann are terrible again..Tweet
Continue reading...Doing Goals: Allsvenskan Gameweek Ten
6. May 2010
Nic Townsend’s back with the roundup of Gameweek Ten from his Doing Goals blog. Yes I know, I’ve missed rounds 8 and 9, but those of you who read my introduction will remember I explicitly said this wouldn’t be a reliable or up-to-date news source.Tweet
Continue reading...Allsvenskan Club profile: IFK Gothenburg
6. May 2010
Continuing his series of club profiles, Nic Townsend from Doing Goals offers his take on the blue and white side of Gothenburg. If you’ve only ever heard of one Swedish club before, it will most likely be IFK Göteborg. They are easily one of the most successful and most popular clubs in Sweden. Along with [...]
Continue reading...More Midweek Madness After Rubbish Round
5. May 2010
We here at NFN-towers are a privileged bunch. Unlike every other media-outlet, we don’t need to talk up our product. We don’t need to feed and pamper our golden goose. Like pear-cider peddler and occasional comedian Mark Watson, we can give it to you straight. Round 9 of the Tippeliga was utter dross.Tweet
Continue reading...The Monday Veikkausliiga preview that suffers from force majeure issues
3. May 2010
We owe you a sincere apology for our erratic previewing of the weekend’s Veikkausliiga round. Our dear friend Egan Richardson is writhing in the misery that confronted his dear hometown of Sheffield, and I have spent my time trying to understand the annual Finnish holiday called Vappu (on May 1st and, in its most liquefied [...]
Continue reading...Scandinavians Abroad Weekend Round Up
3. May 2010
What a breathtaking weekend it has been across Europe, with the final day drama taking place in many countries. For some, their faith was already sealed, but for others it went down to the wire as they strived to gain success. Tweet
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31. May 2010
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