Nordic Football News

European Update: Rosenborg fail, Stabæk and Tromsø prevail

Friday, July 24, 2009

The second qualifying rounds for the Europa and the Champions League were played out this week, and it was two out of three for Norway. Stabæk kept their cool and overcame Tirana to set up a thrilling third round encounter with Fc Copenhagen, Tromsø battered Dinamo Minsk, whilst Rosenborg.. oh dear..

Football is a beautiful game, right Tom-Henning?

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Here we go again, another Scandinavian referee is learning the hard way what happens when you don’t give Chelsea what they want. That famous sporting behavior and sense of fair play associated with English football was yet again on display last night as Chelsea’s players stood up and took their elimination from the Champions League [...]

European draws

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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Friday’s UEFA Cup and Champions League draws could have shown the participating Finnish clubs a bit more mercy. TamU’s dreams of making it to the Champions League group stage are pretty much ruled out. They need a perfect performance and some help from the heavens above if they want to cancel out Artmedia’s 3-1 aggregate lead [...]

TPS brush VPS aside

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Most likely it will not be a high-scoring game This was my prediction before last night’s Veikkausliiga game between TPS and VPS. Luckily my address is not public, so I don’t have a line of gamblers on my doorstep trying to kick the door in. VPS delivered an absolutely horrible performance and succumbed to a 6-1 [...]

European draws

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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The draws for the first qualifying round of the European competitions were made today. The Finnish clubs all have a good chance of progression. In the UEFA Cup Haka will play Cork City and Honka will take on ÍA Akranes of Iceland. Cork are a good side with a growing fan base and I expect [...]

Finnish clubs in the Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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The draws are approaching for the european competitions, so I thought I’d better post something about them. The first Finnish club in action will be FC Honka, who face FC TVMK from Tallinn. It’s a nice little trip for the boys from Espoo, and they’ll be disappointed if they don’t progress. The home leg will be [...]