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Scandinavians Abroad Weekend Round Up
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.
Continue reading...Scandinavians Abroad Weekend Round Up
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Temperature is truly reaching boiling point as confirmation of both winners and losers on the continent is steadily becoming apparent. Title chasing sides slip up , teams avoid relegation, others are not as lucky , and one team takes a steady advantage into the second league of a major cup final, all in a [...]
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Six Scandinavians found their way onto the scoresheet with some crucial goals this weekend, while another saw six goals fly by him in a match he will have nightmares about for years to come.
Continue reading...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..
Continue reading...Football is a beautiful game, right Tom-Henning?
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...European draws
Saturday, August 2, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...TPS brush VPS aside
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...European draws
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Finnish clubs in the Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
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 [...]
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