NFN’s Sweden correspondent Nic Townsend has agreed to let us use articles from his excellent Doing Goals blog. Here’s the first, a roundup of Gameweek six: »crosslinked«Tweet
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Agon Mehmeti set Malmö on the way to a convincing win over Örebro tonight with two first half goals. The excitement surrounding Malmö FF’s centenary, and the performance they put in, were welcome distractions from the remainder of an Allsvenskan round that had failed to set the pulse racing.Tweet
Continue reading...Friday, March 19, 2010
Will half the matches finish goalless again? Will anyone be allowed to witness Djurgården’s match against Helsingborg? Is Tobias Grahn bigger than God? The Allsvenskan preview asks all these questions and answers none, as we look forward to the second round of matches.Tweet
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
It has been a relatively quiet day on the transfer front as the window slammed shut. The usual frantic madness of late shopping, panic buys and drama has died a death in the midst of the current global economic downturn . Business has not been as quiet elsewhere as it has been in Scandinavia today.
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
In a clash of the titans, honours ended even. Reigning Norwegian Champions Rosenborg took on their Swedish counterparts AIK in a routine friendly which saw many debutants.
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Excuse me, Allsvenskan? I think it’s time we had a talk. Now don’t get upset, because I’m not really complaining. It’s just that the recent results have us worried. We are concerned that you may perhaps be… How do I put this? You’re absolutely, certifiably insane. This was after all supposed to be the round [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The sixteenth round mirrored the previous round as we saw eight rematches with the only difference being a flip in home-field advantage. Another similarity was that top teams kept on winning and bottom teams kept on losing. The effect of this is that the trend we noted at the end of the previous round remains [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 22, 2009
With fifteen rounds behind us we have now reached the halfway point of the season. In theory anything is still possible, but realistically it appears that the league has been partitioned into three distinct segments. In the first segment we find the five teams that all have a serious shot at the gold; in the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 18, 2009
IFK Göteborg and IF Elfsborg had a golden opportunity to make some space for themselves at the very top of the league in this fourteenth round. But instead this became a round for the history books as far as AIK supporters are concerned. Göteborg continued their poor form and lost to AIK in one of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In a brief moment of clarity I once wrote that I will avoid making predictions because doing so will eventually offer proof that I have no idea of what I’m talking about. While I was smart enough to figure that much out on my own, I am unfortunately dumb enough to ignore my own advice. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 5, 2009
Gothenburg celebrated the inauguration of the city’s new stadium Gamla Ullevi today, but in the end it was the black and green section of the crowd of 17 531 who had more to boast about. Hosts, newly promoted Örgryte IS succumbed to a 5-1 defeat at the hands of their local rivals GAIS in their [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Swedish Allsvenskan kicked off yesterday with two games. Elfsborg, considered the biggest title candidates by most Allsvenskan coaches as well as numerous journalists entertained Hammarby IF, while newly promoted BK Häcken hosted Malmö FF. In Borås the crowd of 11 755 only saw their team get a point against Hammarby. The match ended 1-1, [...]
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
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