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Scandinavians Abroad Weekend Round-Up
Swedish players renewed their credibility this weekend after weeks of relative frustration. While five found there way onto the scoresheet, Johan Elmander`s nightmare continues. The player once earmarked as future of Swedish football has only scored nine goals since arriving at Bolton in June 2008.
Continue reading...Scandinavians Abroad Weekend Round Up
Monday, February 1, 2010
Scandinavians endured a mixed weekend as most of the football concerns were on matters such as transfers rather than what was actually happening on the pitch. Five Scandinavian stars managed to get on the score sheet, others outlined their value to their clubs as their main assets(notably Pedersen) and some just had a pain in the jaw with what was going on around them.
Continue reading...Baxter loses face in Liechtenstein
Friday, September 11, 2009
Finland were so utterly rubbish in the matches against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein that it simply defies belief. Wednesday night goes down among the worst nights in the history of Finnish football. It wasn’t just that it was bad, it was bloody embarrassing. If this is the best that Mr. Baxter can provide with the selection [...]
Continue reading...Finland in Norway = did you bring your boots?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
After a lot of tut-tutting over Craig Bellamy’s idiotic comments, the Finnish squad is looking a little bit threadbare as they prepare for the vitally important friendly against Norway. Lillestrom keeper Otto Fredriksson will watch the game from the sidelines so as to avoid aggravating a troublesome knee. Niklas Moisander has decided he doesn’t want [...]
Continue reading...Wales 0 Finland 2
Saturday, March 28, 2009
HBL had a column from Christoffer Herberts this morning, riffing on the idea that Wales and Finland are so similar as to be almost mirror images of each other. They both have a lot of injuries, they’ve both struggled to qualify for a major tournament for over 50 years, they both sruggle with a dominant [...]
Continue reading...Wales v Finland preview
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Finland are suffering from the usual injury worries, with Teemu Tainio and Mika Väyrynen out, but Jari Litmanen’s fitness is a welcome boost for Stuart Baxter. The FC Lahti striker, who scored the first ever goal at the Millenium stadium in 2000, has recovered from a clash of heads that saw him withdraw midway through [...]
Continue reading...Portugal v Finland preview
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Finland take on Carlos Queiroz’s Portugal side today in what promises to be a tough match for the Eagle Owls.Both sides are looking to kick-start their qualifying campaigns for the 2010 World Cup, with the Portuguese coach under pressure after poor performances and Finland manager Stuart Baxter looking to bounce back after a disappointing showing [...]
Continue reading...Finland 1 Azerbaijan 0
Sunday, October 12, 2008
[youtube=http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=EXDBP4GrX00] William’s report is here The game kicked off with a bit of an embarrassing anthem disruption from the North Curve. They kept singing while the Helsinki Police band were giving a decent rendition of Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Himni, the Azeri national anthem. They’re done great stuff recently, and there was a gushing article in yesterday’s Ilta-Sanomat, [...]
Continue reading...Perparim Hetemaj v Jussi Jääskeläinen
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Continue reading...Stuart Baxter on Arto Nyberg
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Stuart Baxter was on Arto Nyberg’s chat show tonight. Nyberg has a standard format of three guests per show, and when they are not Finnish speakers they usually come on last, and Nyberg interprets after each answer. At least that’s what they did when beer expert Michael Jackson was on last year, but this [...]
Continue reading...Roy’s boys against Serbia, Belgium
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Finland will play Serbia on Saturday and Belgium on next Wednesday, and Hodgson has picked these lads. There’s one player from Veikkausliiga, and he’s a rookie – Hannu Patronen (CD/DM, 1984) of Honka is getting his first taste of national team. [Correction: Sorry, two from Veikkausliiga; Mika Nurmela has become such a mascot for our national [...]
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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