Jussi Kahola just missed out on getting elected in Tampere, but there were other football candidates in Finland. One successful football orientated politician was Kai Kuokkanen, who was elected on the Green Party list in Lahti. If you want to find out more in Finnish, or get in touch with him, you can do so [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
The women’s cup final between Lahti club Kuusysi and HJK Helsinki will be an attacking game, according to Kuusysi coach Jukka Makelä. “The pressure is on HJK, they are the leading cup team in Finland. Challenges are nice and we’ve played the whole season with the attitude that we don’t play for a draw. We [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 11, 2008
Ilkka Mäkelä had hoped for 5-6,000, but in the end the attendance for Jari Litmanen’s return was 4,163. Seasoned football-watchers were unsurprised about that, given the history of football in Lahti. One told me that “hardly anybody in Lahti supports FC Lahti. The real clubs there are Kuusysi and Reipas.” A Reipas banner was displayed [...]
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Monday, November 10, 2008
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