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Transfer Weekly (week 46): FF Jaro, TamU and MyPa taking the spotlight as the transfer merry-go-round sets in motion
The Veikkausliiga season ended a few weeks ago but that is no reason for anyone to think there is no footballing life in the darkness of the cold Finnish winter. So rather than starting to watch ice-hockey, keep up to date with the goings-on in Finnish football with NFN’s Transfer Weekly. We’ll provide you with [...]
Continue reading...TPS and Honka on a rampage but HJK grind results and stay top
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
TPS and Honka received the plaudits last week, leaving utter destruction in their wake wherever they went. ‘Tepsi’ hammered KuPS 3-0 at home and raided RoPS 4-0 away. Honka weren’t much worse during their ‘difficult’ road-trip: coming away with the points from a 5-3 scoring rehearsal at FF Jaro and then going on to crush [...]
Continue reading...The segmented Veikkausliiga preview
Sunday, September 20, 2009
With Autumn drawing in, Veikkausliiga is sorting itself into distinct sections going into the closing stages of the season. The top two are matching each other blow for blow in the fight for the championship, the next group of five are dropping points and beating each other as nobody really cements their hold on third [...]
Continue reading...Brown returns, Tepsi expects: the ‘maybe Finnish football isn’t totally rubbish’ preview
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday The weekend kicks off tonight, with Alexei Eremenko senior’s first game in charge of FF Jaro. The former JBK coach takes the reigns from Mika Laurikainen, who seemed bewildered that he got the sack after the team’s form collapsed following the announcement of his departure at season’s end. Jaro felt they might as well take [...]
Continue reading...Pele, Nam do the business as dogfight contenders improve: Veikkausliiga roundup, including highlights links
Monday, August 3, 2009
This round of Veikkausliiga featured excellent performances from two out of three relegation candidates, and some indifferent displays from the title chasers. It’s a frustrating feature of Veikkausliiga, and one that speaks of financial crises and short term thinking rather than a level playing field and uniformly high standards. JJK wanted to see how their Ykkönen [...]
Continue reading...The ’strictly one manager per club’ Veikkausliiga preview
Sunday, August 2, 2009
VPS v Lahti, Sunday 6:30pm Lahti are fresh from their exploits in Brugge, where they lost in a hopeful, promising, away-goals-scoring kind of a way. The other Finnish teams in Europe have been uniformly rubbish, so Finnish perceptions of the level of domestic football largely hang on the ability of Jari Litmanen and co to turn [...]
Continue reading...Veikkausliiga Round 16: Dead men walking fight to stalemate in Töölö
Monday, July 27, 2009
The build up to today’s ‘classico’ was dominated by HJK’s elimination from Europe after a 3-1 defeat at home to Vetra, from Lithuania. Before Thursday night, no Lithuanian team had ever won a knockout tie in Europe after playing and losing the first leg at home. HJK fans were already planning their trips to London [...]
Continue reading...Sunday’s Veikkausliiga preview
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Unlike we predicted, Inter took a 1-0 away win at Jaro thanks to a late goal from Joni Kauko. Accidents happen when you combine Egan, a laptop and an internet connection, but we are stupid enough to keep on previewing even if we are not necessarily on the winning side any more. All games start [...]
Continue reading...HJK keep noses in front in Veikkausliiga race
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pasi Rautiainen is one of the funniest men in Veikkausliiga, and after 7,319 people filled Kupittaa Stadium today for Tepsi’s crucial clash with HJK he was in the mood to entertain. TPS had clawed back a point through Mika Ääritalo in the 86th minute after Chris Cleaver had earlier put through his own goal to [...]
Continue reading...Haka – TPS preview
Monday, July 13, 2009
Haka (2nd) – TPS (3rd), Monday 7 PM Live on Urheilukanava and streams PREVIEW: This week and the next are of definitive nature as far as the title race is concerned. TPS will play both Haka and table-topping HJK this week, and two wins could see them occupy the driving seat. Two draws would leave everything to [...]
Continue reading...Road to Töölö: Suomen Cup sixth round preview
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The preview of the sxth round should take many forms, the first one being a homage to Pasi Rautiainen. This Monday’s match between Honka and TPS in Tapiola turned into something of a media event, with most of the Finnish under-21 squad presented with roses for their achievement in failing to win a single game [...]
Continue reading...Haka and HJK pull clear, Tamperelaiset get rained on
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Watching Tampere United struggle to a single goal victory over JJK at Ratina yesterday, it occurred to me just how astonishing it is that anyone watches Finnish football. The first half was enjoyably predictable, as TamU attacked and JJk attempted to string a few passes together. JJK’s South Korean striker Nam was brought off injured, [...]
Continue reading...The Veikkausliiga round-up that is openly sympathetic to VPS
Monday, June 1, 2009
We apologise for being unable to write a preview of last night’s games, but here’s an extended round-up to ease the pain. MYPA – VPS 0-2 I can’t help gloryhunting. VPS took a third consecutive win and I just have to support them. If I didn’t, I would be scared by them. New head coach Petri Vuorinen [...]
Continue reading...VPS scored twice!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
It’s not April Fools’ Day, and I’m not kidding for any other reason either. See for yourself. Tony Björk found the net on the 12th minute and Antonio Inutile doubled the lead 11 minutes later. The two goals were enough to leave RoPS all alone in the relegation spot, and anger the fans. A thread [...]
Continue reading...Sunday’s Veikkausliiga preview
Sunday, May 24, 2009
TPS – IFK Mariehamn TPS basically have the edge in this game, but it all depends on how they play. If they build on last week’s win over VPS and produce another confident display, they should be able to win the game, but if they are inefficient and start pushing it, the game will turn out [...]
Continue reading...Riku Riski, heir to the throne
Sunday, May 17, 2009
OK, maybe I am taking a step too far in comparing this 19-year old to Mr Litmanen. Still, what a performance! Riski, or RR10, as his recently innovated nickname goes, beautifully set up TPS’s winning goal against VPS and also put the ball past Henri Sillanpää himself. He was composed with the ball, passing precisely [...]
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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