Nordic Football News

Those Jari Viita people

Ari Hjelm has been with Tampere United throughout their ten-year history, first as an assistant to Harri Kampman and then from 2001 as head coach. He has won three championships, and it is a common refrain in Tampere that he is primarily responsible for the club’s success, and that he is the best coach in [...]

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A seat on the front row

Alright, alright-I know it isn’t Finland, strictly speaking, but it’s my blog and I’ll post if I want to. There was no international football in Finland during the break last month, so what was I supposed to do? Anyway… A couple of weeks back I went to see Estonia vs Russia with Jussi Klemola, a [...]

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