Nordic Football News

Wapputime preview part 1: Veikkausliiga Round 4

Tampere United v VPS, Saturday 6:30pm The first TamU home game after CEO Sami Salonen and Sporting Director Jarkko Wiss left the club promises to be an eventful affair. Fans are unhappy at the way both men have been treated, as Wiss was not just a Sporting Director but TamU’s most successful captain of all time. [...]

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The Hermanni Vuorinen show

VPS Vaasa 2 Honka 5 Highlights TPS Turku 0 JJK Jyväskylä 0 Highlights The ice hockey world championships is getting quite a lot of media coverage in Finland at the moment, and ahead of today’s Czech Republic-Norway game I asked Lars what he thought of the Norwegian team’s chances. “Do we have a team in that? I didn’t know,” replied [...]

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Yle vs. Urheilukanava

Yle started their Veikkausliiga broadcasts today as FF Jaro played FC Lahti. The system in Finland is quite interesting: Urheilukanava broadcast the games from April to September, and Yle are only interested when the title is about to be won. The move from Urheilukanava to Yle may raise the number of people watching, as Urheilukanava [...]

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Inter Turku v TPS League Cup final preview

Even if Liigacup is not that popular a competition, a final is always a final so I think taking a look at the match is in order. Because it’s a derby, both teams will be desperate not to lose. They both have a good defence, but Inter might have a slight edge in this department. They [...]

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