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Tippeliga Round 1: Rosenborg Sneak Snowy Showdown
“Ac Milan have an old squad”. “Arsenal play pretty football”. “Steffen Iversen is a bit fat”. The footballing world is full of these tired, old, yet inescapably accurate clichés. “Rosenborg won in spite of not playing all that well” is well on it’s way towards becoming one of them.
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 29: Deila delight at Godset stay up, Tom Nordlie a very naughty boy?
Monday, October 26, 2009
Having promised earlier in the season to take off most of his clothes if Strømsgodset stayed up, Godset manager Ronny Deila came good on his word this Sunday. Tom Nordlie’s Fredrikstad on the other hand face a potentially perilous playoff..
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 23: Vålerenga hand Rosenborg the title
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ten points ahead with a game in hand and still undefeated, let’s face it, there is no way Rosenborg is going to throw this away. But the relegation-battle is shaping up to be pretty damned fierce, and after a very bad run Mad Martin finally got a big win as he continues to cling to [...]
Continue reading...The preview that thinks headbutting Viking-players is fair game
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Hello!?! Can you hear us?! As the over-rated and over-hyped (though quite good, to be fair) English Premier League attempts yet again to overshadow every other sporting event on the planet, we here at NFN know we have to work hard to grab your precious attention. I mean, how can anyone possibly be expected to [...]
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 20: Masterful Molde maul sorry Start, while Kenta finally departs Lyn..
Monday, August 3, 2009
In an eventful round of the Tippeliga, Molde gave Start a severe battering, Odd held Rosenborg, Bodø/Glimt picked up three invaluable points and Vålerenga lost yet again. In addition to all of this, Kent Bergesen has finally left Lyn..
Continue reading...The preview that finds the concept of punctuality revolting
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Having proved this week that they’re no good in Europe, the Norwegian clubs now return to the altogether more rewarding activity of playing amongst themselves. This weekend’s preview tackles seriously saucy subjects such as the increasingly comical situation at Lyn, Erik Hagen’s nickname, Polish builders and, well, the apocalypse..
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 19: Irrepressible Rosenborg, irrecoverable Lyn
Monday, July 27, 2009
The chances of this season’s title race getting interesting look about as slim as Lyn’s chances of staying up, as Rosenborg’s mental strength and superior squad-depth yet again earn them a late win. Rivals Molde on the other hand missed chance after chance and ended up dropping points..
Continue reading...The return of the Tippeliga preview
Saturday, July 25, 2009
It’s back! After a quick holiday the Tippeliga returns and so does the preview, tackling important issues like Kjetil Rekdal’s holiday and the possibility of Patrick Walker getting a tan.
Continue reading...Tippeligaen Round 18: A fitting end to part one
Monday, July 13, 2009
As the curtains close on part one of the Tippeliga, the 18th round proved a highly appropriate ending: Rosenborg won without impressing anyone, Molde won and impressed everyone, Lyn shot themselves in the foot and the rest was all a bit random. Now, nothing would be more gratifying than to report that the bullies from Bergen [...]
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 17: Goals galore in terrific Tippeliga
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Well, terrific if you like your games full of goals and incidents. No so much if you like, youknow, vaguely competent defenders. After a couple of pretty stale rounds the Tippeliga perked up a bit in round 17, with goals flying in at a fairly bonkers rate of 4,4 goals per game. Still, no matter how [...]
Continue reading...The overheated Tippeliga preview
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Really, this has to stop now, this wonderfully stereotype-busting weather currently enjoyed in most of the country makes it virtually impossible to get anything done.
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 16: Relentless Rosenborg, the mysterious Mr. Huseklepp and laughable Lyn fans
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
This recent bout of hot weather has made Norwegians hit the beaches like dyslexic gangsta rappers, but like busses in the Stavanger-area the Tippeliga waits for no one, and so here is a quick roundup of the latest batch of games from the top tier of Norwegian football.
Continue reading...The sunburned preview
Sunday, June 28, 2009
A rare outbreak of sunshine in the Western bits of the country has left NFN’s Norwegian offices in a state of confusion and chaos, yet we struggle manfully on and here is an unusually pithy preview of this weekend’s action.
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 15: Just when you thought it was getting a bit dull..
Friday, June 26, 2009
Tippeliga rounds are coming thick and fast, and the market is in severe danger of being flooded. The issue is in no way helped by the fact that Rosenborg are running away with the league, while everyone else just look a bit knackered. So, with the league currently a less than entrancing event in purely [...]
Continue reading...The pollenized Tippeliga preview
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
After several teams looked sluggish and tired at the weekend, this midweek round could see some very random results even by the Tippeliga’s standards..
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 14: Decent day for the doomed and the desperate
Monday, June 22, 2009
13 games in and there are three teams in particular who look like they could be heading for doom and despair (or the Adeccoliga, as some call it), but amidst the casual randomness of the Tippeliga few things are ever certain and on matchday 14 all three of those teams picked up points..
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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