Veikkausliiga final day highlights In the end, everything went as expected. HJK got the point they needed to secure their 22nd title, despite Jaro taking the lead on eight minutes after Tillman Grove swept the ball home following a cross from the left. HJK’s cautious outlook has been criticised this season, but a draw was all [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
In: Joonas Ikäläinen, Jarno Tenkula, Ville Syväjärvi, Marko Koivuranta, Jeferson Pires, Echiabhi Okodugha, Jung-Hyuk kwon Out: Antti Uimaniemi, Philip Edeipo, Mika Nurmela, Juha Majava, Daniel Bauer, Patrice Ollo N’doumba Coach: Valeri Bondarenko Claimed playing budget: €250,000
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
SOMETIMES interviews take a different course to that envisaged beforehand. Zambian striker Zeddy Saileti’s meeting with the Helsinki Times is one such occasion, because when we meet Saileti is not a happy man. His team, RoPS, have lost 5-0 to Tampere United, and Saileti knows who to blame: the referee. “The referee destroyed the game today. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 4, 2008
I’m writing about the TamU-RoPS game and Zeddy Saileti in particular for Helsinki Times, so that’ll be available on Friday. I may or may not post to express my awe at Henri Myntti, who has a good chance of being top scorer in Veikkausliiga this season now, but that’ll be after the Turku derby I’m [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 25, 2008
When Tampere United got to the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League in 2007, it should have been a big step towards confirming the improvements made in the Finnish game. The national team was having one of it’s best ever qualification campaigns, the Under 21s were looking good for the 2009 European Championships, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 17, 2007
IFK Mariehamn – TPS 0 – 3 HJK – FC Haka 2 – 1 TamU – FF Jaro 2 – 1 MyPa – FC Inter 1 – 3 AC Oulu – [...]
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
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