Nordic Football News

This is the first in a series of posts that will aim to tell something about Finland’s 2009 season using photgraphs. The pictures should form a gallery, when you click on one of them, but the text is not visible in those galleries. ...

I went to Estonia last week to see a couple of Baltic League games. The competition is an interesting experiment, aimed at providing a higher level of competition for the top clubs in each league. After ...

A playoff match like this is nerve-wrecking under the best of circumstances, but for Fredrikstad the mere possibility of being sent down to the Adeccoliga by local rivals Sarprsborg must be harrowing. ...

The last couple of rounds of the Tippeliga may have been underwhelming, but the good news is that this Sunday’s cup final between local rivals Molde and Aalesund is guaranteed to be a cracker. And ...

Lyn and Bodø/Glimt are leaving together, but still it’s farewell. And maybe they’ll come back to earth, who can tell? To be honest there are quite a few people to blame. They have no ground. ...

A bit over a week has passed since HJK were crowned champions at the Finnair Stadium, a cleansing celebration ending their six year title hiatus. And now that Helsinki has quietened down after being taken ...

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. ...

It wasn’t exactly a momentous occasion. In the run-up to the game someone had scrawled “PALLOLIITTO HAISTAKAA VITTU” (“Finnish FA get to fuck”) on the wall outside the Football Association’s ...

Quite. After going 26 games unbeaten this season, Rosenborg this weekend became the first team to defeat Rosenborg in the 2009 Tippeliga..There are some things in life that just don’t make sense, like quantum physics or Bengt Eriksen, but how Rosenborg managed to foul up their undefeated se...

It is going to be a crucial week for the Finland coach Stuart Baxter as his team travel to Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The week might even become to define his era as the coach of the Finnish national team in two respects. ...

G-44 coach Gunnar Zeeb picked four of his sons for the final with Uummannaq’s FC Malamuk for the final, but no-one could accuse him of nepotism after his side ran out comprehensive 3-0 winners in Qeqertarsuaq and claim the national title for the first time.