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51 Edition

The JIPPO Sentinel

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match17 Jul 2027

No mercy from JIPPO

Haka will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. JIPPO were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings19 Jul 2027

Miro Turunen scores twice — 8.71

Two goals and a mark of 8.71 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Pyry Piirainen keeps JIPPO in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market19 Jul 2027

Joona Malinen puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at JIPPO, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings19 Jul 2027

A defender's goal wins it for JIPPO — 7.89

1 for André Álvarez Pérez, marked 7.89, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad19 Jul 2027

A falling-out at JIPPO

André Álvarez Pérez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Juho Lehtiranta falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

JIPPO rebuffed over Stígur Diljan Þórðarson

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Vikingur have kept their man, and JIPPO go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces19 Jul 2027

One of their own: André Álvarez Pérez

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief

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41 Edition

The JIPPO Sentinel

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match8 May 2027

JIPPO run riot against KäPa

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings10 May 2027

Miro Turunen scores twice — 8.79

Two goals and a mark of 8.79 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad10 May 2027

Tempers go at JIPPO

André Álvarez Pérez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match8 May 2027

JIPPO end the wait against KäPa

It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

The terraces10 May 2027

One of their own: Atte Nuutinen

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match8 May 2027

KäPa blown away early

There is a particular helplessness in conceding 2 times before the twentieth minute. KäPa tried to reorganise, JIPPO did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.

Squad10 May 2027

A row about effort at JIPPO

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eeli Kinnunen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout10 May 2027

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Teemu Pohjanpalo kept it short after the 3‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout10 May 2027

Terrence Smith gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

3 Edition

The JIPPO Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Aleksi Tarvonen damages knee ligaments — 109 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 109 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

JIPPO close the window on a squad of their own making

17 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at JIPPO

Juho Lehtiranta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

JIPPO rebuffed over Ville Tikkanen

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. HJK have kept their man, and JIPPO go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Rasmus Leislahti needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and JIPPO know which stage they are at.

Market17 Aug 2026

JIPPO and Rasmus Leislahti are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief