The Haugesund Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Valerenga come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Haugesund did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Emil Rohd beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Tobias Børkeeiet would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Tobias Børkeeiet is living that version at Haugesund, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tromso tell Haugesund: Vegard Erlien is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pyry Hannola signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pyry Hannola and Haugesund agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tobias Børkeeiet in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haugesund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Haugesund beat the market to Christopher Kjensteberg from Lillestrom
Lillestrom will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Christopher Kjensteberg has pre-agreed a move to Haugesund, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aron Henriksen steps up from the Haugesund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aron Henriksen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Haugesund promote Sander Thorsby from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sander Thorsby has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Haugesund promote Henrik Svensson from within
- Squad Tobias Børkeeiet is a square peg at Haugesund
- The dugout No hiding place for Anders Bondhus