Marked for Kari Johannsson
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IA can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and IA know it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words at IA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Florin Ratiu is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexander Milošević, and the manager let it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A falling-out at IA
Baldvin Þór Berndsen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market1 Feb 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jón Gísli Eyland has his answer from IA; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Nobody at IA will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
Market1 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. IA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Back issues
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Upbeat
Squad2 Nov 2026
99 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. IA lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market2 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market2 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kari Johannsson commits to IA for another 3 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Florin Ratiu is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Viktor Jónsson has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at IA will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Triumph
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
Silverware for IA
They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.
Match23 Sep 2026
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Florin Ratiu obliged against Stjarnan. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is IA.
Match26 Sep 2026
IA cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at IA
Viktor Jónsson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market28 Sep 2026
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Kari Johannsson is a IA player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A move Kari Johannsson 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. Kari Johannsson is living that version at IA, and it tends to show in the first month.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
IA supporters have found a favourite in Florin Ratiu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Florin Ratiu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match26 Sep 2026
IA keep winning on the road
3 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“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.
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Upbeat
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.90 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Guðmundur Þórarinsson commits to IA for another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at IA
Viktor Jónsson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
IA asked and IBV said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Gabríel Snær Gunnarsson has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match8 Aug 2026
Keflavik made IA work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Viktor Jónsson, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Olafur Finnbogason 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Johann Sigurdsson 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.