The Lillestrom Courier
Match10 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Lillestrom's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Lillestrom has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Yaw Paintsil signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yaw Paintsil and Lillestrom agree another 4 years.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Kevin Krygård 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 Lillestrom this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Lillestrom
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Ylldren Ibrahimaj 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.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Camil Jebara
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market12 Apr 2027
Lillestrom promote Sander Sorloth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sander Sorloth 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Stian Ryerson joins the Lillestrom first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stian Ryerson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Lillestrom promote Martin Bjorkan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Bjorkan 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 Patrick Sorloth steps up from the Lillestrom academy
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Yaw Paintsil
- Squad Eric Kitolano dropped after a run of poor form