The Sandefjord Sentinel
Match8 Apr 2028
Nowhere to hide for Sandefjord
0‑3 against Rosenborg, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sandefjord
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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Filip Loftesnes-Bjune signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Filip Loftesnes-Bjune and Sandefjord agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Sander Risan Mørk 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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Filip Loftesnes-Bjune 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 Sandefjord this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Ole Odegaard joins the Sandefjord first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ole Odegaard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Sandefjord promote Jonas Normann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonas Normann 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 Apr 2028
Sandefjord promote Morten Ryerson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morten Ryerson 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 Apr 2028
Lars Henriksen steps up from the Sandefjord academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars 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.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Filip Loftesnes-Bjune
- Boardroom Inquest at Sandefjord
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Evangelos Patoulidis