The Mjondalen Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Mjondalen
1‑5 against Rosenborg, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mjondalen
Eirik Holmen 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 Aug 2026
Oliver Midtgård among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Oliver Midtgård on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Mjondalen and Rosenborg.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Markus Ottesen stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Markus Ottesen and Mjondalen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Vegard Lien joins the Mjondalen first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vegard Lien is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hakon Riise steps up from the Mjondalen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hakon Riise 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
Magnus Bjorkan steps up from the Mjondalen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Magnus Bjorkan 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
Mjondalen promote Martin Sorloth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Mjondalen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tobias Bjørnebye 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.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Eivind Willumsen
- Boardroom Nobody left the Mjondalen dressing room in a hurry
- Player ratings Tobias Bjørnebye never got going