The IK Start Gazette
Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to IK Start's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at IK Start has to find a result from somewhere.
Market31 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IK Start the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen signs for Lillestrom while still at IK Start
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Storm Strand-Kolbjørnsen has agreed terms with Lillestrom for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Olav Veum 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 IK Start this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Vojtěch Gornický 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 ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Jesper Cornelius
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Tomáš Kučera
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomáš Kučera, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Bjorn Bjorkan signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bjorn Bjorkan commits to IK Start for another 3 years.
Match29 Aug 2026
IK Start share the spoils with Aalesund
A 1‑1 draw with Aalesund leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Player ratings The referee tires of Steve Mvoué
- Market Window shut, Deni Dashaev still here