The Sarpsborg 08 Courier
Market12 Apr 2027
Eirik Wichne asks to leave Sarpsborg 08
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Leander Øy keeps Sarpsborg 08 in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Sarpsborg 08
Bjørn Inge Utvik and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Real improvement from Håkon Finstad-Vogt at Sarpsborg 08
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Håkon Finstad-Vogt is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Sarpsborg 08
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Sarpsborg 08 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Karlsbakk 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 dugout12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Karlsbakk
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market12 Apr 2027
Sander Linnes steps up from the Sarpsborg 08 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sander Linnes 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Lars Johansen steps up from the Sarpsborg 08 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Johansen 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
- Market Vegard Berge steps up from the Sarpsborg 08 academy
- The dugout Sarpsborg 08 keep their word to Eirik Wichne
- Loan watch Harald Nilsen Tangen keeps scoring at Notts County