The Haugesund Herald
Squad9 Nov 2026
Sory Diarra 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 Haugesund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market9 Nov 2026
Ole Lien steps up from the Haugesund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ole Lien 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Haugesund promote Henrik Sorloth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henrik 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Haugesund training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ismaël Seoné 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 dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Kristoffer Sørensen
“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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Ismaël Seoné knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Haugesund, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Mansour Gueye has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mansour Gueye has written the date down.
Market9 Nov 2026
The Jonathan Norbye story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Jonathan Norbye signs something — a contract at Haugesund or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market9 Nov 2026
Another notebook out for Sory Diarra
Bodo/Glimt watched Sory Diarra again at the weekend, and this time they did not bother hiding it. Clubs only stop hiding when they want the price to start moving.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Emil Rohd
- Squad Alexander Berge is out on the grass again