The Haugesund Herald
Market9 Apr 2029
Ismaël Seoné says no to Helsingborg
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Ismaël Seoné had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Match7 Apr 2029
Haugesund keep winning on the road
5 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Squad9 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Haugesund
Evangelos Patoulidis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market9 Apr 2029
Ole Kristian Lauvli comes home
The shirt still fits. Ole Kristian Lauvli is back at Haugesund, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Haugesund
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad9 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Haugesund
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Renaldo Cephas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets9 Apr 2029
Haugesund rebuffed over Zac Hadi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Crewe Alexandra have kept their man, and Haugesund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match7 Apr 2029
Viking end the Haugesund run at 6
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 6 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Market9 Apr 2029
One of our own: Marcus Hauge joins the Haugesund first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Hauge is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jonas Linnes joins the Haugesund first team
- Match Viking take the points off Haugesund
- Player ratings Emil Rohd was unplayable