The Lillestrom Courier
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Vintage Thomas Lehne Olsen — 8.13
At 37 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.13, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market28 Aug 2028
Lucas Svenningsen puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Lillestrom, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match26 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, Lillestrom do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match26 Aug 2028
Late, late show earns Lillestrom a point
Minute 86, against Haugesund, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Lillestrom lose Hakon King
29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Camil Jebara runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Ruben Gabrielsen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ruben Gabrielsen, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Fredrik Gulbrandsen gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Fredrik Gulbrandsen is on it.
Match26 Aug 2028
Lillestrom share the spoils with Haugesund
A 1‑1 draw with Haugesund leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Vince Osuji behind
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Camil Jebara has had enough of the bench