The IK Start Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
The knee: Eirik Schulze out for 79 days
79 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. IK Start lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Altin Ujkani says IK Start went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Richard Ferrington, 19, steals the show — 7.87
Marked 7.87 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Match10 Apr 2027
Nobody wants to play IK Start right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Trent Kone-Doherty was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at IK Start
Erlend Dahl Reitan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at IK Start
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.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2027
Door shut on Simon Eriksson
IK Start asked and Racing Santander said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
IK Start supporters have found a favourite in Richard Ferrington
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Richard Ferrington has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Match IK Start see off Molde
- Market One of our own: Birger Ajer joins the IK Start first team
- Market Fredrik Henriksen steps up from the IK Start academy