The Valerenga Gazette
Match10 Apr 2027
A hiding for Valerenga
Beaten 1‑4 by Bodo/Glimt, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match10 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Valerenga's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Valerenga has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Valerenga
Ivan Näsberg and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Valerenga
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
Helinho falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Brayan Gil
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brayan Gil, and the manager let it.
Market12 Apr 2027
Erling Bohinen steps up from the Valerenga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erling Bohinen 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
Valerenga promote Stian Riise from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stian Riise 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Stian Odegaard joins the Valerenga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stian Odegaard 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: Kristian Ryerson joins the Valerenga first team
- Boardroom Nobody left the Valerenga dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Helinho's mistake