The Stromsgodset Sentinel
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Elias Hoff Melkersen runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Gustav Valsvik 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 Stromsgodset this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Stromsgodset
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Stromsgodset training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. André Rømer 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Stromsgodset promote Aron Haaland from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aron Haaland 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
Stromsgodset promote Jonas Ajer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonas Ajer 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: Patrick Selnaes joins the Stromsgodset first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Selnaes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Marcus Meling steps up from the Stromsgodset academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marcus Meling 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Stromsgodset pick somebody else ahead of André Rømer
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Esteban Crucci
- Match No goals between Stromsgodset and Mjondalen
- Boardroom Stromsgodset spend it where nobody looks