The IFK Mariehamn Sentinel
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Bop Guèye runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 43. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Lovro Bizjak, 34, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match10 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten IFK Mariehamn
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at IFK Mariehamn
Noah Nurmi 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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at IFK Mariehamn
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 IFK Mariehamn training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Markus Walker 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
IFK Mariehamn promote Tim Pohjanpalo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tim Pohjanpalo 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
Mikael Karjalainen steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikael Karjalainen 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
Rasmus Lod steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rasmus Lod 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.
In brief
- Market Erik Taylor steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy
- Squad Agustín Navarro gets it from the manager
- Squad Matias Riikonen dropped after a run of poor form