Thomas Pedersen

Central Midfielder - Sandefjord U18
5 May 2028
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The Sandefjord Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Evangelos Patoulidis hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sandefjord can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Sandefjord

Evangelos Patoulidis 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.

Player ratings

Jakob Dunsby runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Jonas Svensson steps up from the Sandefjord academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Svensson 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.

Market

Sandefjord promote Thomas Pedersen from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Pedersen 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.

Market

Sandefjord promote Kristian King from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kristian King 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.

Match

Viking take the points off Sandefjord

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Sandefjord are still strangers to each other

16 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Birger Riise left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief