The Leiknir Post
Match6 May 2028
14 matches without a win for Leiknir
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Leiknir are no longer polite ones.
The dugout8 May 2028
Juan Leguisamón keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Leiknir may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market8 May 2028
Only the photograph left for Viktor Andri Pétursson
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Viktor Andri Pétursson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Leiknir the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad8 May 2028
Words exchanged at Leiknir
Ólafur Íshólm Ólafsson 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.
Boardroom8 May 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Leiknir
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Player ratings8 May 2028
Óskar Borgþórsson was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. 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.
Market8 May 2028
Leiknir promote Birkir Saevarsson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Birkir Saevarsson 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.
Market8 May 2028
Leiknir promote Kari Eyjolfsson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kari Eyjolfsson 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.
Market8 May 2028
Holmar Bodvarsson steps up from the Leiknir academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Holmar Bodvarsson 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
- Squad Óttar Uni Steinbjörnsson falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Leiknir board go back on their word
- Squad Leiknir are still strangers to each other