Jon Palsson

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Stjarnan U18
6 Jul 2029
Friday
Process

Marked for Jon Palsson

65 Edition

The Stjarnan Chronicle

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Only the photograph left for Darri Bergmann Gylfason

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Darri Bergmann Gylfason will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stjarnan the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

A falling-out at Stjarnan

Örvar Eggertsson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Guðmundur Baldvin Nökkvason gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Guðmundur Baldvin Nökkvason is on it.

Squad

A row about effort at Stjarnan

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Armandas Raudonis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Loan watch

Alpha Conteh keeps scoring at Keflavik

21 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

Match

Stjarnan in the hunt for Europe

Position 5, 33 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.

The dugout

Jóhann Árni Gunnarsson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Stjarnan put Sigurður Gunnar Jónsson up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Sigurður Gunnar Jónsson may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

The dugout

Emil Atlason keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Emil Atlason plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

Back issues
59 Edition

The Stjarnan Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

No mercy from Stjarnan

Fjolnir will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Stjarnan were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings

Andri Rúnar Bjarnason scores twice — 8.83

Two goals and a mark of 8.83 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Guðmundur Rafn Ingason has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stjarnan they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stjarnan

Árni Snær 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.

Squad

Emil Atlason is not the player he was

It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 34 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.

Squad

Jon Palsson out for 41 days

The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Jon Palsson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Birnir Snær Ingason at his very best

Marked 8.08. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Stjarnan.

The dugout

Kristinn Bjarnason has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Kristinn Bjarnason on a 3‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Damil Dankerlui

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Stjarnan told Damil Dankerlui something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief