The Haka Gazette
Match10 Apr 2027
Haka tear VPS apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against VPS, and it could have been more.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Teppo Marttinen says Haka went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Yiandro Raap, 20, steals the show — 7.96
Marked 7.96 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Haka
Jesper Karlsson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Haka
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Haka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Niklas Friberg 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.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2027
Door shut on Gabriel Jesus David
Haka asked and Antwerp said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
Haka supporters have found a favourite in Yiandro Raap
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Yiandro Raap has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Robin Granlund joins the Haka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robin Granlund is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Jasse Huuhka steps up from the Haka academy
- Market Lassi Huuhka steps up from the Haka academy
- Squad Tuomas Koivisto reaches 100 appearances