The HamKam Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
The knee: Gard Simenstad out for 65 days
65 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. HamKam lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market12 Apr 2027
Anders Trondsen puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at HamKam, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Martin Gjone keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” HamKam may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A one-man rearguard from Marcus Sandberg
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at HamKam
Sakarias Opsahl 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
Graduation day at HamKam
4 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 HamKam training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fredrik Sjølstad 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.
Match10 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for HamKam against Lillestrom
0‑2 to Lillestrom, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Henrik Selnaes joins the HamKam first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henrik Selnaes 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 Patrick King steps up from the HamKam academy
- Market One of our own: Vegard Berge joins the HamKam first team
- The dugout Peter Reinhardsen gets it from the manager