The Hødd Post
Match10 Apr 2027
The wait goes on for Hødd
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Eirik Blikstad keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hødd may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Hødd
Thomas Kinn 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.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Hødd
5 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
Torbjørn Kallevåg falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
Hødd supporters have found a favourite in Sverre Sandal
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Sverre Sandal 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
Hødd promote Hakon Johansen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hakon Johansen 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Lars Normann joins the Hødd first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lars Normann is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Stefan Linnes joins the Hødd first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stefan Linnes 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 Hødd promote Ruben Ryerson from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jesper Robertsen
- Player ratings Sverre Sandal takes the honours