The Stromsgodset Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Apr 2028
Odin Bjørtuft turns down Stromsgodset
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Bodo/Glimt keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Market10 Apr 2028
Kevin André Dæhlin hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stromsgodset can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Stromsgodset
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.
Match8 Apr 2028
Tromso end the Stromsgodset run at 6
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 6 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Match8 Apr 2028
Tromso take the points off Stromsgodset
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Morten Linnes joins the Stromsgodset first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Morten Linnes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Vegard Normann steps up from the Stromsgodset academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vegard Normann 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Patrick Hauge joins the Stromsgodset first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Hauge is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
No hiding place for Tor Erik Larsen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tor Erik Larsen, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Martin Bakkenget in a row with a teammate
- Boardroom Inquest at Stromsgodset
- The dugout A promise honoured at Stromsgodset