The Stromsgodset Sentinel
Player ratings1 May 2028
Up for the corner, and Herman Stengel delivers — 7.95
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Herman Stengel scored, was marked 7.95, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad1 May 2028
David Bosak gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. David Bosak has just signed for Stromsgodset, and for once the answer mattered.
Player ratings1 May 2028
Fredrik Ardraa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match29 Apr 2028
Stromsgodset see off Viking
Three points for Stromsgodset, 1‑0 the final word against Viking in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad1 May 2028
Stromsgodset lose Alexander Ryerson
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 May 2028
Tempers go at Stromsgodset
César Obongo 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.
Squad1 May 2028
David Bosak signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Bosak and Stromsgodset agree another 4 years.
The dugout1 May 2028
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Jens Odegaard, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout1 May 2028
When it matters, Isak Määttä plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Aleksander van der Spa
- The dugout No hiding place for Manuel Maffessoli
- The dugout Oliver Midtgård does not fit this one