The Lillestrom Courier
Match30 Aug 2027
Lillestrom up to position 2
44 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Fredrik Gulbrandsen scores twice — 9.14
Two goals and a mark of 9.14 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market30 Aug 2027
Lillestrom turn down Lincoln City for Filip Reshane
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market30 Aug 2027
Daniel Bassi raises the bar for Lillestrom
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Lillestrom heard it as anything else.
Match28 Aug 2027
Lillestrom cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Elscha Furaha
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Match28 Aug 2027
Fredrik Gulbrandsen among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Fredrik Gulbrandsen on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Lillestrom and Egersund.
Match28 Aug 2027
Lillestrom see off Egersund
Three points for Lillestrom, 4‑2 the final word against Egersund in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Lillestrom agree a free transfer for Riyad Messaoudi
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Carlos Espinoza
- The terraces One of their own: Daniel Bassi
- Market One of our own: Sander Linnes joins the Lillestrom first team