The IK Start Gazette
Market10 Apr 2028
Ousmane Diallo 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 IK Start can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Armand Wangen: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” IK Start have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market10 Apr 2028
IK Start turn down Östersund for Armand Wangen
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Apr 2028
John Olav Norheim in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IK Start this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at IK Start
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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Håkon Lorentzen 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 terraces10 Apr 2028
The crowd has taken to Stefen Tchamche
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Apr 2028
Jonas Thorsby steps up from the IK Start academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Thorsby 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
Jonas Thorsby steps up from the IK Start academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Thorsby 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.
In brief
- Match IK Start get the job done against Sogndal
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Lukas Gausdal
- Player ratings Stefen Tchamche takes the honours