The Lillestrom Courier
Match8 Apr 2028
Lillestrom throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Valerenga the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Lillestrom will enjoy reviewing.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Markus Karlsbakk scores twice — 8.43
Two goals and a mark of 8.43 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Mamadou Diang: 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.” Lillestrom have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Lillestrom
Sondre Rossbach 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.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Lillestrom
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.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Stefan Hagerup gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Erling Linnes joins the Lillestrom first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Erling 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
Lillestrom promote Thomas Thorsby from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Thorsby 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Tobias King steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tobias King 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
- Market Marcus Linnes steps up from the Lillestrom academy
- Squad A row about effort at Lillestrom
- Squad Benson Anang wants to go home