The Sogndal Courier
Squad26 May 2036
The knee: Oscar Sjöstrand out for 36 days
36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sogndal lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market26 May 2036
Only the photograph left for Sabbath Mancha
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sabbath Mancha will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sogndal the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match24 May 2036
At last: Sogndal win one
9 matches without a win, and then this, against Aalesund. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Player ratings26 May 2036
Sabbath Mancha pops up at the right end — 7.73
7.73, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Player ratings26 May 2036
Sam Forsman runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match24 May 2036
Sabbath Mancha the difference as Sogndal beat Aalesund
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sabbath Mancha. 2‑0 against Aalesund, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout26 May 2036
No hiding place for Faveur Ndayizeye
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Faveur Ndayizeye, and the manager let it.
Match24 May 2036
Sabbath Mancha at the heart of a fast Sogndal start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Sabbath Mancha in the middle of it, and Aalesund unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Player ratings26 May 2036
One of those days for Lūkass Vapne
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Sogndal
- Market Sogndal sign Joshua Parker, one for the future
- Squad Joshua Parker stays put