The Halmstad Courier
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Miloš Pantović
Halmstad asked and Panathinaikos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match29 Aug 2026
Halmstad rescue it on 87 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 87. Kalmar FF had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Alexander Sandahl
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexander Sandahl, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Halmstad training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marvin Illary is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match29 Aug 2026
Honours even between Halmstad and Kalmar FF
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Adam Isak on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Adam Isak after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Young player of the week: Ludvig Arvidsson
At 18 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Rocco Ascone was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 12. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Tim Rönning gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tim Rönning is on it.
In brief
- Looking ahead Joel Allansson goes back to face IFK Goteborg
- Squad Noah Madsen still has not settled
- The dugout Gabriel Wallentin does not fit this one