From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luca Weckström was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Joas Snellman
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Erik Gunnarsson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market28 Dec 2026
The Kaius Hardén story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Kaius Hardén signs something — a contract at FF Jaro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luca Weckström 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Sebastian Suvanne and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market14 Dec 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juha Jensen 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lukas Huuhka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ville Vuorinen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FF Jaro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luca Weckström was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sebastian Suvanne and FF Jaro agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Johan Brunell, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
FF Jaro will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market7 Dec 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Senne Vits’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oliver Kass Kawo, and the manager let it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ville Vuorinen 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Matias Paavola 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fabian Østigård Ness and FF Jaro agree another 4 years.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ville Vuorinen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Ludvig Nyman 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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FF Jaro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luca Weckström 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.
Market16 Nov 2026
He is 19, and nobody at FF Jaro signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market16 Nov 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Linus Zetterström’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. FF Jaro have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Linus Zetterström and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Erik Gunnarsson and FF Jaro agree another 4 years.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Ville Vuorinen 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 dugout9 Nov 2026
Leo Boström asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market9 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FF Jaro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Erik Gunnarsson commits to FF Jaro for another 4 years.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and FF Jaro know it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ville Vuorinen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market2 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Oct 2026
Johan Brunell has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Matias Paavola 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Johan Brunell for 20 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. FF Jaro will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luca Weckström was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Michael Ogungbaro trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Elias Tamminen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad19 Oct 2026
15 new faces, and FF Jaro are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ville Vuorinen 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Linus Zetterström’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amos Kamara 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eero Lam 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rasmus Leislahti, and the manager let it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Elias Tamminen knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FF Jaro, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Oct 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Senne Vits’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Elliot Holmäng has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at FF Jaro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at FF Jaro would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
Ville Vuorinen has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Luca Weckström 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 dugout5 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
One of our own is behind an import at FF Jaro
He is 30, he has been here since he was a boy, and the shirt he grew up expecting has been given to somebody flown in for it. That grievance belongs to the town as much as to the player.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Erik Gunnarsson asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Sep 2026
Johan Brunell has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Matias Paavola 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at FF Jaro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ville Vuorinen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FF Jaro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market28 Sep 2026
The name of Oliver Kass Kawo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. FF Jaro say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Ville Vuorinen knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ville Vuorinen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Sep 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Erik Gunnarsson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around FF Jaro the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at FF Jaro
Linus Zetterström and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jim Myrevik 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jim Myrevik
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
FF Jaro are still strangers to each other
15 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market21 Sep 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Linus Zetterström’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FF Jaro. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market21 Sep 2026
The clock does Erik Gunnarsson’s negotiating for him
2 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee FF Jaro could ask drops and the wages Erik Gunnarsson can ask rise.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Ville Vuorinen knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ville Vuorinen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joel Joronen 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amos Hakola 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jim Myrevik 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 dugout14 Sep 2026
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market14 Sep 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Senne Vits’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Elliot Holmäng has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at FF Jaro will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Erik Gunnarsson has written the date down.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at FF Jaro has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
Ville Vuorinen has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Jesper Svenungsen Skau scored, was marked 7.79, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oliver Kass Kawo and FF Jaro agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
FF Jaro asked and Ascoli said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ville Vuorinen 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Rudi Vikström named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Rudi Vikström is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Johan Brunell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 Aug 2026
0‑3 to KuPS, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market31 Aug 2026
Johan Brunell has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Matias Paavola 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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Sebastian Suvanne has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means FF Jaro have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
FF Jaro asked and Vikingur said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Abdi Sabriye beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Rasmus Uronen to a room that had heard them before.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
The match ball belongs to Linus Zetterström, whose 6 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match22 Aug 2026
HIFK will want this one forgotten quickly: 6‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. FF Jaro were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Rudi Vikström, 19, steals the show — 8.76
Marked 8.76 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at FF Jaro is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A performance of 9.94 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match22 Aug 2026
Linus Zetterström among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Linus Zetterström on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of FF Jaro and HIFK.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
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The terraces
One of their own: Luca Weckström
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Squad
A row about effort at FF Jaro
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Squad
14 new faces, and FF Jaro are still learning each other
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match15 Aug 2026
The small margins put FF Jaro out
Out, 1‑1 to Ilves, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around FF Jaro they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 7.64 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 17 signed and 2 gone
That is the business done at FF Jaro until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. FF Jaro have done the hard part with Ilves, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for FF Jaro
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around FF Jaro are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at FF Jaro
Matias Paavola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for FF Jaro
A 0‑3 beating by VPS was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Rasmus Leislahti has just signed for FF Jaro, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Trento is saying, and nobody at FF Jaro is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matias Paavola 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paulus Valakari 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 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juho Pohjanpalo 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 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Riku Hamalainen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Onni Ojala 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jesper Svenungsen Skau and FF Jaro agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FF Jaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at FF Jaro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Gunnarsson 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Level with 91 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon FF Jaro had all but put away. SJK will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.85 on the card, and the FF Jaro support went home talking about one name.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at FF Jaro has picked up the phone to Senne Vits
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
FF Jaro have made the call to Cittadella. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.