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Crisis
Squad24 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Tumi Fannar Gunnarsson had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Fylkir's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Fylkir has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 Aug 2026
FH take the points off Fylkir
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Fylkir
Máni Austmann 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Fylkir are still strangers to each other
5 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.
The dugout24 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Crisis
Match15 Aug 2026
The small margins put Fylkir out
Out, 3‑4 to Keflavik, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Benedikt Daríus Garðarsson provided it, and the 8.43 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Stígur Diljan Þórðarson did not need any: 7.84, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, and a scan that said otherwise. He goes back to Vikingur; Fylkir go back to the market; and both will insist there is no story here.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Fylkir close the window on a squad of their own making
15 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market17 Aug 2026
Fylkir say no — this time
The offer from Leiknir for Tumi Fannar Gunnarsson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Fylkir
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Fylkir are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Fylkir
Orri Sveinn Segatta 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Fylkir and Keflavik, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
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Crisis
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with Vikingur, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 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 Fylkir this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Fylkir against KR
0‑2 to KR, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Haukur Fridjonsson 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. Johann Magnusson 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
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hordur Saevarsson 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 dugout10 Aug 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tumi Fannar Gunnarsson commits to Fylkir for another 4 years.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
14 seasons and 191 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Orri Sveinn Segatta and Fylkir agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Fylkir
Orri Sveinn Segatta 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Fylkir asked and Wycombe Wanderers said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match1 Aug 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.