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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 29 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market5 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around IA they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; IA are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
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 IA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A move Haruki Saruta would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Haruki Saruta is living that version at IA, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market5 Oct 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at IA, another week without a signature from Guðmundur Þórarinsson.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 36 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market28 Sep 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Steinar Þorsteinsson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IA the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at IA
Guðmundur Þórarinsson 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
Words at IA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gísli Eyjólfsson 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Fjolnir made IA work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Gísli Eyjólfsson at his very best
Marked 8.13. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at IA.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
The chances came and went for Viktor Jónsson
6 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
Squad28 Sep 2026
5 new faces, and IA 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Crisis
Squad21 Sep 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for IA
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around IA are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 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 IA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Richard Martínez 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.
Squad21 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for IA against Breidablik
0‑1 to Breidablik, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Viktor Jónsson
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason IA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jakub Nečas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at IA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gísli Eyjólfsson 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.14, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Steinar Þorsteinsson, and the manager let it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Honours even between IA and IBV
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 24 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market7 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around IA they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at IA
Jakub Nečas 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Gísli Eyjólfsson 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.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for IA against Stjarnan
0‑1 to Stjarnan, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
The chances came and went for Gísli Laxdal
8 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Steinar Þorsteinsson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IA the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Steinar Þorsteinsson has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Gísli Laxdal in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at IA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Richard Martínez 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikhail Philippov, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match29 Aug 2026
Honours even between IA and Vikingur
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
IA bow out of the cup
KR go through and IA go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market24 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at IA
Jakub Nečas 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Gísli Eyjólfsson at his very best
Marked 9.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at IA.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Gísli Eyjólfsson 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
IA get the job done against Leiknir
A 2‑0 win over Leiknir, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Guðmundur Þórarinsson, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
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Steady
Match12 Aug 2026
IA march on in the cup
IBV are out and IA go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market17 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Birnir Breki Burknason did not need any: 8.73, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at IA
Guðmundur Þórarinsson 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at IA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gísli Eyjólfsson 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 terraces17 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Birnir Breki Burknason has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Erik Tobias Sandberg, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 8.19 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad17 Aug 2026
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. IA know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
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Uneasy
Market10 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market10 Aug 2026
The name of Steinar Þorsteinsson has come up in conversations IA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Jón Gísli Eyland has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Guðmundur Þórarinsson commits to IA for another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at IA
Guðmundur Þórarinsson 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Viktor Jónsson, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. IA know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Crisis
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 22 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.66 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gísli Eyjólfsson and IA agree another 2 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 IA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gísli Eyjólfsson 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
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.
Match1 Aug 2026
KR take the points off IA
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Gísli Laxdal was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.16. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.