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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
79 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. PK-35 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
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 PK-35 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
151% of the income goes out in wages at PK-35
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
86 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. PK-35 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad23 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 PK-35 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Gabriel Oksanen 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.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
95 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. PK-35 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at PK-35
Filip Valenčič and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at PK-35 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Oksanen 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.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
102 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. PK-35 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets9 Nov 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at PK-35
Filip Valenčič 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.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
109 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. PK-35 lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
PK-35 told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at PK-35
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Oksanen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 151% of everything PK-35 earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tuukka Andberg and PK-35 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tuukka Andberg
“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 dugout2 Nov 2026
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 Filip Valenčič is on it.
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.
The dugout2 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.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rasmus Leislahti
116 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. PK-35 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at PK-35 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Oksanen 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.
Squad26 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 PK-35 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Riku Sjöroos has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at PK-35 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 dugout26 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.
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.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rasmus Leislahti
123 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. PK-35 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad19 Oct 2026
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at PK-35
Eino-Iivari Pitkälä and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yiandro Raap, and the manager let it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at PK-35
17 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout19 Oct 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.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rasmus Leislahti
130 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. PK-35 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market12 Oct 2026
Tuukka Andberg has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around PK-35 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Yiandro Raap is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at PK-35
Rasmus Leislahti and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Gabriel Oksanen 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.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rasmus Leislahti
137 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. PK-35 lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Irfan Sadik in trouble away from the ground
Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at PK-35
Filip Valenčič 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at PK-35 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Oksanen 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 191% of everything PK-35 earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The dugout5 Oct 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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 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 PK-35 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 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 PK-35 know it.
The dugout28 Sep 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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at PK-35
Filip Valenčič and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at PK-35
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Oksanen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 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.
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Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
Tuukka Andberg has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around PK-35 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at PK-35 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Oksanen 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
17 new faces, and PK-35 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
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 August Björklund is on it.
The dugout14 Sep 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Tuukka Andberg 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 PK-35, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at PK-35
Eino-Iivari Pitkälä 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
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Irfan Sadik makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
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 Filip Valenčič is on it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Yiandro Raap moves up the pecking order
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at PK-35 than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
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Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at PK-35
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gabriel Oksanen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Riku Sjöroos 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 Riku Sjöroos is on it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Niklas Jokiniemi 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at PK-35 has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Rasmus Sipi has been promised minutes
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 Rasmus Sipi has written the date down.
Market31 Aug 2026
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs PK-35 money.
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Uneasy
Match19 Aug 2026
PK-35 bow out of the cup
TPS go through and PK-35 go home, 3‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match19 Aug 2026
TPS punish PK-35 for switching off
2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. August Björklund will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at PK-35 escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.23 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad24 Aug 2026
1 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Joao Costa hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what PK-35 can pretend not to have heard.
Match19 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for PK-35
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at PK-35
Rasmus Leislahti 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Gabriel Oksanen 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.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Aug 2026
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match12 Aug 2026
PK-35 march on in the cup
KäPa are out and PK-35 go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market17 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at PK-35 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
PK-35 close the window on a squad of their own making
22 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.
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
Words exchanged at PK-35
Filip Valenčič 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. HJK have kept their man, and PK-35 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and PK-35 know which stage they are at.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
From twelve yards, and Ayuub Abdi misses
A penalty is the one moment in football with nowhere to hide, and he did not score it. The walk back was long and the week will be longer.
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Uneasy
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 PK-35 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at PK-35 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Oksanen 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juho Forss 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. Atte Arajuuri 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Onni Huuhka 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
One of our own: Saku Valakari joins the PK-35 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saku Valakari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Squad10 Aug 2026
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and PK-35 know which stage they are at.
Match8 Aug 2026
It needed Irfan Sadik to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against JIPPO, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
Severi Kähkönen gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Severi Kähkönen has just signed for PK-35, and for once the answer mattered.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Irfan Sadik and PK-35 agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at PK-35
Filip Valenčič 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
PK-35 asked and SJK 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 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Alex Ramula 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and PK-35 know which stage they are at.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at PK-35, another week without a signature from Filip Valenčič.