The quickest penalty of all time?

Posted on July 6, 2010 by stuartnoel

But I was not here for the UFO watching or the wind surfing. Of course I was here for football. Ängelholms FF are your typical provincial Swedish football team. Happy to sit in the mid-table of the second division, occasionally upsetting one of the big boys in a cup and even rarer pushing for a promotion spot. They have ambition though, and the club have stated that 2011 is their target date to reach the Allsvenskan for the first time. This season has started well for them.

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England’s finest export

Posted on July 1, 2010 by stuartnoel

For me it was 1 of the best football experience of my life, my first derby match was a crowd of just under 35000. Its normally night games and the fans make it an amazing experience with Tifos, fireworks and flags. We won 3 1 that night which made the experience even more special. Family and friends that have been over say they have never seen anything like it, it makes me very proud of the fans we have here.

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The sound of the suburbs

Posted on April 7, 2010 by stuartnoel

Five games in seven days.  Apart from a major tournament this is a record at TBIR towers but not one I fancy repeating too often.  After heading to the far west of Scandinavia last week for the joys of Esbjerg and Herning, to the barren north of Ilkeston, the chavtastic Dartford (speaking as someone who [...]

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Double Danish with a portion of Swede – Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2010 by stuartnoel

I rarely get hangovers these days but after a night of pub hopping in Copenhagen and more than a few Carlsberg/Tuborg/Jacobsens I woke up on Sunday morning with a banging noise in my head.  Turns out I had gone to sleep with my iPod on and it had looped around to a bit of Metallica. [...]

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Game, Set and Match in Sweden

Posted on November 9, 2008 by stuartnoel

As regular visitors will know, I love my Swedish football and thought I would briefly summarise the dramatic last day of the season in the Allsvenskan today. Going into the last game, both Kalmar FF and IF Elfsborg could win the league.  The former simply needed a draw, assuming that Elfsborg won at Gelfe, whilst [...]

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