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Category: Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan…

The Djurgarden of Eden

21 Jul 2014
Just over a year ago I was lucky enough to attend one of the final football matches played in the Olympia Stadion in Stockholm.  In normal circumstances, clubs move elsewhere…
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Closing time

1 Jun 2013
"Closing time...every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" So here I am at last.  It has taken me five years of visiting this wonderful city to finally take…
AIK Solna…

Still England’s finest export

4 Aug 20116 Aug 2011
We think Kenny Pavey is the best English player currently playing outside of these shores.  Whenever we are in Sweden we try and make time for him, simply because he…
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Playing away from home

4 Jul 201110 Jul 2011
I have a few mistresses in my life. Those loves that you try and keep secret, but almost like a drug you are drawn back time and time again. And…
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Stockholm Syndrome

5 Apr 20118 Apr 2011
What is the biggest match in football around the world?  Many will say Real Madrid v Barcelona, others AC v Inter whilst some of a more continental persuasion will go…
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On the eighth day of Christmas…the best atmosphere

1 Jan 20111 Jan 2011
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, an atmosphere so red-hot it will make you wee. The best atmosphere we have seen in 2010 is…
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On the second day of Christmas – The best game

26 Dec 201026 Dec 2010
"On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me....a top game of football or three." In 2010 (so far as this is written prior to the potential…
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We’re gonna party like it’s 1989

18 Oct 201019 Oct 2010
Right straight to the point.  We love Malmö FF.  We love their new stadium (we actually loved their iconic old stadium which still sits next door to the new Swedbank…
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Skane and Abel

16 Sep 201019 Sep 2010
I've been to a few tasty games in my life.  Those where you wake up the next morning with cordite still wafting around your nose, a persistent ringing in your…
AIK Solna…

The quickest penalty of all time?

6 Jul 201015 Jul 2010
The 18 May 1946 is not a day that many will remember as being well known for anything.  If you are old enough to remember, then President Truman gave a…

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