Swedish season -the end of the line...

[david in sweden]

.....barely a frost in southern Sweden, but it's the end of the Swedish season already. TITLE winners? MALMO (of course), Not that they have stopped there. Having qualified their way into the CL group stages, they landed in a group with ..Athletico Madrid. That return fixture (tonight-read 4th Nov.) may decide if they go out, or a chance of progressing as group runners-up..

 

Two titles on the trot and they've looked impressive all season and could have won the title a month ago.Gothenburg and AIK came as poor runners-up, ahead of the mess in mid table.

 

At the bottom Brommapojkarna are down again. A typical situation for the Stockholm-based Academy club, who seem too good for Superetten (Championship) but always struggle when promoted.

To be fair, they did lose their better players to other clubs in the summer, and their top striker to injury early in the season, and losing too many games by the odd goal sealed their fate early on.

 

However, the big headline was promotion of Hammarby back upto the top level. Relegated in 2009, their club history sounds a bit like Saints' in the last few years - but without Liebherr and Cortese. The fantastic thing about Hammarby has always been their fan-base. In a country where football isn't always a BIG sport, attendances of more than 10,000-15,000 are somewhat rare.

 

Hammarby have drawn 30,000+ to several games in the newly-built stadium they share with arch-rivals Djurgården. Their style of football has always been swashbuckling, and good to watch and they will brighten up many games next year, with such little obvious opposition - except maybe Malmö.

[svetigpung]

And Gothenburg , whom finshed second after an impressive run-in , have now sacked their trainer/manager.

Both surprised (memories of Adkins dismissal) and pleased (he his a d1ck).

 

Is Svennis due for a comeback? Hope were not returning to the eighties...

[JJSFC]

Heja AIK!

[david in sweden]

And Gothenburg , whom finshed second after an impressive run-in , have now sacked their trainer/manager.

Both surprised (memories of Adkins dismissal) and pleased (he his a d1ck).

 

Is Svennis due for a comeback? Hope were not returning to the eighties...

 

 

hardly likely.... svetigpung, what a good job most English contributors don't understand Swedish

 

But I saw an interview where Svennis is managing the national side in CHINA (!). Doubtless only for the money, as rumour has it he was cheated out of his fortune by a false investment scam.

 

He also said he won't stop working as he " needs football "...and the year he took off .....after England sacked him..... was the worst year of his life......