Tag: Liigacup

  • Apollo FC and Finland’s ‘Pink Revolution’

    Apollo FC and Finland’s ‘Pink Revolution’

    Season 1 Episode 16 Mikael & Jarl Matti proclaim Finland’s ‘Pink Revolution’ Listen to this podcast episode here Guests: Mikael Muurimäki and Jarl Matti Antilla, Apollo FC players There is something in the air in Seinäjoki. What started as a small idea among a group of friends is blooming into something altogether more touching, caring and beautiful –…

  • SJK Update: April 2015

    SJK Update: April 2015

    Article number two in the series of articles about Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (Seinäjoki FC, SJK). You can find all the articles in this series here Cup campaigns Several eyewitness accounts suggest that SJK were unfortunate to exit the Suomen Cup (Finnish FA Cup)  to Kuopio Palloseura (KuPS) within weeks of being knocked out of the Liigacup. Popular consensus is…

  • SJK Update: March 2015

    SJK Update: March 2015

    This is the first in what I hope will be an ongoing series of articles on happenings at Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (Seinäjoki FC, or SJK to it’s friends). New players As mentioned in my previous post about the Liigacup, SJK has signed several new players, in the closed season, to strengthen the squad; Mehmet Hetemaj midfield…

  • The Finnish Liigacup is Underway

    The Finnish Liigacup is Underway

    Find my podcast on the history of SJK here The League Cup in Finland is a curious competition. Played as a competitive series of games, it serves as a pre-season competition for the 12 teams in the Veikkausliiga (Finland’s Premier League) but, as it kicks off in mid-February and Finland is mostly under a metre or…