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The original English-language podcast about Finnish football. Presented by Mark W, Mark H, Rich, Keke & Ally, five Brits with Finnish wives and shared passion for the beautiful game. @explorefinland @fcsuomi @escapetosuomi @kekemyllari & @mano99 bring you a variety of show formats; the original Finnish Football Show discussion show, interviews with key people in Finnish football, and Match Reports of key Finnish national team games. FFS – supporting football in Finland since 2015.
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Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
On a football pitch that resembled a ploughed field, the Helmarit put on an assured, commanding performance to take a comfortable 3-0 World Cup Qualifier victory back home from Tbilisi, Georgia.
Goals from Linda Sällström, Sanni Franssi and, a penalty from, Emmi Alanen ensured that Finland sit in joint top place in group A, with local rivals Sweden. Mark W and Rich got together for a chat straight after the game.
Show Notes and links
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/10/21/match-report-georgia-0-2-finland/
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Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
In this episode, Keke and Mark W are joined by another Helmarit star and yet another Finnish goalkeeper! Tinja-Riikka Korpela who is a legend of the women’s game; a serial winner who won two Bundesliga titles and three Finnish championships. As well as making 90+ appearances for the Helmarit – the women's Finland national team – and playing a large part in getting the Helmarit into Euro 2022.
Read Keke's questions in our blog post
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/10/18/in-conversation-with-tinni-korpela/
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
On Tuesday night Markku Kanerva and Finland got back to their feet after Saturday night's knockdown, to show Finland's fans that there's still life, and a few tricks, in the old dog yet, as they took on Kazakhstan at the Astana Arena.
Read Mark H's match report of Kazakhstan 0-2 Finland
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/10/12/match-report-kazakhstan-0-2-finland/
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Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
On Saturday evening, Markku Kanerva's Finland were dealt a near fatal blow by a stubborn Ukraine side, reducing the odds of their World Cup Qualification to "comical".
Both Kanerva and visiting manager Oleksandr Petrakov set up with the same approach as the reverse fixture, with more familiar options Jukka Raitala and Thomas Lam replacing the injured Jere Uronen and Tim Sparv...
Read Mark H's match report of Finland 1-2 Ukraine
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/10/09/match-report-finland-1-2-ukraine/
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Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
A busy show of international qualifiers, with both the Huuhkajat and Helmarit competing to qualify for upcoming World Cups. Mark W, Keke, Mark H and Rich look at the recent result for the Finland Women's team and look forward to imminent games for the Men's team.
They then turn their attention to the closing stages of the 2021 Veikkausliiga season. The regular season has now finished and the league splits into two final series'. For each club, the FFS team discuss their league position, any recent news or events and their prospects in the final stages.
Show Notes and links
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/29/huuhkajat-squad-helmarit-match-review-veikkausliiga-splits/
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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Merry-go-round = Carousel or karuselli
This is the episode that Mark H has been promising/threatening for a couple of weeks. The team discuss the recent spate of sackings, announcements of resignations (pre-signations?) and rumoured manager transfers for 2022. Attention then turns to SJK Seinäjoki, who are firmly embroiled in this silly-season and whose fans are about to take action and boycott the upcoming game with FC Inter Turku.
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https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/15/managerial-merry-go-round/
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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
On Tuesday night, 7th September, Markku Kanerva’s Huuhkajat travel to Lyon to face a struggling France side, full of quality but down on their luck. Any points from this away side will keep Finland in a play-off place, which may be necessary as Bosnia-Herzegovina play Kazakhstan in the group’s other game, kick-off is at 21:45, Finland time, at the Groupama stadium in Lyon...
Read Mark H's match report of France 2-0 Finland
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/08/match-report-france-2-0-finland/
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Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
On Saturday afternoon Markku Kanerva's Finland moved into second place in Group D with a comfortable win over Kazakhstan in the late summer sun in Helsinki. With Helsinki covid-restrictions eased the day before he game allowing more tickets to be released the home crowd were in fine voice in the late summer sun...
Mark H, Keke and Rich get together to discuss the action as Finland move up group D, before turning their attention to France vs Finland on Tuesday 7th September.
Read Mark H's match report of Finland 1-0 Kazakhstan
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/05/match-report-finland-1-0-kazakhstan/
Tim Sparv's blog post 'We need to talk about Qatar'
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/tim-sparv-finland-world-cup-2022-qatar-soccer
Read Mark H's match preview of France vs Finland
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Saturday Sep 04, 2021
Saturday Sep 04, 2021
The arrival of the Kazakhstan squad to Helsinki provides Finnish fans something of a rarity a Saturday afternoon kick off. Ordinarily, the Kazakhs would provide a stubborn but ultimately beatable opponent, but they’ve proven too tough for Ukraine and frustrated the French during their creditable 2-0 defeat. If Finland are to stand any chance of a play-off spot, this is a must-win game. Kick off at the Olympiastadion is 16.00.
Read Mark H's match preview
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/04/match-preview-kazakhstan-h/
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
What turned out to be the most exciting news of the evening, filtered through just before kick off at the Olympiastadion, Helsinki. Kazakhstan had grabbed a 96th minute equalizer against Ukraine, leaving Finland eyeing up 2nd place in Group D.
On the pitch in Helsinki things were far less entertaining... Mark H and Rich get together to discuss the action (such as it was) and that intriguing result from group D between Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
Read Mark H's match report
https://finnishfootballshow.com/2021/09/02/match-report-finland-0-0-wales/
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