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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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Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
1hr 21 sec
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/09/09/veikkausliiga-2025-runkosarja-reviewed-by-fans/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Producer Mark rounded-up our band of Veikkausliiga fans to record an update to our preview episodes. As the ‘runkosarja’ has now finished and the league table splits in two, we asked each fan to give us an update on their club’s season so far. You will hear each fan's personal report, starting at the bottom of the table and working up, so you’ll hear a change in tone, satisfaction and level of optimism, as the show progresses.
Huge thanks from FFS to all the fans for sharing their insights about their club!
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:31 KTP Kotka, Sami
00:07:24 FC Haka, Tuomas
00:11:17 AC Oulu, Tuomas
00:16:10 IFK Mariehamn, Jouni
00:23:01 FF Jaro, Petter
00:26:19 VPS Vaasa, Sebastian
00:33:02 Half-time
00:34:20 IF Gnistan, John
00:40:04 SJK Seinäjoki, Jules
00:43:42 KuPS Kuopio, Jouni
00:47:56 HJK Helsinki, Ally
00:52:06 Ilves, Jamie
00:56:37 Inter Turku, Jussi
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
59 min
🎭 Ally Manson’s play “The Inheritors” https://teatteritoivo.net/ohjelmistossa-nyt/the-inheritors/
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/09/02/huuhkajat-match-previews-veikkausliiga-splits/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Mark W and Keke get back together after a long summer break. They give a brief update on the Veikkausliiga* as the league season splits into the Mestaruussarja and Haastajasarja. Who is in the race to win and who is trembling on the relegation trapdoor?
They then focus on upcoming games for the Finland men's national teams, as the Huuhkajat play Norway in a friendly, before facing Poland away in a World Cup qualifier. The U21s, the Pikkuhuuhkajat, also have two games over the coming weekend, both Euro qualifiers against San Marino (home) and Cyprus (away).
* Look out for our full review of the Veikkausliiga season so far, as we hear from fans reviewing their club's performances in the runkosarja. Coming soon.
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:16 Ally’s play “The Inheritors”
00:04:56 The Veikkausliiga splits
00:09:47 Finland’s World Cup qualifiers recap
00:15:31 Huuhkajat squad for September (+ Finns Overseas)
00:36:22 Match preview: Norway vs Finland
00:42:10 Match preview: Poland vs Finland
00:49:04 Keke's off to Poland
00:52:06 Pikkuhuuhkajat U21 matches and squad
00:55:06 Helmarit games coming in October
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Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
1hr 8 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/07/14/veikkausliiga-update-first-round-of-european-games/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Mark W & Rasmus get back together during Finland's 2025 summer heatwave and spend another hour discussing the current situation in the Veikkausliiga, which includes a very congested top half led, but not dominated, by Inter Turku. They also consider the first round of European games played, to varying degrees of success, last week by SJK Seinäjoki, KuPS Kuopio, HJK Helsinki & Ilves.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:58 Helmarit at Euro 2025 (very briefly!)
00:04:31 Inter Turku
00:09:33 Ilves
00:16:30 KuPS Kuopio
00:22:14 HJK Helsinki
00:29:25 SJK Seinäjoki
00:39:43 IF Gnistan
00:43:30 Bottom half of the table
00:44:14 KTP Kotka & AC Oulu
00:50:17 FF Jaro
00:51:51 Suomen Cup semi final fixtures
00:54:04 IFK Mariehamn & VPS Vaasa
01:00:33 FC Haka
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Jun 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
1hr 7 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/06/26/200th-episode-of-ffs-with-stevie-grieve/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Special episode, this one, as FFS achieves its 200th episode. SJK Seinäjoki Head Coach, Stevie Grieve joined Mark W and Ally to chat about SJK's season so far. They are then joined by occasional contributor, Seppo, who is the middle of a busy summer of international football.
They discuss the two World Cup Qualifiers for the Huuhkajat, a 0-2 defeat to Netherlands and a 2-1 victory over Poland. Seppo also shares his experiences travelling to Kosice, Slovakia with the Pikkuhuuhkajat, to watch Finland in the U21 Euro 2025 finals. They finish up witha. preview of the Helmarit's upcoming fixtires in the Women's Euro 2025 finals – finding real reasons to feel optimistic about Finland's chances. Hyvä Suomi 🦉
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:20 Catching up with SJK Seinäjoki Head Coach, Stevie Grieve
00:18:49 Match Report: Finland 0-2 Netherlands
00:28:13 Match Report: Finland 2-1 Poland
00:39:38 Seppo’s story of meeting Head Coach, Jacob Friis
00:42:40 Finland U21’s in Euro 2025
01:00:00 Preview: Finland at the Women’s Euros, 1st game Wed July 3rd
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Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025
1hr 20 min
New Kit For Finland. Helmarit Nations League Match Reports. Huuhkajat World Cup Qualifier Previews. U21 Euros Preview. Veikkausliiga Update.
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/06/08/national-teams-in-action-veikkausliiga-update/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Keke hosts again as Producer Mark is 'otherwise engaged' feeling poorly. He is joined by Ally and Rasmus to look at a very busy spell for Finnish football, starting with launch of an eye-catching new kit for the Finland National teams 😮💨🤌
They looked back at the recent Nations League matches for the Helmarit, who just missed out on promotion from Group B3, but who are heading straight into the Women's Euro 2025 in Switzerland in July. Next, they preview upcoming Men's World Cup 2026 Qualifiers with the Huuhkajat facing the Netherlands (Sat 7.6.) and Poland (Tue 10.6.) The international segment finishes with a preview of the under-21 Euro 2025, where Finland's 'Pikkuhuuhkajat' will compete.
They finish the show with a look at (mostly the top of) the Veikkausliiga, considering the recent performances of Ilves, KuPS Kuopio, HJK Helsinki and Inter Turku – being sure to save a few minutes to smirk and chuckle at SJK Seinäjoki's recent form! When the (SJK supporting) cat is away, the mice will play...
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:45 etc, etc.
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May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
37 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/05/20/ffs-awaydays-travelling-to-finland-for-a-football-fix/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Producer Mark gets together with two football fans from England who both travelled to Finland just to watch football. Well that and to try Finnish food. Yes, really!
Longtime FFS follower, Joe Parr caught Mark's attention with a shout-out on The Sweeper podcast about his connection to Musan Salama (MuSa), who play in Kakkonen, the Finnish fourt tier. Jonny Hibberd set his sights higher by paying a flying visit to watch KuPS Kuopio in the Veikkausliiga, but it was his mission to to try a local delicacy that first inspired his trip.
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:06 Joe's connection with MuSa and his travels to Pori
00:15:20 Jonny's first trip to Kuopio in search of Kalakukko
00:22:26 How Finns offer a warm wlecome to visitors
00:28:25 Any plans to return to Finland in future?
00:29:30 Travelling to Finland is "not as expensive as expected"
00:31:57 Early rounds of the Suomen Cup
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May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
52 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/05/01/veikkausliiga-vappu-update/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Hyvää vappua kaikille!
Mark W & Rasmus get together on the Labour Day holiday and spend an hour mulling over the first month of Veikkausliiga action. All teams have played 4-5 games which is a good point to discuss the front-runners, the chasing pack and those lagging behind. Here why Rasmus descibes HJK Helsink as 'a bit unlucky' as they lose their first three games – to the delight of fans from all the other Veikkausliiga teams 😆
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Apr 15, 2025
Apr 15, 2025
40 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/04/15/huuhkajat-and-helmarit-match-reports/
IN THIS EPISODE...
Keke and Mark H are 'let loose' on the pod as Producer Mark is either a) skiving or, b) recovering from the three Veikkausliiga preview pods – you decide listener 😉
Mark & Keke look back at Jacob Friis' first competitve games as Huuhkajat head coach. Two matches that saw Finland win 1-0 away to Malta, before drawing away 2-2 with Lithuania. Then they turn their attention to the Helmarit and two more Nations League games, a 0-0 draw at home to Belarus followed by a 3-0 home win over Hungary.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:58 Huuhkajat: Malta 0-1 Finland
00:11:18 Huuhkajat: Lithuania 2-2 Finland
00:25:14 Helmarit: Finland 0-0 Belarus
00:30:55 Helmarit: Finland 3-0 Hungary
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Apr 3, 2025
Apr 3, 2025
43 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/04/03/veikkausliiga-2025-preview-sjk-jaro-kups-vps/
IN THIS EPISODE...
The third and final episode in this series, in which the FFS team present previews for each Veikkausliiga team. In this episode, we hear from Petter Brunell on Jaro, Julian Dawe & Lari Paski on SJK, Jouni Laukkanen on KuPS and Sebastian Pundars on VPS.
Producer Mark is now going to have a lie down to prepare for the start of the season 😴
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:05 Julian Dawe & Lari Paski on SJK
00:08:58 Petter Brunell on Jaro
00:19:57 Jouni Laukkanen on KuPS
00:30:03 Sebastian Pundars on VPS
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Apr 1, 2025
Apr 1, 2025
53 min
Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/04/01/veikkausliiga-2025-preview-ktp-gnistan-inter-turku-ilves/
IN THIS EPISODE...
The second episode in a series of shows, in which the FFS team present previews for each Veikkausliiga team. In this episode, we hear from Sami Lindfors on KTP, John Ehrnstén on IF Gnistan, Inter Turku fan Jussi and FFS regulars Jamie and Rasmus discuus their team, Ilves.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:36 Sami Lindfors on KTP
00:14:25 John Ehrnstén on IF Gnistan
00:22:26 Jussi on Inter Turku
00:30:30 Jamie & Rasmus on Ilves
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