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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · 6h

🇫🇮⚽️ In Conversation with Salim Yussif

🇬🇭 Growing up in Accra
💜 Starting out at Vision FC
🇺🇸 Scholarship at school & college in USA
👨🏼‍🦰 Moving to @sjk.fi & adapting to ‘Grieveball’
🌍 Seinäjoki African Community
🔮 Future ambitions

Thanks Salim 🙌

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · 3d

Producer Mark recently 'spoke' with @sjk.fi head coach,
@steviegrieve.bsky.social, for the SJK Supporters podcast.

As the Finnish press hasn't been asking Stevie questions lately, they recorded an alternative press conference.

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · 9d

🦉🇫🇮 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗦

Mark W & Keke preview the international break for the #Huuhkajat:

🇱🇹 Finland vs Lithuania
🇳🇱 Netherlands vs Finland
🐥 #Pikkuhuuhkajat U21 games
🚌 #Ilves fans BUSt-up in Seinäjoki

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · 29d

⏳🔙 Is Finland Going ‘Backe to the Future’?

Mark W & Keke review the latest #Huuhkajat games.

🇳🇴 Norway 1-0 Finland
🇵🇱 Poland 3-1 Finland
🧳 Keke in Chorzów
🏎️ Is the Finland team regressing?
🙋🏽‍♂️Ref Mohammad Al-Emara in action at Wembley & meeting the SJK fans

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Is Finland Heading ‘Backe to the Future’?*

Mark W and Keke again with match reports from Finland’s two away games; a 1-0 friendly defeat to Norway, followed by a 3-1 defeat in the World Cup qualifier against Poland. Keke shares tales …

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Sep 9

🏆 VEIKKAUSLIIGA SO FAR

All 12 #veikkausliiga clubs reviewed by their fans.

KARSINTASARJA
KTPKotka, Haka @acoulu.bsky.social IFK Mariehamn, Jaro, VPS Vaasa

MESTARUUSSARJA
IFGnistan, @sjk.fi HJK Helsinki, KuPS Kuopio, @ilvesfootball.bsky.social InterTurku

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Veikkausliiga 2025 So Far… The ‘Runkosarja’ Reviewed By Fans Of Each Club

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 gi…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Sep 2

🦉🇫🇮 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗦

Mark W & Keke Myllari preview the international break for the #Huuhkajat:

🇳🇴 Norway vs Finland
🇵🇱 Poland vs Finland
🛂 Keke’s off to Poland
🐥 #Pikkuhuuhkajat U21 games
🏆 #Veikkausliiga splits in half

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Huuhkajat & U21 Match Previews. Veikkausliiga splits into Champions & Challenger series.

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…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Jul 15

🇫🇮⚽️ 𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗞𝗞𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗔 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘

Mark W & Rasmus with an update after 15 #Veikkausliiga games & the 1st round of European games:

🔝 Leaders: Inter, Ilves, KuPS, HJK, SJK
👌🏼 Contenders: Gnistan, VPS, Mariehamn,
⤵️ Strugglers: Jaro, Haka, Oulu, KTP

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Jun 26

🎉 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗙𝗦 🎉

Mark W & @mano99.bsky.social + @steviegrieve.bsky.social & Seppo to discuss:

👨🏼‍🦰 Catch-up with Stevie Grieve from @sjk.fi
🦉 #huuhkajat match reports
🐥 #Pikkuhuuhkajt Euro 2025 match reports
🇫🇮 Preview Helmarit at #WEURO 20205

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Jun 8

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 + 𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐊𝐊𝐔𝐀𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐈𝐆𝐀 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄

Keke, Rasmus & @mano99.bsky.social discuss a busy period for Finnish football:

🇫🇮 Helmarit's recent #UWNL results
🦉 Huuhkajat's in FIFAWorldCup action
👶🏻 #Pikkuhuuhkajat at #U21EURO
🏆 Veikkausliiga update

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New Kit For Finland. Helmarit Nations League Match Reports. Huuhkajat World Cup Qualifier Previews. U21 Euros Preview. Veikkausliiga Update.

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 ey…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · May 20

🛫 𝗙𝗙𝗦 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝘅

Producer Mark gets together with two English football fans, Joe Parr & Jonny Hibberd who both travelled to Finland just to watch football. Well that and to try Finnish food #Kalakukko

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · May 1

🇫🇮⚽️ 𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗞𝗞𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗔 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘

Mark W & Rasmus get together on Vappu to discuss which team is where after 4-5 games played in #Veikkausliiga 2025:

🏔️ At the top: KuPS, SJK, Inter, Ilves
↔️ In the middle: Mariehamn, KTP, Jaro, Haka, VPS
👇🏼 Near the bottom: Gnistan, HJK, Oulu

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Veikkausliiga at 'Vappu'. Which team is where after 4-5 games?

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Apr 15

🇫🇮 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 🦉

Keke and @markhayton.bsky.social bring you reviews of recent international games:

𝐇𝐔𝐔𝐇𝐊𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐓 #FIFAWorldCup
🇲🇹 Malta 0-1 Finland
🇱🇹 Lithuania 2-2 Finland

𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓 #UWNL
🇧🇾 Finland 0-0 Belarus
🇭🇺 Finland 3-0 Hungary

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Huuhkajat World Cup Qualifier Match Reports. Helmarit Nations League Group B3 Match Reports.

Keke & 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 reader/listener/viewer 😉 Mark…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Apr 3

🏆 VEIKKAUSLIIGA PREVIEW #3

The third & final episode of this series, the FFS team presents the last four 2025 #Veikkausliiga previews. Hear Mark W learn about:

❤️ FF Jaro
🤍 VPS Vaasa
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💛 Jouni on KuPS Kuopio
🖤 Jules & @larip.bsky.social on @sjk.fi

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Veikkausliiga 2025 Preview: SJK Seinäjoki, FF Jaro, KuPS Kuopio, VPS Vaasa

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…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Apr 2

⚫️ SJK Supporters Podcast 🟡

FFS’ Producer Mark & #SJK fan Jules with #Klopit founder @larip.bsky.social cover:

👕 New @sjk.fi home & away kits
✍🏼 Most-recent new signings
⚽️ SJK in the Liigacup
🏆 Preview #Veikkausliiga games against KTP Kotka & HJK Helsinki

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Veikkausliiga 2025 Preview with Lari Paski

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Apr 1

🏆 VEIKKAUSLIIGA PREVIEW 2 of 3

The 2nd of a series of shows, four more 2025 previews for
#Veikkausliiga teams as Mark W speaks with fans of:

💙 IF Gnistan
💚 KTP Kotka
💙 Inter Turku
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💛 Rasmus & @murphy1001.bsky.social discuss @ilvesfootball.bsky.social

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Veikkausliiga 2025 Preview: KTP, IF Gnistan, Inter Turku & Ilves

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 T…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Mar 30

🏆 VEIKKAUSLIIGA PREVIEW #1

The 1st in a series of shows in which the FFS team previews each #Veikkausliiga team. In this episode, Mark W speaks with a fan of:

🤍 FC Haka
💙 @acoulu.bsky.social
💚 IFK Mariehamn
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💙 @mano99.bsky.social on HJK Helsinki

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Veikkausliiga 2025 Preview: Haka, IFK Mariehamn, AC Oulu & HJK Helsinki

This is the first in a series of shows, in which the FFS team present previews for each Veikkausliiga team. In the first episode, we hear from Ally Manson on HJK Helsinki, Johan Lindblom on IFK Mar…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Mar 16

Mark W and Keke discuss Jacob Friis’ first Huuhkajat squad and the players left in a strong U21 squad for the Euros in June. They preview Finland's first two World Cup qualifiers away to Malta and Lithuania, and Keke gets ready for his trip to Ta' Qali.

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Finland World Cup Qualifier Match Previews. Jacob Friis Names His First Huuhkajat Squad.

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Mar 16

🦉🇫🇮 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪

Mark W & Keke look forward to the international week:

👨🏼‍🦲 Jacob Friis’ 1st #Huuhkajat squad
🇲🇹 Malta vs Finland
🇱🇹 Lithuania vs Finland
🛂 Keke’s off to Malta

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Finland World Cup Qualifier Match Previews. Jacob Friis Names His First Huuhkajat Squad. Keke’s Passport Gets Some Action.

Mark W and Keke with a hastily arranged episode, recorded the day after new Huuhkajat head coach, Jacob Friis, names his first squad. They look for any surprising selections, discuss the positives …

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Feb 23

🗣️ In Conversation with SJK Academy Head Coach, Ash Civil

Mark & Jules hear about Ash's journey from the UK to Finland, his love of player development, the path from Kuortane High School (@ Kuortane Olympic Training Centre) to @sjk.fi & Ash gives big ❤️ to the Mini-Klopit.

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In Conversation with SJK Academy Head Coach, Ash Civil

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Feb 8

𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗-𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛-𝗨𝗣

⚽️ Watching indoor football
🦉 New #Huuhkajat coach Jacob Friis
🏆 #Liigacup gets underway
🔄 Transfers for Finns overseas
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Helmarit players move to @barclayswsl.bsky.social
0️⃣ #SuomenCup round '0' - Juuso's round

🎙️ Mark W, Keke, Rasmus

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New Huuhkajat Head Coach. Liigacup update. Transfers for Finns Overseas. Suomen Cup Round 0, ‘Juuson Kierros’.

Mark W, Keke and Rasmus return from the winter hibernation with a round-up of recent events in the world of Finnish football. They start by sharing what they know about new Huuhkajat Head Coach, Ja…

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Jan 17

You might also like the “Seinäjoki Football Supporters Podcast”

𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗝𝗞 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆

Producer Mark & friend-of-the-show Jules also publish an SJK fans pod. This is from their interview with Paul Riley @footballfactman.bsky.social

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In Conversation with Former SJK Head of Recruitment, Paul Riley

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Finnish Football Show @finnishfootballpod.bsky.social · Dec 31

I just started the latest episode of @thepriceoffootball.bsky.social and it took me a few minutes to realise that a ‘tease & wheeze’ break actually meant a cup of tea and a toilet break!!