| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 14:06 - Oct 21 with 638 views | EuanTown |
Any players we can pick up? |  | |  |
| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 14:47 - Oct 21 with 558 views | Sharkey |
| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 14:06 - Oct 21 by EuanTown |
Any players we can pick up? |
It's sad, but when the season ends that team will be plundered, and Mjällby will struggle next spring when the new season arrives. This happens to all good teams in Sweden, though the likes of Malmö always get a good fee for their products (who were often bought for a snip from the likes of Mjällby.)
I read a very interesting piece in the Swedish press yesterday about how from the 1950s Swedish football was financed so that wealth was distributed in a way that let even small clubs thrive if they were well organised, the idea being that elite football should be spread across the whole country and that growing up in a small place should not be a disadvantage to a bunch of talented footballer, and that to an extent this financial model still works. Other smallish clubs (Häcken, most notably) have done very well, but Mjällby is certainly the most extreme example. The village they play in has a population of about 800, and nearby Sölvesborg is also tiny, - smaller than Woodbridge for example. Nor can they be said to represent a county, as they lie on the border between two provinces. The area they represent is historically noted for high rates of marital inter-cousin incest, with predictable and clinically proven consequences, due to local land laws that made it financially beneficial to keep farms within the family.
More recently, Frank Worthington played for them in 1980, and it is said that the local population has plenty of approaching-45-year-olds who are a living testament to that particular summer of love. [Post edited 21 Oct 14:50]
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| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 15:07 - Oct 21 with 488 views | keighleyblue |
Leicester City 2015-16? |  | | |
| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 15:10 - Oct 21 with 474 views | Keno |
| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 15:07 - Oct 21 by keighleyblue |
Leicester City 2015-16? |
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| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 15:36 - Oct 21 with 403 views | PhilTWTD |
Town played a friendly there a couple of decades back. Really lovely ground by the beach in a tiny village.
 Mjällby 1-3 Town 18th Jul 2003 20:47Town continued their good start to their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 3-1 win against Swedish side Mjällby at their picturesque Stradvallen ground in Hällevik. Marcus Bent, Darren Bent and Pablo Couñago got the goals, all in the first half with the home team notching a consolation late in the second.  0
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| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 16:03 - Oct 21 with 316 views | Sharkey |
| Incredible story from Swedish Football on 15:36 - Oct 21 by PhilTWTD |
Town played a friendly there a couple of decades back. Really lovely ground by the beach in a tiny village.
Mjällby 1-3 Town 18th Jul 2003 20:47Town continued their good start to their pre-season campaign with a comfortable 3-1 win against Swedish side Mjällby at their picturesque Stradvallen ground in Hällevik. Marcus Bent, Darren Bent and Pablo Couñago got the goals, all in the first half with the home team notching a consolation late in the second. 0
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I was at that game. But I can't claim to remember what Broto looked like. (I see he went on to play a few games for Celtic.) | | | |
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