Ground: Österås Idrottsplats

Visits: 2

Date: 13th May 2008

Match: IFK Hässleholm - Kristianstads FF  0-1  (Division 2 Södra Götaland)

Attendance: 632

 

Österås Idrottsplats was built in 1969 and the capacity today is around 6,000. The record attendance at this ground is from 1993 when 8,500 watched an Allsvenskan play-off between Hässleholm and Degerfors. Since then Hässleholm have been relegated two divisions but with good local support the club really should play at least in Divison 1. A match against neighbouring Kristianstad is THE derby for Hässleholm (there is an old and ongoing rivalry between  the towns in most matters...) and even if 632 is a good attendance for this level I have to admit I expected at least 1,000 for this match. Kristianstad played quite well and are now top of the league but the most exciting story from this match/evening is probably the news that Henrik Larsson, his manager at Helsingborg lives in Hässleholm and was at the match, is making a surprise return to the Sweden squad for EURO 2008.

 

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