I like my new team's logo. The gull fits well, since the city of
Haugesund lies on the northern end of the Karnsund strait, which connects the Bokna fjord with the North Sea.
Haugesund looks like a beautiful city, which helped me decide to try my luck managing there. I might have held out for one of my "dream jobs" if I hadn't seen how pretty a town it really is. It's a smaller city, with a population of about 37,000.
It's an historic city, too. Harald Fairhair, the (possibly legendary) first king of Norway, made his home close to the site of Haugesund. The battle that is said to have unified Norway for the first time was fought near there in 872.
I'd show you a picture of the stadium we'll be playing in, but it will be only a temporary home. A brand-new
Haugesund Stadium is scheduled to open in January 2016. That's why the club is £12 million in debt. Otherwise, the finances seem OK, with about £3 million in the kitty.