Kalle Koskinen: The Iceman

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Peimari United's players will be donning brand new kit designs for the 2021 season, with both home and away jerseys released to the general public. Both jerseys have retained the lion's head over the use of the club's official logo for the season, with the club still holding onto the proud nickname of Paimion Leijonat.

Peimari United signed a one-year extension with Puma, who manufactured the kits on display. Peimari signed with the German company last season and their partnership has since proven to be a major success. The German sports company currently manufactures kits for English giants Manchester City, major German side Borussia Dortmund, as well as a host of top Finnish clubs including FC Honka, HIFK, IFK Mariehamn, KuPS, RoPS, TPS and VPS. Puma has long since been a beloved kit producer for Finnish football, and Puma have taken advantage of a relatively uncompetitive market in a country with a strong economic structure.

Supercell, a Finnish mobile gaming company, signed a one-year extension to be the main, and only, kit sponsors of Peimari United, once again. Supercell are mainly noted for producing hit mobile game Clash of Clans, which has long been one of the most downloaded mobile games in the world. Supercell have been noted for their donations to charity. The employees of the company donated €3.4M to the Finnish New Children's Hospital project during the early stages of the project; the largest donation by any Finnish company employees ever. The founders of Supercell, Mikko Kodisoja and Ilkka Paananen, have also set up non-profit charity organisations which have spent millions for children in Finland.

The two sponsorship deals have earned Peimari United an estimated total of €425,000. This comes as a notable increase of €200,000 from the deals that Peimari United held last term. Any future deal with Puma, or another company, should Peimari United earn European qualification, is expected to be another major increase.

The home kit features an extraordinary design. With a black background, a blue-green ocean colour, and pattern, encompasses much of the lower part of the torso and sleeves. A dark-green line separates the lower and upper sections of the design.

The away kit is hooped in design, with a mix of two different shades of green. The sleeves are embroidered with white stripes to create a diversity in appearance.

Both home and away kit don a lion's head instead of the club's official logo. The lion's head is used as a testament to the club being affectionately known as Paimion Leijonat (The Lions of Paimio) over the past season. The text Paimion Leijonat is written underneath the backs of the collars of both sets of kits.

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Perfect. Just perfect. SJK provided stern opposition in our season-opening qualifier at HakkisPaana. However, Ollila proved to be the difference as he assisted and scored to earn us a much-needed opening day victory. We followed this up with a tense win away to TPS. After twice falling behind, we climbed back and went on to win thanks to a late goal. The manner of the victory was pleasing, with the players showing their stomach to keep fighting.

A pair of 1-0 victories followed, with tight wins coming against VPS and FC Inter Turku. This was then followed up by a routine 2-0 win over RoPS to round off the qualification process with us earning a 100% win record throughout. It was a brilliant opportunity for the players to prove they can perform as full-time footballers, for the first time, and to build up match fitness and on-pitch tactical awareness.

Our perfect record easily put us top of the table. SJK, RoPS and TPS joined us in qualification. However, FC Inter Turku surprisingly missed out on qualification. The last sixteen was due to be played at the end of April. You can find out who we were drawn against in the next update, because I was too lazy to write it in this one.

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Veikkausliiga football threw up an incredible shock on the opening day as reigning champions HJK succumbed to a 3-0 defeat to Peimari United at HakkisPaana in Sauvo. Goals from Kevin Larsson, Riku Sjöroos and Rasmus Nielsen delighted a capacity crowd of 400 as the home fans witnessed their team earn an incredible victory in their first ever Veikkausliiga appearance.

Peimari United were certainly buoyed by back-to-back league titles and promotions and, having won five of five Suomen Cup qualifying fixtures, headed into their clash with HJK on good form and with a very positive morale. The home side were in a positive mood and this was emphasised by their performance on the pitch, as they began to produce their much-famed high pressing style from the very first minute. The Paimion Leijonat played with heart, passion and desire, while their tactical and physical preparation combined with their incredible youthful exuberance to eviscerate HJK's defences.

It took less than ten minutes for the hosts to find the back of the net, and it was teenage sensation Kevin Larsson who scored the opening goal with an incredible finish. Full back Jukka Virtanen had raced into space down the left wing and controlled Oliver Antman's cross-field ball with aplomb. Virtanen fired in a back post cross, which evaded defender Faith Friday Obilar. The ball bounced once before Kevin Larsson wrapped his foot around the ball to send an immaculate half-volley soaring into the goal, grazing the inside of the near post on the way.

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HJK were unable to quench the early storm which they found themselves under and Peimari's attack was running amok in their box. The hosts found a deserved second on the quarter-hour mark through Riku Sjöroos. Midfielder Oliver Antman was at the heart of everything positive for Peimari United, and he picked out Sjöroos unmarked in HJK's penalty box. Sjöroos needed just two touches as he controlled the ball with his first before wrapping a low, pitch-skidding effort into the far corner.

Minutes later, Peimari scored a third. Danish teenage striker Rasmus Nielsen went an entire last season without scoring for Peimari United last term, but found the net with a deft finish. Riku Sjöroos was the creator, as he kept the ball in play following a rebounded shot. Sjöroos stood up Faith Friday Obilar, before producing a clever feint which left Obilar on the deck. Sjöroos' low driven cross was deflected into the far corner by Nielsen, who had been waiting on the six yard box. Game over.

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