November 10, 1999
Long time no see... But some major changes have been going on, also with Johan. He has signed for Örgryte IS, which will be his third team in Göteborg. Smart done, he won´t have to move, and hopefully he will get the chances he deserves, and will once again get back to the shape that makes him Sweden´s best defender.
 
 

August 24, 1999
According to the IFK-mailinglist, Johan hasn´t signed a new contract with IFK yet. Fears are that he probably won´t do that either... Too bad because he has been playing very good. Hopefully he won´t join AIK after this season, like probably every other good player in the Swedish league will!
 

June 15, 1999
Johan told me and my friend that he will only be suspended for one game, so that's good news. He also said he was really surprised that he got sent off, and that it was a wrong decision. He wasn't happy with it, but he still seemed in a good mood. But he always is... He was taking care of the dog of a friend of his, called Teddy, who was really sweet.
But I noticed the huge black eye when I was at Kamratgården today (see the new pics!), it doesn't look too pleasant! In the newspaper it also said that he had bruises from his armpit down to his thigh from the feet of the same player that caused his black eye, and who also happens to be his very close friend, Christian Lundström.
 

June 14, 1999
I've just come home from the derby IFK - Västra Frölunda, and it was a very emotional game. Frölunda is Johan's former club and I guess it's always a bit different when you play against your friends, but this was really something. Johan got a redcard in the 55th minute, I've seen the pictures on tv twice now and I still don't understand why. Of course, he was furious with the referee and so was I, and with me the rest of the supporters. I've never heard them yell and whistle so loud before! I've never seen a player from my team get a red card before either I have to say, and that it had to be my favourite player was really double as hard to take. IFK did win the game, because Frölunda played even worse than they did, and of course I was very happy. The players were all very relieved and thanked the fans greatly. It was a bit of a bummer for me to see all those happy players doing the wave for us without Johan... I hope that he is okay and won't worry too much. It wasn't his fault, the referee just needs to read the rules again.

So Johan will be suspended the next game, hopefully it will be just one, and that's really not what IFK needs as he is their best defender. One good thing is that we won't have to see Erlingmark up front...
 

May 28, 1999
Johan played for 25 minutes in his first international game for Sweden, and he did really well. The commentators kept saying how much he deserved it after all his bad luck. It was really a great moment here in the appartment when he came in, me and my friend were applauding him and we were so excited :-)
Sweden won 2-1, by the way.
 

May 25, 1999
Johan is definately on a roll at the moment!  Yesterday evening he was called in for the friendly game Sweden plays against Jamaica! Finally people seem to notice how good he is... What else can I say but "I told you so" :-)
Congratiulations Johan! You deserve it!
 
 

May 24, 1999
IFK played a draw for the 400th time against Hammarby (2-2), and Johan scored IFK's second goal. Hammarby equalised in overtime on a undeserved freekick, and it was really frustrating. When will this bad luck end?? But Johan's goalwas at least something to be happy about...
 

April 23, 1999
IFK played 0 - 0 against Djurgården, and Johan was called as something like "man of the match".
 

April 16, 1999
Not real news, but finally Johan is getting the appreciation he deserves: a magazine wrote that he is the best defender in Sweden! "I told you so..."

Oh yeah, and IFK won the quarter final in the Swedish cup against IFK Norrköping with 3-0. Well done boys!
 

April 11, 1999
IFK played Helsingborg IF yesterday in the first Allsvenskan game, and they lost 3-1... The first goal of the season was scored by Erik Wahlstedt who used to play for IFK (and pretty well too...). To make things even more bitter, HIF's second goal came from Johan's foot... I'm not sure if we should call it an own-goal, because the ball just merely touched it, but anyway... Hermansson scored IFK's only goal. IFK didn't play well at all but I hope some strength will come back soon so that this season won't be so bad as the last one!

IFK's next game is next Monday, against Djurgårdens IF here in Göteborg, and I'm going to skip class to watch it!
 

April 8,1999
Finally there is an update here, but not a happy one. In the game again Elfsborg the 4th of April, Johan got injured at halftime. I don't know how bad the injury is, but if I find out I will put it on the page of course.
Also there has been an article about him in last week's issue of Fotbollmagasinet. More about that later...