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5th June 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Torslanda
Rådavallen

A blinder by goalkeeper Henrik Bergman was not enough to stop Mellerud from extending their run at the top of the Second Division. The 21-year-old goalkeeper registered ten saves before finally conceding a goal to Alex Mabäcker Johansson in the 67th minute. He continued to impress in net against the tide of pressure against his goal. Unfortunately, Mellerud bagged a second on 88 minutes. Substitute Eddy Lopez scored his first goal for the club after a perfect pass from Johansson.

Mellerud 2-0 Torslanda
Mel: Johansson (8) 67; Lopez (1) 88
Attendance: 671

Other Results (3/6/2004):
Gunnilse 3-2 Jonsered
Gun: Kenstanlis (1,2) 12, 46; Kuzev (3) 38
Jon: Sarrefzadeh (2) 67; Johansson (2) 90
Attendance: 2148

Sandared 3-0 Tord
San: Olsson (1) 27; Gillberg (3,4) 44, 86
Attendance: 1565

Varbergs BOIS 0-2 FC Trollhättan
FCT: Fahler (1) 4; Westman (1) 87
Attendance: 1517

5/6/2004

Mariedal 3-1 Skärhamn
Mar: Spahic (1) 18; Rotting (2,3) 55, 60
Skä: Prochazka (2) 65
Attendance: 1794

Tidaholms GoIF 2-1 GAIS
Tid: Kaya (2) 28; Bergström (4) 76
GAIS: Svensson (1) 90
Attendance: 2911

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (5/6/2004):
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 7 6 1 0 23 3 +20 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 7 5 2 0 16 2 +14 17 3rd Gunnilse 7 5 1 1 11 7 +4 16 4th Torslanda 7 3 1 3 11 9 +2 10 5th Sandared 7 3 1 3 9 14 -5 10 6th Tord 7 3 0 4 11 10 +1 9 7th FC Trollhättan 7 2 3 2 7 14 -7 9 8th Skärhamn 7 2 2 3 12 12 0 8 9th GAIS 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Varbergs BOIS 7 1 2 4 5 12 -7 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Mariedal 7 1 2 4 6 17 -11 5 12th Jonsered 7 1 1 5 9 16 -7 4 </pre>

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10th June 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Skärhamn v. Mellerud
Röavallen, Skärhamn

Mellerud were finally able to put some space between themselves and their promotion rivals with a solid 3-0 victory at Röavallen. Fredrik Andersson put the visitors in front on three minutes, when he followed up on a rebound from an Eric Ohlsson shot.

Mellerud struck again through David Lundström minutes before halftime. Lundström struck a powerful shot just under the crossbar from 20 yards to make it 2-0. The third goal came from a familiar name as Alex Mabäcker Johansson took a pass from Lundström and buried it past Marcus Sahlman in the Skärhamn net.

Skärhamn 0-3 Mellerud
Mel: Andersson (7) 3; Lundström (5) 43; Johansson (9) 83
Attendance: 1756

Other Results:
FC Trollhättan 3-0 Sandared
FCT: Kristoffersson (3) 17; Ståhl (1) 59; Andersson (2) 75
Attendance: 1854

GAIS 1-0 Gunnilse
GAIS: Elmander (2) pen 35
Attendance: 3254

Jonsered 4-1 Mariedal
Jon: Lubian (3,4,5) 45, 52, 69; Hebib (1) 84
Mar: Hedihn (1) pen 61
Attendance: 1524

Tord 2-1 Tidaholms GoIF
Tor: Hamfeldt (3) 18; Wandeby (4) 64
Tid: Wiklund (1) 67
Attendance: 1278

Torslanda 3-0 Varbergs BOIS
Tors: Baaz (3,4) 35, 65; Andersson (1) 90
Attendance: 1685

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (10/6/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 8 7 1 0 26 3 +23 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 8 5 2 1 17 4 +13 17 3rd Gunnilse 8 5 1 2 11 8 +3 16 4th Torslanda 8 4 1 3 14 9 +5 13 5th Tord 8 4 0 4 13 11 +2 12 6th FC Trollhättan 8 3 3 2 10 14 -4 12 7th Sandared 8 3 1 4 9 17 -8 10 8th Skärhamn 8 2 2 4 12 15 -3 8 9th GAIS 8 2 2 4 7 10 -3 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Jonsered 8 2 1 5 13 17 -4 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Varbergs BOIS 8 1 2 5 5 15 -10 5 12th Mariedal 8 1 2 5 7 21 -14 5 </pre>

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17th June 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Mariedal
Rådavallen

Bottom side Mariedal were put to the sword by a ruthless Mellerud at rain-soaked Rådavallen. The 8-0 scoreline was not truly symbolic of how badly Mariedal were beaten. Two goals each from Fredrik Andersson and David Lundström, and the remaining goals from Daniel Barac, Henrik Olsson, Ninos Thöre and Alex Mabäcker Johansson proved to the rest of the league that Mellerud could score from all over the park.

Mellerud 8-0 Mariedal
Mel: Andersson (8,9) 14, 49; Lundström (6,7) 20, 30; Barac (2) 25; Olsson (1) 39; Thöre (2) 42; Johansson (10) 77
Attendance: 671

Other Results (17/6/2004):

GAIS 2-0 FC Trollhättan
GAIS: Gravem (4) 25; Elmander (3) 50
Attendance: 1625

Sandared 2-2 Jonsered
San: Einarsson (2) 87; Gillberg (5) 90
Jon: Susak (4) 65; Lubian (6) 90
Attendance: 1720

Tidaholms GoIF 5-1 Skärhamn
Tid: Torstensson (4,5,6) 13, 45, 83; Nyman (4) 48; Fogelbergh (2) 89
Skä: Löfgren (9) 27
Attendance: 2003

Tord 1-2 Torslanda
Tord: Nilsson (3) 28
Tor: Rashid (1,2) 31, 86
Attendance: 1313

Varbergs BOIS 4-2 Gunnilse
Var: Jusufi (2,3) pen 48, 71; Skogsvard (1,2) 83, 89
Gun: Kuzev (4) 32; Holster (3) 61
Attendance: 1528

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (17/6/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 9 8 1 0 34 3 +31 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 9 6 2 1 22 5 +17 20 3rd Torslanda 9 5 1 3 16 10 +6 16 4th Gunnilse 9 5 1 3 13 12 +1 16 5th Tord 9 4 0 5 14 13 +1 12 6th FC Trollhättan 9 3 3 3 10 16 -6 12 7th GAIS 9 3 2 4 9 10 -1 11 8th Sandared 9 3 2 4 11 19 -8 11 9th Jonsered 9 2 2 5 15 19 -4 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Skärhamn 9 2 2 5 13 20 -7 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Varbergs BOIS 9 2 2 5 9 17 -8 8 12th Mariedal 9 1 2 6 7 29 -22 5 </pre>

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24th June 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Jonsered
Rådavallen

Mellerud destroyed another side at Rådavallen with a 6-0 victory over Jonsered. It was fairly obvious that it was going to be a good day for them on 7 minutes. Daniel Barac's ambitious shot through traffic took a bizarre deflection off of defender Athit E Andersson for the opener.

Fifteen minutes later, Fredrik Andersson scored a superb goal as he blasted a shot past Magnus Andersson to make it 2-0. David Lundstrom made it 3-0 after the hour mark with a shot from 30 yards that went in off of the post. Alex Mabäcker put his name on the scoresheet with a solo run on goal.

The 4-0 halftime scoreline did not mean the end of the onslaught for Jonsered. Four minutes after the break, Andersson picked up his second with an excellent header from a Barac cross. Jon Bergenholtz finished the scoring with a shot from 25 yards that really should have been stopped, but it was that kind of day for Jonsered.

Mellerud 6-0 Jonsered
Mel: Barac (3) 7; Andersson (10,11) 22, 49; Lundström (8) 31; Johansson (11) 39; Bergenholtz (2) 56
Attendance: 652

Other Results:

Mariedal 2-1 Gunnilse
Mar: Sebastian (1) 54; Sülla (1) 77
Gun: Kuzev (5) 49
Attendance: 1524

Sandared 1-1 Torslanda
San: Andersson (1) 60
Tor: Karlsson (1) 67
Attendance: 1732

Tidaholms GoIF 1-2 FC Trollhättan
Tid: Nyman (5) 42
FCT: Westman (2) 34; Andersson (3) 80
Attendance: 1838

Tord 1-1 GAIS
Tord: Lindholm (2) 6
GAIS: Gravem (5) 18
Attendance: 1324

Varbergs BOIS 1-2 Skärhamn
Var: Dincer (2) 35
Skä: Löfgren (10) 23; Lundin (1) 83
Attendance: 2310

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (24/6/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 10 9 1 0 40 3 +37 28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 10 6 2 2 23 7 +16 20 3rd Torslanda 10 5 2 3 17 11 +6 17 4th Gunnilse 10 5 1 4 14 14 0 16 5th FC Trollhättan 10 4 3 3 12 17 -5 15 6th Tord 10 4 1 5 15 14 +1 13 7th GAIS 10 3 3 4 10 11 -1 12 8th Sandared 10 3 3 4 12 20 -8 12 9th Skärhamn 10 3 2 5 15 21 -6 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Varbergs BOIS 10 2 2 6 10 19 -9 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Jonsered 10 2 2 6 15 25 -10 8 12th Mariedal 10 2 2 6 9 30 -21 8 </pre>

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30th June 2004 - Swedish Cup 4th Round
GIF Sundsvall v. Mellerud
Idrottsparken, Sundsvall

Mellerud's incredible run of form was finally halted by the brilliance of Fredrik Sundfors and Jonas Wallerstedt. The Allsvenskan side controlled play early as they went close on three occasions in the first half, only to be stopped by Mellerud's young goalkeeper Marcus Sahlman. With both sides defending well, it remained scoreless going into halftime.

It was Wallerstedt who changed to flow of the match with an excellent goal on 58 minutes. Mellerud defender Mattias Henriksson missed a ball that was lofted in by Karl Ståhl, and Wallerstedt struck a powerful effort into the corner of the net on the volley. The tide turned against the hosts at that point as they lost control of the match.

Fredrik Andersson was the first to come close on 67 minutes, but he was denied by Sundfors. Mellerud continued to press and they had their final opportunity in injury time. Substitute Eddy Lopez should have scored after getting one-on-one with the keeper, but Sundfors made what had to be the save of the season to keep him out.

GIF Sundsvall 1-0 Mellerud
GIF: Wallerstedt 58
Attendance: 1536

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With the transfer window now open, there wasn't as much activity as Lidström thought there was going to be. There were several sides looking to acquire backup goalkeeper Harry Hyvärinen on a free transfer. Also, Gunnilse made an audacious bid of £30k for Alex Mabäcker Johansson, which quite frankly, was an absolute joke for a player with his talents. Gunnilse was going to regret underrating a player of his talents so heavily.

Elsewhere, Euro 2004 was coming to a close with Holland taking on shock finalists Croatia in the final. Sweden disappointed at the tournament as they bowed out with a single point in three group matches. They were simply victims of a tough draw that had them play Italy, England and France.

3rd July 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Gunnilse v. Mellerud
Hjällbovallen, Gothenberg

Gunnilse were the collective deer in Mellerud's headlights on a wet day in Gothenberg. The win now moves Mellerud ten points clear at the top of the table at the halfway point of the campaign.

Alex Mabäcker got things started with a fine hat-trick in the first 17 minutes. Johansson scored his first on 54 seconds after splitting two defenders and firing an unstoppable shot into the bottom right corner of the goal. The second came on the quarter hour mark when he and Eddy Lopez went in on the goalkeeper alone. Johansson made a mockery of the defence with his third goal. He took a pass from Daniel Barac at the halfway line and never looked back.

Lopez took control of the match on his own late in the first half and the early part of the second. His first goal came in the 41st minute, when he headed home from a corner delivered by Mattias Henriksson. His second came three minutes later when he deftly cut back against two defenders and put it past the keeper. Incredibly he scored just one minute later as he beat two defenders to a ball sent in by Joel Karlsson and beat the keeper with a shot that went in off of the post. Lopez picked up a fourth early in the second half when he beat Thomas Perstedt, who was caught out by Jon Bergenholtz.

Gunnilse 0-7 Mellerud
Mel: Johansson (12,13,14) 1, 15, 17; Lopez (2,3,4,5) 41, 44, 45, 48
Attendance: 1810

Other Results (1/7/2004):

FC Trollhättan 0-0 Tord
Attendance: 1751

Jonsered 1-0 Varbergs BOIS
Jon: Susak (5) 89
Attendance: 1540

Skärhamn 1-0 Sandared
Skä: Haraldsson (1) 68
Attendance: 1797

Torslanda 1-1 Tidaholms GoIF
Tor: Baaz (5) 31
Tid: Nyman (6) 63
Attendance: 1738

3/7/2004

GAIS 2-0 Mariedal
GAIS: Ehiorobo (1) 23; Gravem (6) 28
Attendance: 1611

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (3/7/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 11 10 1 0 47 3 +44 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 11 6 3 2 24 8 +16 21 3rd Torslanda 11 5 3 3 18 12 +6 18 4th FC Trollhättan 11 4 4 3 12 17 -5 16 5th Gunnilse 11 5 1 5 14 21 -7 16 6th GAIS 11 4 3 4 12 11 +1 15 7th Tord 11 4 2 5 15 14 +1 14 8th Skärhamn 11 4 2 5 16 21 -5 14 9th Sandared 11 3 3 5 12 21 -9 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Jonsered 11 3 2 6 16 25 -9 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Varbergs BOIS 11 2 2 7 10 20 -10 8 12th Mariedal 11 2 2 7 9 32 -23 8 </pre>

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8th July 2004 - Swedish Second Division
GAIS v. Mellerud
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenberg

Looking mortal for the first time in months in the league, Mellerud were held to only their second draw of the season by a determined GAIS side. Mellerud did open the scoring again with a 35 yard cracker from David Lundström that hit the post as it went in.

The hosts did not collapse like a deck of cards like so many opponents Mellerud have faced this season. Patrik Elmander seized an opportunity presented to him by poor defending and equalised with his fourth goal of the season. The remainder of the match saw both sides struggle with attacking opportunities and a draw was inevitable.

GAIS 1-1 Mellerud
GAIS: Elmander (4) 38
Mel: Lundström (9) 34
Attendance: 1946

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 2-1 Torslanda
FCT: Ståhl (2) pen 8; Andersson (4) 89
Tor: Rashid (3) 30
Attendance: 1659

Sandared 1-1 Gunnilse
San: Gillberg (6) pen 82
Gun: Andersson og 30
Attendance: 1716

Tidaholms GoIF 3-1 Jonsered
Tid: Fogelbergh (3) 44; Bergström (5) 62; Nyman (7) 66
Jon: Susak (6) 75
Attendance: 1545

Tord 3-1 Skärhamn
Tord: Lindholm (3) 36; Ibrahim (1) 71; Åstedt (1) 78
Skä: Löfgren (11) pen 90
Attendance: 1467

Varbergs BOIS 0-2 Mariedal
Mar: Sebastian (2) pen 74; Schotte (1) 83
Attendance: 1540

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (8/7/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 12 10 2 0 48 4 +44 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 12 7 3 2 27 9 +18 24 3rd FC Trollhättan 12 5 4 3 14 18 -4 19 4th Torslanda 12 5 3 4 19 14 +5 18 5th Tord 12 5 2 5 18 15 +3 17 6th Gunnilse 12 5 2 5 15 22 -7 17 7th GAIS 12 4 4 4 13 12 +1 16 8th Skärhamn 12 4 2 6 17 24 -7 14 9th Sandared 12 3 4 5 13 22 -9 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Jonsered 12 3 2 7 17 28 -11 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Mariedal 12 3 2 7 11 32 -21 11 12th Varbergs BOIS 12 2 2 8 10 22 -12 8 </pre>

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I did lose in the cup two matches ago. Strangely I have been getting Diablo-esque results playing the default 4-4-2, except for the draw at GAIS. Hopefully I can keep this run of form up through the league season and through the promotion playoff

15th July 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Mellerud v. Varbergs BOIS
Rådavallen

Mellerud returned to their previous winning ways with an emphatic 8-0 destruction of bottom side Varbergs. Fredrik Andersson put the hosts in front with a header on 15 minutes. Alex Mabäcker Johansson made it 2-0 with a goal on 43 minutes. On the stroke of halftime, it was a three goal lead as Jonathan Lundevall headed it into his own net.

The second half was an exhibition in goal scoring as both Andersson and Johansson added second goals. In addition, Eddy Lopez struck a hat-trick coming off of the bench to further embarrass the visitors.

Mellerud 8-0 Varbergs BOIS
Mel: Andersson (12,13) 15, 54; Johansson (15,16) 43, 51; Lundevall og 45; Lopez (6,7,8) 56, 60, 80
Attendance: 671

Other Results:

Gunnilse 1-3 Tidaholms GoIF
Gun: Henriksson (2) 31
Tid: Gustafsson (1) 15; Bergström (6) 55; Nyman (8) 90
Attendance: 1567

Jonsered 3-1 Tord
Jon: Björklund (1) 32; Johansson (3) 36; Ask (1) 54
Tord: Ibrahim (2) 79
Attendance: 1565

Mariedal 0-0 Sandared
Attendance: 1995

Skärhamn 1-0 FC Trollhättan
Skä: Prochazka (3) 18
Attendance: 1985

Torslanda 2-1 GAIS
Tor: Rashid (4) 14; Haglund (1) pen 41
GAIS: Chmaj (1) 31
Attendance: 1979

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (15/7/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 13 11 2 0 56 4 +52 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 13 8 3 2 30 10 +20 27 3rd Torslanda 13 6 3 4 21 15 +6 21 4th FC Trollhättan 13 5 4 4 14 19 -5 19 5th Tord 13 5 2 6 19 18 +1 17 6th Skärhamn 13 5 2 6 18 24 -6 17 7th Gunnilse 13 5 2 6 16 25 -9 17 8th GAIS 13 4 4 5 14 14 0 16 9th Jonsered 13 4 2 7 20 29 -9 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th Sandared 13 3 5 5 13 22 -9 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11th Mariedal 13 3 3 7 11 32 -21 12 12th Varbergs BOIS 13 2 2 9 10 30 -20 8 </pre>

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22nd July 2004 - Swedish Second Division
Sandared v. Mellerud
Sandevi, Borås

Mellerud continued their march toward the league title with a 2-0 victory over Sandared. Mellerud lacked their recent attacking flair, but took advantage of their only two goalscoring chances of the game.

The dominant figure of the match was midfielder Jon Bergenholtz. He opened the scoring on 42 minutes with an absolute bullet of a shot that was never going to be stopped. Five minutes into the second half, he sent in the cross that was met by the head of Fredrik Andersson that made it 2-0.

Sandared 0-2 Mellerud
Mel: Bergenholtz (2) 42; Andersson (13) 50
Attendance: 1529

Other Results:

FC Trollhättan 2-1 Jonsered
FCT: Westman (3) 22; Johansson (1) 31
Jon: Fares (1) 4
Attendance: 1656

GAIS 1-0 Varbergs BOIS
GAIS: Svensson (2) 85
Attendance: 1636

Tidaholms GoIF 5-1 Mariedal
Tid: Wiklund (2,3) 9, 88; Nyman (9) 20; Jovic (3,4) 53, 75
Mar: Rotting (4) 23
Attendance: 1525

Tord 4-0 Gunnilse
Tord: Åstedt (2) 30; Nymoen (1) 53; Abrahamsson (1) 75; Nöjd (1) 88
Attendance: 1293

Torslanda 2-1 Skärhamn
Tor: Andersson (2) 9; Haglund (2) 13
Skä: Milicevic (1) 67
Attendance: 1779

Swedish Second Division Västra Götaland (22/7/2004)
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Pos Inf Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts 1st Mellerud 14 12 2 0 58 4 +54 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Tidaholms GoIF 14 9 3 2 35 11 +24 30 3rd Torslanda 14 7 3 4 23 16 +7 24 4th FC Trollhättan 14 6 4 4 16 20 -4 22 5th Tord 14 6 2 6 23 18 +5 20 6th GAIS 14 5 4 5 15 14 +1 19 7th Skärhamn 14 5 2 7 19 26 -7 17 8th Gunnilse 14 5 2 7 16 29 -13 17 9th Jonsered 14 4 2 8 21 31 -10 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th Sandared 14 3 5 6 13 24 -11 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th Mariedal 14 3 3 8 12 37 -25 12 12th Varbergs BOIS 14 2 2 10 10 31 -21 8 </pre>