Featured games schedule for 2020

JoMa start their defence of their title against IPV on 2nd July 2020
Photograph from Joensuu Facebook (c) Joensuun Maila 2019

 With the season schedule now available I have drawn up a list of the games that will be my “featured games” for review during the season. Whilst I would love to write reviews for all of them, sadly this is not possible. I have tried to be balanced with which teams I review and look at the most meaningful or interesting of the games up and down the league. 

Of course, the post season is different and I intend to follow the same pattern as last year, doing short posts for some games and full reviews for others.

If there are any games you would like me to cover as part of my reviews, please comment or contact me on Twitter.


Date
Home
V
Away
2nd July 2020
Joensuun Maila
-
Imatran Pallo-Veikot
4th July 2020
Kankaanpään Maila
-
Hyvinkään Tahko
7th July 2020
Sotkamon Jymy
-
Vimpelin Veto
10th July 2020
Kempeleen Kiri
-
Pattijoen Urheilijat, Raahe
14th July 2020
Manse PP, Tampere
-
Seinäjoen JymyJussit
16th July 2020
Kiteen Pallo -90
-
Siilinjärven Pesis
21st July 2020
Joensuun Maila
-
Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat
24th July 2020
Vimpelin Veto
-
Pattijoen Urheilijat, Raahe
28th July 2020
Kankaanpään Maila
-
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat
30th July 2020
Joensuun Maila
-
Sotkamon Jymy
5th August 2020
Kankaanpään Maila
-
Manse PP, Tampere
7th August 2020
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat
-
Kempeleen Kiri
11th August 2020
Imatran Pallo-Veikot
-
Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat
13th August 2020
Siilinjärven Pesis
-
Kiteen Pallo -90
18th August 2020
Kempeleen Kiri
-
Seinäjoen JymyJussit
20th August 2020
Hyvinkään Tahko
-
Vimpelin Veto
25th August 2020
Kiteen Pallo -90
-
Joensuun Maila
27th August 2020
Sotkamon Jymy
-
Siilinjärven Pesis
28th August 2020
Kouvolan Pallonlyöjat
-
Manse PP, Tampere
1st September 2020
Pattijoen Urheilijat, Raahe
-
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat

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