Sandslåns SK

Sandslåns SK
Full name Sandslåns sportklubb
Nicknames SSK
Sport association football
bandy
ice hockey
Founded 1927 (1927)
Based in Sandslån, Sweden
Ballpark Flottarvallen

Sandslåns SK is a now non-active sports club in Sandslån, Sweden. The club was established in 1927 and was known as the "bandy pride of Ångermanland", also nicknamed Timmerkusarna. In 1950, the bandy team reached the Norrland Championship final.,[1] and lost to Haparandapojkarna. The bandy team played its home games at Flottarvallen.[2]

The bandy team played in the Swedish top division in the 1961[3] and the 1975–1976 seasons.[4] In the 1977–1978 season Anders Wedin, playing for the club, became the Swedish second division topscorer.[5]

The club has even played once in the World Cup.[6]

The soccer team played in the Swedish third division in 1962.[7]

In 1949 the junior soccer team won the district championship.[8]

During the early 1950s the club even ran ice hockey activity for a short time.[9]

References

  1. "Bandyhistoria" (in Swedish). Haparandapojkarna. 20 December 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  2. Nils Johan Tjärnlund (6 July 2010). "Timmerflottning" (in Swedish). Populär historia. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. Jimmy Andersson (1961). "Division 1 norra 1960–61" (in Swedish). Jimbobandy. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. Jimmy Andersson (1976). "Division 1 norra 1975–76" (in Swedish). Jimbobandy. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  5. "Skyttekungar" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  6. "Maratontabellen för World Cup" (in Swedish). World Cup. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
  7. "Division 3 (3rd level) Sweden 1962". Geocities. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  8. "I dag vrider vi tiden tillbaka 60 år: Cupknallen i Kramfors en klassiker" (in Swedish). Fotbolly. 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  9. "Föreningskartan" (in Swedish). Modohjerta. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
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