photo by Helgi Dagur halldórsson
Fanney Rut Guðmundsdóttir is a central midfielder or defender for Sindri in the women’s Third Division, who started their 2025 league campaign with a pair of road trips from Southeast to the capital region. Progress has been steady in recent years for the Höfn-based club, with 2024 seeing a late-season flurry of goals land them at 8th-place in 2.deild, with 6 wins from 18 matching their 2021 total (though from 12 games) for their best finish since 2019 (7 from 12).
This years’ season opener at Smári continued the high-scoring with a 6-1 win in Kópavogur before coming from behind late on to draw with league newcomers KÞ in Laugardalur. Fanney Rut brings us a photo diary covering both games as well as what she got up to in between, as she balances training with studying at Menntaskóli (high school).
Day 1 – Saturday May 3rd
“I started the day watching Haukar – Keflavík.”
“Then I watched another game, Tindastóll – Þróttur.”
“Got some Serrano for dinner.”
Day 2 – Sunday May 4th
“Started game day with toast and unbroken.”
“Met with the team before game.”
“Then some awesome sushi after game.”
Day 3 – Monday May 5th
“School…”
“Little bit to eat after school before practice.”
“Then finishing the day with a good dinner.”
Day 4 – Tuesday May 6th
“Went to practice after school.”
“And ate a burger for dinner.”
Day 5 – Wednesday May 7th
“Went to school.”
“Got some pasta after school and went to the swimming pool.”
Day 6 – Thursday May 8th
“Watched the game again.”
“Studied for exams. And forgot to take a picture of Tindastóll – Breiðablik game which I went to.”
Day 7 – Friday May 9th
“Packed everything to go to Reykjavík for the next game.”
“On the way to Reykjavík.”
“The team all went out to Kringlan to eat dinner together.”
Day 8 – Saturday May 10th
“Getting ready for game.”
“Driving home after a 1-1 draw against KÞ.”
“And then of course a good pizza for dinner.”
All photos and text in quotes are by Fanney Rut Guðmundsdóttir unless otherwise specified. The intro paragraphs were written by Gus Stephens.