Mats Johansson is out on a bike ride with his son Alexander Velikorov, who is eight years old. He was one of the mascots of the match that held the players in hand in the march of the match last night.
- I told them to win so they would end up in the All Swede, he says.
Are you going to play in Allsvenskan yourself?
- Yes, in nine years. I hope.
Per-Ivar "Pelle" Olsson helps non-profit clean up Strandvallen after all home games. But after just yesterday's game, it becomes extra easy for the pensioners out on the pitch.
- We fix to the pitch where the players have run with their big studs. What we can do to help Mjällby, we gladly do that, he says.
Jörgen Martinsson is the club's former chairman and club director and has followed Mjällby's jumps up and down the series system. Although he is no longer involved in the association, he basically never misses a match.
- I was born MAIF.
He has realized that it was predetermined that things would go well for the club this year.
- We like years ending in nine.
What are you doing in 2029?
- Then we have played in the Swedish for ten years, he says firmly.