The Assistant Professor of Football
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Austrian Prof of U.S. History. A guided tour of European soccer culture and history beyond stars and goals. Common People. https://theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com
An Austrian and an Indian walk into the World Cup… a quick post-final look at what the last weeks have shown us, with @florianederer.bsky.social and Dhruv Kapoor www.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis...
An Austrian and an Indian Walk into the World Cup... - The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
... or: an Economist and a Tactics Nerd on what the last 6 weeks tell us about where the game is going. A spontaneous and incomplete post-final reaction.HELPFUL LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:The recent CNN p...
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Got a random phonecall from CNN. And I told them: "Not every encounter in life is decided with a winner or a loser ... Sometimes there’s a compromise that both sides have to live with.” The whole piece, with Sam Mewis: www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/s...
Why does a ‘draw’ sometimes feel like a win? | CNN
Some of the most thrilling matches in this World Cup have resulted in a 0-0 score. Thanks, Cape Verde!
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I‘m not super invested in the World Cup, but it would be sad to see Doctor Congo go!
„It is also defiance. If Serbs and Croats can display their ethnic symbols, why not us? This younger generation believes in the nation even more than we did.” Excellent close-up of a complicated country from @julianborger.bsky.social here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad
Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity
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Ronaldo. Most annoying story of this World Cup already.
“Lalas is the ranter whose rants never actually say anything, the life of the party at the party no one enjoys attending, the “big personality” who’s always misjudging the size of the room.”
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
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If you are a new listener and wonder where my interest in #Bosnia comes from, and why the country's run to the World Cup is closing the circle of this podcasting season so well, here it is: tinyurl.com/mrxs3mdy
Ivica Osim, Open Wounds (1/2): A Roadcast through Bosnia, and through my own Story - The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Sturm Graz is and was a workers club when I came to the club in the 90s, one year before Ivica Osim arrived. We knew he was a mathematician, soccer player and coach, and he knew workers clubs, from Že...
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#footycon26 at Fulham’s Craven Cottage. Conversation that was good for the mind. And the ambience wasn’t shabby either.
“Players shall not loiter between the ball and their adversary” - beautiful historical offside rule spotted at #footycon26 #footycon View from Craven Cottage’s new stand isn’t bad either.
Hang tight - season 4 roundup with a look back from many of the past years' guests will be out tomorrow - including titles for Thun and finals for Freiburg and Rayo, and the bankruptcy euphoria at 1860 Munich
#1860, regularly a topic on this podcast, serve as another example today about what an investor can do to a club. Not enough money for the license to play third league - declaring bankruptcy and forcing the investor out might be an option to consider.
Matt Ford@matt4d.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔵 Confirmed: TSV 1860 München will not receive a 3. Liga license and will be forcibly relegated to the semi-pro, fourth-tier Bavarian regional league (Regionalliga Bayern) - which includes FC Bayern München II.
I feel very uneasy about this World Cup, despite Austria's participation - and the good memories of 1994. So I talked to historian and filmmaker Tom McCabe about it. Plus: 1994 music. Ace of Base, oh my! ⚽️ > tinyurl.com/2vyduwb9
World Cup 1994: An American Game, Revisited - The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
If you're old enough — what do you remember about the 1994 World Cup?And if you're not, try to picture it. Soccer in the United States before MLS existed. Matches inside the Pontiac Silverdome, a dome...
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“FIFA has turned buying a ticket to the World Cup into a gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly high prices”
Top NJ and NY prosecutors announce investigation of World Cup ticket prices
The attorneys general said they plan to probe “a range of issues that have arisen with FIFA’s ticketing process."
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The attorneys general of New Jersey and New York are investigating FIFA’s 2026 World Cup ticketing practices. The investigation focuses on inflated ticket prices and fans being misled as to what they were buying.
Now they’re 99. And coming to play Goshen City FC! Fort Wayne SC and its story is here:
A 98 Year-Old, Member-Run Soccer Club in America? Meet Fort Wayne S.C. Plus: Eurovision! - The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Fort Wayne is a city of around 260,00 in the very east of the northern half of Indiana. Like many mid-sized midwestern cities, it has been shaped by the industrialization of the late 19th century,&nbs...
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The UK and Austria scored last at the #ESC2026. So you need an Austrian and a Brit to tell you what went down at #Eurovision last Saturday. ⚽️ > tinyurl.com/mtsufpr5 Our family scorecard, btw: Agree, disagree?
Kind of a well-deserved upset. Fun song, meaningless title, new winner! #Eurovision #ESC2026
The Assistant Professor of Football@gollnerphilipp.bsky.social · 3mo agoUnderdogs, spectacular collapses, bloc loyalties, political scores settled through performance? No, it's not soccer this time. It's #Eurovision! Special with 3 guests: two you've heard of before, including @darthsquig.bsky.social - plus my sister! Part 1 is here > tinyurl.com/4pn6mryr
and here's part 2 of our #Eurovision primer - including a quiz on a soccer and #ESC2026 connection ⚽️ > tinyurl.com/3m2xdwte
And another great season for a TAPoF club - Union St. Gillois wins the Belgian cup in a Brussels derby against Anderlecht!
@eu-dk.bsky.social · 3mo agoCup heartbreak for Anderlecht once again as Union St Gilloise triumph in all Brussels final https://www.europesays.com/dk/83364/ For the second time in the space of 12 months, Anderlecht have lost the Belgian Cup final. The…
#Albania with the the Mom reappearing, resurrected and walking on stage… I want to know what the discussion of the Albanian Juri was like when they decided that this will work #eurovision #unitedbymusic #esc
Underdogs, spectacular collapses, bloc loyalties, political scores settled through performance? No, it's not soccer this time. It's #Eurovision! Special with 3 guests: two you've heard of before, including @darthsquig.bsky.social - plus my sister! Part 1 is here > tinyurl.com/4pn6mryr