The Assistant Professor of Football
@gollnerphilipp.bsky.social
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
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Football and #SportsBettingX - and what to do about that mess.
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⚽️> tinyurl.com/4m4p84mx and anywhere you get podcasts
I mean, bigger clubs have lost in Bodø
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I mean, bigger clubs have lost in Bodø
Back from skiing.
Not in #Salzburg or #Austria - but you can travel there today.
You'll just need to swap the skis for a ball, and trust our alpine guest professor, Stefan Wally.
tinyurl.com/bdfhkprc
Not in #Salzburg or #Austria - but you can travel there today.
You'll just need to swap the skis for a ball, and trust our alpine guest professor, Stefan Wally.
tinyurl.com/bdfhkprc
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Back from skiing.
Not in #Salzburg or #Austria - but you can travel there today.
You'll just need to swap the skis for a ball, and trust our alpine guest professor, Stefan Wally.
tinyurl.com/bdfhkprc
Not in #Salzburg or #Austria - but you can travel there today.
You'll just need to swap the skis for a ball, and trust our alpine guest professor, Stefan Wally.
tinyurl.com/bdfhkprc
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The heads of European FAs are talking about what the hell to do if Trump actually does go after Greenland. A World Cup boycott is a last resort - but it's possible.
Via @nickames82.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Via @nickames82.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Concerned European football chiefs discuss response to Trump over Greenland
European football’s leaders are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s wish to annex Greenland and have held initial discussions about how the sport could respond
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The heads of European FAs are talking about what the hell to do if Trump actually does go after Greenland. A World Cup boycott is a last resort - but it's possible.
Via @nickames82.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Via @nickames82.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The best Christmas-themed stadium chants, a a little holiday read-aloud for the lazy time between the years.
Regular episodes resume January 19th!
theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis...
Regular episodes resume January 19th!
theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis...
Holiday Read-Aloud & Christmas-themed Chants: "Kane and the Christmas Football Adventure" (no, not Harry) - The Assistant Professor of Football: Soccer, Culture, History.
Welcome to the 3rd Advent/Christmas/Holiday episode this year. It’s a read of a children book again, and that book involves a time-traveling boy and his dog. They time travel, through goalposts, to th...
theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The best Christmas-themed stadium chants, a a little holiday read-aloud for the lazy time between the years.
Regular episodes resume January 19th!
theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis...
Regular episodes resume January 19th!
theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis...
Then new #SturmGraz coach, portrayed in the #NYT New York Times this Summer: "I would say that poker and football are both games of incomplete information."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
Maximilian Senft: The poker player turned promotion-winning football manager
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Then new #SturmGraz coach, portrayed in the #NYT New York Times this Summer: "I would say that poker and football are both games of incomplete information."
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
Football and #SportsBettingX - and what to do about that mess.
⚽️> tinyurl.com/4m4p84mx and anywhere you get podcasts
⚽️> tinyurl.com/4m4p84mx and anywhere you get podcasts
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Football and #SportsBettingX - and what to do about that mess.
⚽️> tinyurl.com/4m4p84mx and anywhere you get podcasts
⚽️> tinyurl.com/4m4p84mx and anywhere you get podcasts
3rd try is the charme - final grading and a busy guest means we're finally taking on sports betting and gambling tomorrow.
My apologies for the interruoption of our usual 2-week rhythm!
Holiday surprise episode will follow on the 22nd.
My apologies for the interruoption of our usual 2-week rhythm!
Holiday surprise episode will follow on the 22nd.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
3rd try is the charme - final grading and a busy guest means we're finally taking on sports betting and gambling tomorrow.
My apologies for the interruoption of our usual 2-week rhythm!
Holiday surprise episode will follow on the 22nd.
My apologies for the interruoption of our usual 2-week rhythm!
Holiday surprise episode will follow on the 22nd.
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U.S. entertainment company uses soccer club to give 14 million of state subsidies to U.S. private equity firm. #modernfootball
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private equity group
Club gets boost for development of Racecourse Ground, but move comes months after it received £14m state aid
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
U.S. entertainment company uses soccer club to give 14 million of state subsidies to U.S. private equity firm. #modernfootball
Unfortunately, I have to postpone today's episode of The Assistant Professor of Football to next week. Extraneous circumstances for the Visiting Professor, as they say.
We will talk about betting in soccer - and a personal journey of addiction and recovery.
We will talk about betting in soccer - and a personal journey of addiction and recovery.
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Unfortunately, I have to postpone today's episode of The Assistant Professor of Football to next week. Extraneous circumstances for the Visiting Professor, as they say.
We will talk about betting in soccer - and a personal journey of addiction and recovery.
We will talk about betting in soccer - and a personal journey of addiction and recovery.
In the U.S., the next soccer boom is supposedly always around the corner. But what about the game's history here? From Vermont granite cutters to Hawaiian beaches: Brian Bunk tours with us through the roots of the American game.
tinyurl.com/58mnucwk
tinyurl.com/58mnucwk
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the U.S., the next soccer boom is supposedly always around the corner. But what about the game's history here? From Vermont granite cutters to Hawaiian beaches: Brian Bunk tours with us through the roots of the American game.
tinyurl.com/58mnucwk
tinyurl.com/58mnucwk
Austria or Bosnia, I’d put my hat in the ring for either path’s ticket lottery.
This #FIFAWorldCup will be harder to ignore for me next year… #autbih
This #FIFAWorldCup will be harder to ignore for me next year… #autbih
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Austria or Bosnia, I’d put my hat in the ring for either path’s ticket lottery.
This #FIFAWorldCup will be harder to ignore for me next year… #autbih
This #FIFAWorldCup will be harder to ignore for me next year… #autbih
From the rockstar who brought you "The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer," and the man who brought you Tomáš Souček in The Sound of Music: a 2-part episode you better enjoy! Honored to have David Goldblatt.
Part 1: tinyurl.com/yej6f23d
Part 2: tinyurl.com/nvd7374r
Part 1: tinyurl.com/yej6f23d
Part 2: tinyurl.com/nvd7374r
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
From the rockstar who brought you "The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer," and the man who brought you Tomáš Souček in The Sound of Music: a 2-part episode you better enjoy! Honored to have David Goldblatt.
Part 1: tinyurl.com/yej6f23d
Part 2: tinyurl.com/nvd7374r
Part 1: tinyurl.com/yej6f23d
Part 2: tinyurl.com/nvd7374r
My dad was happy to share his ticket collection from #SturmGraz UEFA Cup run in 1984. It ended against Nottingham #NFFC. We play Forest again today in the #UEL.
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My dad was happy to share his ticket collection from #SturmGraz UEFA Cup run in 1984. It ended against Nottingham #NFFC. We play Forest again today in the #UEL.
The Assistant Professor of Catan approves.
Netflix is developing an unscripted TV series based on the popular game Catan.
October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Assistant Professor of Catan approves.
All I'm prepared to say about this, for now, is that the use of pyro photo illustrations to connote "hooligans" and "riots" is really cheap, disingenuous and Murdoch-level.
And I think @jonathanliew.bsky.social knows football cultures better than this.
And I think @jonathanliew.bsky.social knows football cultures better than this.
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
All I'm prepared to say about this, for now, is that the use of pyro photo illustrations to connote "hooligans" and "riots" is really cheap, disingenuous and Murdoch-level.
And I think @jonathanliew.bsky.social knows football cultures better than this.
And I think @jonathanliew.bsky.social knows football cultures better than this.
Strandvallen, lovely home of the new Swedish champion Mjällby IF.
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Strandvallen, lovely home of the new Swedish champion Mjällby IF.
… and how it is going…
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
… and how it is going…
If you notice the empty seats in West Ham's "soul-less bowl" next home game against Brentford, here is the backstory. #WHUFC #WestHam
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⚽️ > tinyurl.com/yv54wraa and anywhere you get podcasts
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you notice the empty seats in West Ham's "soul-less bowl" next home game against Brentford, here is the backstory. #WHUFC #WestHam
⚽️ > tinyurl.com/yv54wraa and anywhere you get podcasts
⚽️ > tinyurl.com/yv54wraa and anywhere you get podcasts
Mobilization at West Ham #WHUFC again. More in this week’s episode, in a few hours.
West Ham fan group call for boycott of Brentford game over ownership: ‘Our club is going to die’
https://www.eucup.com/1244561/
A West Ham United supporters group has called on the club’s fanbase to boycott the Premier League match against Brentford in October to protest the club’s ownership. A …
https://www.eucup.com/1244561/
A West Ham United supporters group has called on the club’s fanbase to boycott the Premier League match against Brentford in October to protest the club’s ownership. A …
West Ham fan group call for boycott of Brentford game over ownership: ‘Our club is going to die’ - European Football - EUCUP.COM
A West Ham United supporters group has called on the club’s fanbase to boycott the Premier League match against Brentford in October to protest the club’s
www.eucup.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mobilization at West Ham #WHUFC again. More in this week’s episode, in a few hours.
Before the Conference League anthem came on in #Celje in #Slovenia for yesterday's win against AEK Athens, today’s guest had a lot of work behind him already while I was was on my way via train, uber and rental car from Bosnia. #UECL
⚽️> tinyurl.com/3m8zu6jw
⚽️> tinyurl.com/3m8zu6jw
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Before the Conference League anthem came on in #Celje in #Slovenia for yesterday's win against AEK Athens, today’s guest had a lot of work behind him already while I was was on my way via train, uber and rental car from Bosnia. #UECL
⚽️> tinyurl.com/3m8zu6jw
⚽️> tinyurl.com/3m8zu6jw
#SturmGraz with a history lesson of a tifo, referring back to this game:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nC... #STURAN #EuropaLeague
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nC... #STURAN #EuropaLeague
October 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#SturmGraz with a history lesson of a tifo, referring back to this game:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nC... #STURAN #EuropaLeague
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nC... #STURAN #EuropaLeague
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Some more core memories from #zeljeznicar , today’s derby winner and #Sarajevo, before Monday’s episode travels to Slovenia
September 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Some more core memories from #zeljeznicar , today’s derby winner and #Sarajevo, before Monday’s episode travels to Slovenia
The 2nd part of the story on Ivica Osim, #Bosnia and #Sarajevo is out today.
So no better day to watch a frantic Željezničar win at Grbavica against Borac Banja Luka.
The social media people at #sturmgraz apparently thought the same, and were the first ones to congratulate 🖤
So no better day to watch a frantic Željezničar win at Grbavica against Borac Banja Luka.
The social media people at #sturmgraz apparently thought the same, and were the first ones to congratulate 🖤
September 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The 2nd part of the story on Ivica Osim, #Bosnia and #Sarajevo is out today.
So no better day to watch a frantic Željezničar win at Grbavica against Borac Banja Luka.
The social media people at #sturmgraz apparently thought the same, and were the first ones to congratulate 🖤
So no better day to watch a frantic Željezničar win at Grbavica against Borac Banja Luka.
The social media people at #sturmgraz apparently thought the same, and were the first ones to congratulate 🖤