Podcast Episodes

A Multi-Club Owner in Conversation: Matt Rizzetta, American Money and Southern Italian Pride

Season 3 Episode 48

I've said something like this before: I believe the means of global soccer production should be controlled by fans, players and the community the club is in, collectively or cooperatively, and not by…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Reformation Day Special: David Kilpatrick's 95 Theses (plus updates from Leeds on Red Bull, and from me on the former Chicago Red Stars)

Season 3 Episode 47

Martin Luther (not the King) nailed 95 protest theses against the Christian church of his day to a church door in Germany on October 31st 1517. And Protestants , properly understood, have been protes…

Published on 1 year ago

Rayo Vallecano and its Neighborhood: An Unusual Spanish Fall Break Destination

Season 3 Episode 46

Today, we are taking a Fall break trip to Vallecas, a working class neighborhood in the Spanish capital Madrid. La Liga - the Spanish first league - holds global appeal chiefly due to its two dominat…

Published on 1 year ago

The Devil Came to Yorkshire: Leeds United and Red Bull

Season 3 Episode 45

The McDonald’s on Elland Road in Leeds, near the stadium of Leeds United, is, apparently, the only McDonald’s there is that has removed any element with the color red. Because Red, that is Manchester…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Emancipation and Migration: Hakoah Vienna, Austria's Jewish Champion 1925

Season 3 Episode 44

In a bit of a parallel episode to Episode 24 ("The Footballer who Defied the Nazis? The Myth of Matthias Sindelar"), this is the story of Hakoach Vienna. A child of central European Jewish emancipati…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Football Utopias: An English-Language Exclusive on Creating Better Footballing Worlds with Alina Schwermer

Season 3 Episode 43

To critique the state of our world, our communities, to critique what is wrong with soccer in late stage capitalism is one thing. It actually isn’t a hard thing. But to dream, think and even plan for…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Iceland to Moldova in 50 Minutes: The Joy, Madness and Method of the UEFA Club Tournaments' Qualifying Rounds

Season 3 Episode 42

Gent in Belgium. Rasgrad in Bulgaria. Mostar in Bosnia. Borås in Sweden. Tiraspol in, well, Moldova. Or Differdange in Luxemburg

If you know where these places are, have some sense of what it looks li…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

"This Is Our Club!" The Summer Wind that Might Become a Fall Storm in England

Season 3 Episode 41

If you follow a club that plays in the English Premier League, you may have gotten wind of it: over the Summer, quite a few clubs increased their season ticket prices, and phased out - or partially p…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Summer Round-Up: Sturm Graz, GAK, Degerfors, 1860, Bayern Munich, Olympique Marseille, FC St. Gallen, Bundesliga Investors, Football Tourism

Season 2 Episode 40

The end of Season 2 of The Assistant Professor of Football is nigh, and we check in with guests from the last year to hear how their club, cause or research have been doing. Here are, in order: 

Peter…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Support Your Local Club! Goshen City FC, and Semi-Professional Soccer in Small-Town America

Season 2 Episode 39

Goshen, Indiana is home to a private college without an American Football team - and, most recently, a semi-professional soccer club that serves as an - albeit unusual - case study for how grassroots…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago