The Assistant Professor of Football Podcast
1) Go West, and Grow up Playing Soccer! How do so many internationals play for American Colleges?
The phrase "go west!" was not coined by the Village People or the Pet Shop Boys, but by Horace Greeley, a famous newspaper editor a long time ago. And seen from Europe, all of the United States is Wes...Show More
2) Salzburg's Actual Soccer Club: The Austria Will Outlast You All - Even Red Bull
This story is a journey to one of the original sins of commercialization in modern global football - the 2005 takeover of Austria Salzburg, a former Austrian champion, UEFA cup finalist and Champions ...Show More
3) Holiday Read-Aloud & Christmas-themed Chants: "Kane and the Christmas Football Adventure" (no, not Harry)
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...Show More
4) "Lost a Bet:" Soccer, Gambling, Addiction - and the Power of Recovery
Thomas Melchior placed his first soccer bet in 2005. He was addicted to gambling for 13 years, and imprisoned for the crimes he committed in his addiction. Now, he stands in front of stadiums on gamed...Show More
5) Soccer History is American History
In the US, the big soccer boom is always supposedly around the corner. The most recent example: right now, in the lead-up to next year's World Cup. But that waiting until the beautiful game is the "nu...Show More
6) 2/2 England's State of Emergency - and Football's: Book Talk with the venerable David Goldblatt
This is PART 2 of a two-part episode. The 1st part aired two weeks ago, and is the most recent on on the Assistant Professor of Football. Please add a like, a comment, a star rating or spread the word...Show More
7) 1/2 England's State of Emergency - and Football's: Book Talk with the venerable David Goldblatt
I was a little starstruck when David Goldblatt showed up on my screen today. His books have done very well for very good reason. You may have read The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of Engl...Show More
8) No More BS: It's Boycotts this time, at West Ham
It's a fall of unrest in East London again. Hammers United, the largest organized fan group at West Ham United, has so far refrained from calling on members of the board or the CEO to resign. Until no...Show More
9) Behind the Scenes on a UEFA Conference League gameday, at Slovenian upstarts NK Celje
Before the Conference League anthem came on in Celje Slovenia, one warm August night this year, today’s guest had a lot of work behind him already while I was was on my way via train, uber and rental ...Show More
Behind the Scenes on a UEFA Conference League gameday, at Slovenian upstarts NK Celje
1:14:16 | Sep 29th, 2025
10) Ivica Osim, Open Wounds (2/2): Live from Sarajevo, and from my own Story
This is Part 2 of an unusual episode, on the move through countries, memories, wounds, war, peace and the beautiful game. Sturm Graz is and was a workers club when I came to the club in the 90s, one y...Show More