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May 2025

“It’s like watching a well-executed heist”
Nouman and Rocko on the joy of football tactics, pressing traps and the beautiful game’s hidden drama.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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But Can They Do It At Prime Time In Berlin?
Ahead of Arminia Bielefeld's first-ever DFB Cup final, I try to make sense of hope, history, and the unfamiliar feeling of success.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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Hamburger SV are back in Bundesliga. But their biggest wins have been off the pitch.
They say the way you treat people says a lot about you. The same is true for football clubs.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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Money Loves Football Culture. But It Hates The People Shaping It.
Three stories show what money really thinks about the folks who built football culture.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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If I Kiss The Head of Fabien Barthez, We’ll Win – And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
Superstition. The one thing we – players, managers, fans – all have in common.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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April 2025

Disenfranchised: Imagine, If You Will, Your Favourite Football Team Leaving Its Hometown
American tradition, European nightmare: when franchises or clubs relocate, cultures clash.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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From the Rock of Gibraltar, to Rock Bottom in Bielefeld, to the Olympiastadion in Berlin: My Football Fan Origin Story
How a lad born on the edge of Europe fell in love with a club no one else wanted.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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There is absolutely no excuse
A shocking, yet unsurprising incident in Germany shines a light on our failure to eliminate misogyny from modern football.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
He is average. But he is Thomas Müller.
It seems the era of Thomas Müller at Bayern is coming to an end this summer. As good a time as any to check out his new documentary, One of a kind.
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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March 2025

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