Archive - Unmodern Football

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.

Apr 25 •

Misha Verollet-Dahncke

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.

Apr 18 •

Misha Verollet-Dahncke

There is absolutely no excuse

A shocking, yet unsurprising incident in Germany shines a light on our failure to eliminate misogyny from modern football.

Apr 11 •

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.

Apr 4 •

Misha Verollet-Dahncke

March 2025

Introducing: Unmodern Football

My editorial vision for this Substack and what to expect

Mar 31 •

Misha Verollet-Dahncke

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