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The Legacy Opportunity: Why Football's Future Depends on Its Past
Football’s most loyal fans aren’t a fading past – they’re a strategic advantage. It’s time clubs started treating them like one.
Jun 6
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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The Legacy Opportunity: Why Football's Future Depends on Its Past
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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.
May 30
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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“It’s like watching a well-executed heist”
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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.
May 23
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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But Can They Do It At Prime Time In Berlin?
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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.
May 16
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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.
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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.
May 9
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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Money Loves Football Culture. But It Hates The People Shaping It.
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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.
May 2
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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
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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.
Apr 25
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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Disenfranchised: Imagine, If You Will, Your Favourite Football Team Leaving Its Hometown
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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.
Apr 18
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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
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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.
Apr 11
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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There is absolutely no excuse
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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
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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He is average. But he is Thomas Müller.
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March 2025
Introducing: Unmodern Football
My editorial vision for this Substack and what to expect
Mar 31
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Misha Verollet-Dahncke
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