The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
A podcast by Lee Wingate and Paul Watson - Wednesdays
63 Episodes
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The Antarctic micronation with a football team, island time in the Coupe de France & the Costa Rican mascot race
Published: 9/20/2023 -
The Indonesian team travelling in a tank, the offside rule loophole discovered in Sweden & the Austrian club president handing out cash
Published: 9/6/2023 -
The Greenlandic Football Championship, Raków's remarkable rise & the Latvian refs breathalysed by police
Published: 8/23/2023 -
Fairytale summer for the Faroes, father v. son battles in the Champions League & a reindeer hunt in Greenland
Published: 8/9/2023 -
Micronesia's first-ever futsal tournament, KÍ Klaksvík's Champions League heroics & the contested fate of two Crimean clubs
Published: 7/26/2023 -
The Island Games in Guernsey, Arctic Circle dominance in Norway & the European qualifying rounds
Published: 7/12/2023 -
San Marino fail to win 130th game in a row, Ildefons Lima sets all-time records & the Children's Hospice win the Vatican treble
Published: 6/28/2023 -
Balotelli's haircut twin spoils promotion party, Mongolian player cycles to Old Trafford & Ruch Chorzów complete the ultimate comeback
Published: 6/14/2023 -
Cups & cults in Liechtenstein, mistimed bus parades in Luxembourg & colossal away days in Kazakhstan
Published: 5/31/2023 -
Match-fixing scandal rocks Belarus, cycling toddler invades pitch in Finland & 49-year-old goalie keeps clean sheet in Faroes
Published: 5/17/2023 -
Former pub team win trophy in Gibraltar, Spanish side lose every game for 11 years & Viktor Orbán-back clubs make waves outside Hungary
Published: 5/3/2023 -
Croatian coach makes players train at 1am, Welsh team releases dinosaur kit design & Chinese boy breaks ball-juggling world record
Published: 4/19/2023 -
Alderney's 103-year wait goes on, a university student represents Gibraltar & Northern Irish village club Loughgall pursue promotion
Published: 4/5/2023 -
Snowball sh*thousery in Norway, strange sideline antics in Italy & a deep dive into Gibraltar
Published: 3/15/2023 -
Sheriff break ground for Moldova, managerial mayhem at Sion & a scandal in Somalia
Published: 3/2/2023 -
Kazu Miura playing in Portugal aged 55, prisoners attend game in Romania & a furniture supplier intervenes in Belgium
Published: 2/16/2023 -
Maccabi Netanya end Israeli trophy drought, a Maltese club president wants to play & the meteoric rise of Cosmos in San Marino
Published: 2/1/2023 -
The Sweeper: Matt Walker's Europe United - October 2021
Published: 10/14/2021 -
The Sweeper - July 2021
Published: 7/23/2021 -
The Sweeper Bonus Episode - Matt Walker's Europe United - June 2021
Published: 6/24/2021
Lee Wingate and Paul Watson explore the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member states – and sometimes beyond. Join us once a fortnight as we round up the global football headlines with a touch of geography, politics, history, culture and food, plus a healthy dose of humour. Listen to our next episode on Wednesday 16 October 2024 or join us for a bonus podcast on Patreon on Wednesday 9 October. Sign up at patreon.com/SweeperPod.