The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast

A podcast by Lee Wingate and Paul Watson - Wednesdays

Wednesdays

63 Episodes

  1. The Antarctic micronation with a football team, island time in the Coupe de France & the Costa Rican mascot race

    Published: 20/09/2023
  2. The Indonesian team travelling in a tank, the offside rule loophole discovered in Sweden & the Austrian club president handing out cash

    Published: 06/09/2023
  3. The Greenlandic Football Championship, Raków's remarkable rise & the Latvian refs breathalysed by police

    Published: 23/08/2023
  4. Fairytale summer for the Faroes, father v. son battles in the Champions League & a reindeer hunt in Greenland

    Published: 09/08/2023
  5. Micronesia's first-ever futsal tournament, KÍ Klaksvík's Champions League heroics & the contested fate of two Crimean clubs

    Published: 26/07/2023
  6. The Island Games in Guernsey, Arctic Circle dominance in Norway & the European qualifying rounds

    Published: 12/07/2023
  7. 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: 28/06/2023
  8. Balotelli's haircut twin spoils promotion party, Mongolian player cycles to Old Trafford & Ruch Chorzów complete the ultimate comeback

    Published: 14/06/2023
  9. Cups & cults in Liechtenstein, mistimed bus parades in Luxembourg & colossal away days in Kazakhstan

    Published: 31/05/2023
  10. Match-fixing scandal rocks Belarus, cycling toddler invades pitch in Finland & 49-year-old goalie keeps clean sheet in Faroes

    Published: 17/05/2023
  11. Former pub team win trophy in Gibraltar, Spanish side lose every game for 11 years & Viktor Orbán-back clubs make waves outside Hungary

    Published: 03/05/2023
  12. Croatian coach makes players train at 1am, Welsh team releases dinosaur kit design & Chinese boy breaks ball-juggling world record

    Published: 19/04/2023
  13. Alderney's 103-year wait goes on, a university student represents Gibraltar & Northern Irish village club Loughgall pursue promotion

    Published: 05/04/2023
  14. Snowball sh*thousery in Norway, strange sideline antics in Italy & a deep dive into Gibraltar

    Published: 15/03/2023
  15. Sheriff break ground for Moldova, managerial mayhem at Sion & a scandal in Somalia

    Published: 02/03/2023
  16. Kazu Miura playing in Portugal aged 55, prisoners attend game in Romania & a furniture supplier intervenes in Belgium

    Published: 16/02/2023
  17. Maccabi Netanya end Israeli trophy drought, a Maltese club president wants to play & the meteoric rise of Cosmos in San Marino

    Published: 01/02/2023
  18. The Sweeper: Matt Walker's Europe United - October 2021

    Published: 14/10/2021
  19. The Sweeper - July 2021

    Published: 23/07/2021
  20. The Sweeper Bonus Episode - Matt Walker's Europe United - June 2021

    Published: 24/06/2021

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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.

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