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The magic of the Coupe de France, Colo Colo’s trip to Easter Island & Spain's Mascot Olympics
With overseas territories from all over the world taking part, the Coupe de France is one of the world’s most intriguing domestic football competitio…
2 years, 3 months ago
Frantic season finales in Scandinavia, the Te Runga Games in Kiribati & the sad story of Raphael Dwamena
The Nordic nations served up tension, drama and excitement in abundance at the weekend as several titles were decided by the narrowest of margins. Th…
2 years, 3 months ago
The KÍ Klaksvík miracle with Daniel Storey, our visit to the Czech team that lost 9-5 & a perfect season in Tonga
KÍ Klaksvík have been the European football story of the season since they became the first club from the Faroe Islands to reach the group stages of …
2 years, 4 months ago
A GOAL FOR SAN MARINO, Thailand’s trip to McDonald's & a YMCA-inspired fairytale in Norway
With another week packed full of international action in Europe, Asia and beyond, plus a selection of splendid club football stories and some superb …
2 years, 4 months ago
An alternative World Cup for FIFA's worst 32 nations, Mozart bashing the Red Bulls with a violin & the enclave derby in Spanish North Africa
The Sweeper crew have been going viral on social media recently. Paul Watson proposed a World Cup for the 32 worst-ranked countries in the world on T…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Antarctic micronation with a football team, island time in the Coupe de France & the Costa Rican mascot race
Sweeper co-hosts Lee Wingate & Paul Watson have (quite literally) gone to the ends of the earth for this episode, Part 1 of which kicks off with a tr…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Indonesian team travelling in a tank, the offside rule loophole discovered in Sweden & the Austrian club president handing out cash
It's time for another episode of The Sweeper with co-hosts Lee Wingate & Paul Watson, who has penned the first chapter of his sequel to the hit book …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Greenlandic Football Championship, Raków's remarkable rise & the Latvian refs breathalysed by police
Located at the intersection of Europe and North America, Greenland boasts the unique selling point of having the shortest season in world football - …
2 years, 6 months ago
Fairytale summer for the Faroes, father v. son battles in the Champions League & a reindeer hunt in Greenland
Who needs the European group stages? It's clearly all about the qualifying rounds - and with a major milestone for the Faroe Islands, notable results…
2 years, 6 months ago
Micronesia's first-ever futsal tournament, KÍ Klaksvík's Champions League heroics & the contested fate of two Crimean clubs
The Sweeper crew have been to Liechtenstein and San Marino in recent months – but the 26,000km round-trip to Micronesia was by far our biggest off-th…
2 years, 7 months ago