Best TOB Sports Media Podcasts (2025)

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Greenland’s CONCACAF rejection, Samsunspor’s smurf ultras & Cazorla’s hometown heroics 57:12

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In Part 1, Lee and Paul are joined by Nick Miller of The New York Times & The Athletic to discuss Greenland and the long road to international football. Why was the world’s largest island rejected by CONCACAF? How do you go about setting up an international football team? What unusual ploy did Kosovo put into action to aid their bid for UEFA member…

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Oceania’s champion dentist, Uzbekistan’s curse breakers & Venezuelan border sh*thousery 1:00:39

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click below to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live club and international football from around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Part 1 is all about the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. Will the players of New Zealand outfit Auckland City get time off for the t…

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Extra Time: Austria's Road to the World Cup, Rapid's Road to Europe 16:49

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Tom Middler is back with the lastest Austrian football roundup from Vienna! Ralf Rangnick's Austria set out on the Road to the FIFA World Cup 2026 SK Rapid come through convoluted Euro Play-Off vs LASK Big teams Salzburg and Wacker Innsbruck on the move in the lower leagues Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Croatia’s motorway delivery, Sweden’s fishing village leaders & Al Hilal’s Mauritanian title 51:23

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Welcome to our first-ever video podcast! Let's be honest with you: we're not entirely sure how well this will work first time round. It seems that Spotify is the only podcast platform that allows video podcast uploads. So if you prefer to use Apple Podcasts or another platform but you want to watch it, please head on over to our YouTube channel and…

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Extra Time: Title Won! Sturm go Back-to-Back in the Bundesliga 32:34

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Tom was in Graz, with Lee & Simon in Vienna as three teams fought for the Austrian Bundesliga title on the final day of the football season! Sturm's Mambo No5 despite brave WAC showing Austria tears at trophy-less season Fans' Team of the Season Reviewed How costly is Klagenfurt's relegation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…

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Extra Time: It's a Three-Team Title Race in Austria! 17:35

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The Austrian Football Bundesliga goes down to a three-team title race on the final day! Will Sturm, WAC or Austria end up as the champions? Tom Middler looks over the action from the penultimate round of the Admiral Bundesliga season, as things are set up beautifully ahead of the last round of fixtures! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…

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Riots and donkeys in Belgium, Arctic Circle ticket trades & Northern Ireland’s burger kings 50:38

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click below to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live club and international football from around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper In Part 1, Lee tells Paul all about his travels and experiences in Bruges and Brussels. What did he witness first-hand outside a train station in …

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Extra Time: Rapid Dent Austria Hopes with Derby Win 16:37

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Tom Middler looks over another weekend of Austrian Football Bundesliga action! Rapid win the Vienna Derby to all but end Austria's hopes Sturm & WAC win again, no title for Salzburg Rapid's off-field issues A round up of the relegation & promotion permutations! Article mentioned: https://www.wienerzeitung.at/a/rapid-wien-so-scheiterte-die-modernisi…

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Extra Time: Wolfsberg Win the Cup, Sturm Lead the League 19:02

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Tom Middler rounds up the Austrian Bundesliga and ÖFB Cup football action in this week's Extra Time podcast! Wolfsberger AC win the Austrian Cup European places explained A close look at the tight title-race Upcoming fixtures & transfer rumours Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Avellino's Pope curse, Russia’s fake Zorya Luhansk & Singapore’s Lady Gaga headache 52:15

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Bulgarian club Ludogorets are the starting point in a Europe-focused Part 1. But what continental record have they equalled? And how might the Crazy Forest gang’s story have turned out so differently? Next up is the Vatican. But what is the link between Serie C club Avellino and the Pope? And why have the Swiss Guard withdrawn from the league in th…

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Extra Time: The Best Bundesliga Title Race in Years! 17:54

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Reporter & commentator Tom Middler looks back over a busy week of Austrian Bundesliga football! Crucial games across the table leave the Bundesliga title race wide open. FK Austria Vienna go top of the table WAC within reach of a double? Managerial sackings at Rapid, LASK and Klagenfurt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Extra Time: LASK Axe Schopp, Rapid See Red & Sturm Graz go 5-Clear 10:41

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Tom Middler drops in with an Austrian football news update with all the Bundesliga action from on and off the field! LASK axe Markus Schopp despite wins Klagenfurt's sponsor worth its weight in gold? Sturm go clear at the top as Salzburg beat Austria Vienna Rapid tire after suffering two brutal red cards in 4 days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…

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Holy water in Benin, Greece’s season ticket dog & Ecuador’s indigenous trailblazers 52:49

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click below to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live club and international football from around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Europe and Africa are the focal points in a fan culture-themed Part 1. How did an American tourist on a hop-on, hop-off boat cruise in London get …

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Extra Time: Sturm Take Top Spot, Rapid Win Derby & Women's Title! 9:10

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Tom Middler is here with another weekly Austrian football roundup from Austria! Sturm win away in Salzburg Rapid triumph in the Vienna Derby An away trip to Austria Salzburg SK Rapid win first Women's Football title Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wacker Innsbruck away days, a village cup final & the three-way title race 54:53

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Tom, Simon & Lee get back together at The Long Hall to talk all things Austrian football: - Is Wacker Innsbruck Austria’s best away day? - What is a ‘Zack Zack’ and why should you try it? - How did we groundhop to three countries in one day? - When was the last time the ÖFB-Cup had a first-time winner? - Could Austria Vienna win the three-way title…

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Extra Time: Underdogs Rising in Austria's Cup and Lower Leagues! 10:12

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Tom Middler is back for another weekly dose of Austrian football news in Extra Time: Wins for WAC & Hartberg: A brand new Cup winner guaranteed Great weeks for Wacker Innsbruck & Austria Salzburg in lower leagues Sturm move to the top of the Bundesliga, Red Bull Salzburg close in Alaba counters ÖFB criticism of Ralf Rangnick Hosted on Acast. See ac…

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Footballs in international waters, an Alpine groundhop adventure & Uzbek World Cup dreams 52:25

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In Paul’s absence, Producer Tom joins Lee to talk about their five-a-side football match on the German-Swiss border and their Alpine groundhopping challenge to watch live games in three countries in the space of seven hours – using only public transport! Join Lee and Tom to find out how they almost lost a football in international waters, why they …

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Extra Time: Is Ralf Rangnick's Austria Reign Almost at an End? 9:23

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Tom Middler is back with a brief round-up of Austrian football news: Is Ralf Rangnick nearing his end as Austria boss, after a week of ÖFB fighting talk Brief Bundesliga game reports as Rapid receive a bizarre red card Salzburg paper leaks rumours about an opponent before an upcoming match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information…

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Extra Time: Austria Vienna's Stadium Sale comes Closer to Completion 7:11

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Presenting, The Other Bundesliga: Extra Time! Tom Middler checks-in with a weekly Austrian football update. Austria Vienna sell a prized asset The Bundesliga breaks in two National team miss out on League A promotion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The trillion-dollar Saudi team, Bosnia’s Serbian champions & Bulgaria's memorable minute's silence 59:13

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click below to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live club and international football from around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper In Part 1, the award-winning football journalist and author James Montague joins us in the studio to tell us about Neom Sports Club, the trillion-…

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Are Salzburg Back? Could WAC go all the way? The Matchday 20 Podcast 59:13

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Tom & Lee are joined at The Long Hall by a new pod member, Tom Walsh! We look at Salzburg's resurgence, Sturm's slip-up, assess the goings on in Vienna, Linz and elsewhere around the grounds from the Austrian Bundesliga. Support the Pod: buymeacoffee.com/OtherBundesliga Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Japan’s ultimate bench-warmer, Andorra’s YouTube resurrection & Iceland’s volcano-hit team 48:05

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football from around the world, including the San Marino league and cup: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Send us an email to [email protected] with some information about yourself and your preferences if you want us to handpick you…

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Romania's reality TV race, Australia's motorway trophy & the Marshall Islands' vanishing kit 49:31

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Send us an email to [email protected] with some information about yourself and your preferences if you want us to handpick you a new football team to support. Some brillian…

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Ferencváros' ultras in disguise, HamKam 2’s AI coach & Burkina Faso’s bus-funded leaders 43:12

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Part 1 is all about the final round of Europa League and Champions League action. How have Brest made the play-offs with an inexperienced coach and a shoestring budget? What d…

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Ready for the Restart: The Next 2025 Winter Break Podcast 46:27

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Tom Middler & Anna Konovalova discuss a difficult restart to 2025 for Austria's teams in the UEFA Champions League, Mika Biereth's move to Monaco, and perhaps the best away day in Austrian football! Support the pod: buymeacoffee.com/otherbundesliga Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Ascension Island’s tortoise troubles, Omonia’s fan-paid groceries & Lazio’s live-in falconer 53:04

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There’s an island theme in Part 1. Starting with the return of football to Ascension Island, an isolated outpost in the Atlantic Ocean. It will be the second-most remote place to host football in the world – but what is the first?! Next up is Malta, where the only team in the pyramid from the neighbouring island of Gozo has made a 100% start to the…

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Balzers’ Internet fame, the world’s newest league & The Strongest’s Chocolate Party 50:15

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: ⁠www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper⁠ The Sweeper is back for the first episode of 2025 to round up all the world football headlines from over the Christmas and New Year period. Starting in Europe, where Balzers …

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What's Up With Austria's Top Teams: The Winter Break Podcast 1:15:25

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Tom & Lee are at The Long Hall to look at each of Austria's biggest teams during the long winter break. We pick through a statistical best XI from the season so far, cast an eye over Austria's World Cup 2026 Qualifying group, and find out from @SturminUK what it's been like to follow SK Sturm Graz in a title-winning year! Support the pod: buymeacof…

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Víkingur’s 13-month season, Vitória’s crazy Kazakh away day & a Career We Go quiz 50:06

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Part 1 is all about the drama of the 2024/25 UEFA Conference League. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland and Ireland have their first-ever representatives in a European knockout stage, Portugal’s Vitoria de Guimaraes set a new continental away day record, Omonia’s "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" coach is sacked & the reserves of English giants Chelsea ru…

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Georgia’s bodyguard cup winners, Danish snowball fights & a smuggled skull in Paraguay 46:47

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Gift a Patreon subscription for Christmas: www.patreon.com/SweeperPod/gift Part 1 is all about the biggest domestic cup shocks and upsets across the globe, starting with Spaeri…

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A SAN MARINO PROMOTION, Hispaniola at the Gold Cup & Coupe de France controversy 47:53

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: www.tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper There was only ever going to be one starting point for our international coverage in Part 1: San Marino’s historic promotion to UEFA Nations League C! But how do we think they …

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Balkan groundhopping, River Plate’s potent paint & Como’s war on Monza 45:42

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In Part 1 of this bonus Patreon episode, which we have released in the absence of a fresh podcast on this occasion, the Sweeper team are joined by Tom Middler and Simon Clark – Lee's co-hosts on his other podcast, 'The Other Bundesliga' – to talk about their groundhopping trip to Slovenia & Croatia. Which UEFA Conference League match did they watch…

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Montenegro’s mass collapse, Sweden’s perfect runners-up & Auckland’s A-League debut 44:03

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Click here to buy the November issue of World Soccer: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/world-soccer-magazine In Part 1, the focus is on the club game in the continent The Swe…

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Bhutanese monk ultras, a golden era for micro-states & the Southgate of the Solomons 42:50

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This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper In Part 1, we take a look at one of the world’s most remote footballing outposts with Faraway Football blogger Matthew Eide, who has just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to…

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Assessing the Realism of Rapid's Title Ambitions: The Early Season Report Podcast 52:51

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Tom, Simon & Lee are back at The Long Hall in Vienna to assess the Bundesliga situation after Matchday 9! Are Rapid's title ambitions realistic? What's causing Salzburg's struggles? SK Sturm search for more success! All that and more... Support Other Bundesliga: https://buymeacoffee.com/otherbundesliga Check out our sister pod The Sweeper: https://…

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Switalian adventures, Welsh routes into Europe & the Vatican on tour 46:52

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In Part 1, Lee reflects on his trip to watch high-flying Lugano take on Winterthur in the Swiss Super League. What’s the story behind their collaboration with MLS outfit Chicago Fire? What else has been behind the club’s rise to domestic cup winners and title challengers? And could Switzerland have its first national champion from the Italian-speak…

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Turks & Caicos' 14-year-old goalie, Bolivia's altitude advantage & Argentina's gun-wielding chairman 36:22

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This episode is brought to you in collaboration with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper Part 1 covers the best international window for underdogs in living memory, with San Marino’s first-ever competitive triumph, Anguilla’s first victory since 2010 & American Samoa…

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BONUS POD: SAN MARINO WIN A FOOTBALL MATCH!!! 17:16

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Would you believe it?! San Marino, the worst team in the world by FIFA ranking (210), have ended the longest winless run in international football history (140 games dating back to April 2004) and won a competitive match for the first time in their history! The 'Titani' beat Liechtenstein 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League. Along with other content cre…

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Europe for Larne & TNS, Papua NG's breakaway league & Comoros’ wizard-loving boss 46:12

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Part 1 is devoted to the final round of UEFA club competition qualifying & the upcoming league phase in the three tournaments. We look at the Larne, TNS, RFS & Slovan Bratislava underdog success stories, amazing social media posts involving the Smurfs and Mr. Bean, the changed format of the three club competitions and the computerised draw, plus th…

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Noah’s unique European run, Djibouti’s power plant club & St. Kitts' three-legged final 46:02

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Part 1 is devoted to the UEFA club competition qualifying rounds. There’s penalty pandemonium in Poland and theNetherlands, an amazing achievement for Armenians Noah and a trio of clubs on the verge of becoming the first representatives from Andorra, Northern Ireland & Wales to reach a continental group. There’s also a word for the biggest and shor…

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A Tongan World Cup dream, Greenland’s Disko Island & Olympic sprinter-footballers 44:37

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In Part 1, we bring you all the top stories from around the football world: Maikeli Lomu, an American with Tongan heritage, has sold his pottery studio in Utah and relocated to his ancestral homeland in pursuit of a World Cup dream. The 2024 edition of the Greenlandic Football Championship – the shortest season in world football at one week – is ta…

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A victorious Faroese village, 27th time lucky for La Fiorita & North Korea’s ‘Pariah Derby’ 38:49

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In Part 1, we round up all the latest highlights from the UEFA club competition qualifying rounds. We talk about two villages of under 1,000 people in the Faroes & San Marino that claimed big European wins, the Slovenian keeper that went on a René Higuita-style dribble against Connah’s Quay Nomads of Wales and FC Copenhagen’s upcoming trip to face …

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Pub team's European win, a mystery island coaching job & a Sweeper-sponsored team 36:58

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Part 1 is dedicated to the best part of the European football calendar: the UEFA club competition qualifying rounds. We chat about the Gibraltarian pub team that claimed a win in the Conference League, the victorious Polish and Romanian teams in the Europa League and the part-timers from the Faroe Islands excelling in the Champions League. In Part …

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Rooftop viewings in Vanuatu, Zivzivadze’s house-turned-hotel & an Eritrean on the move 33:28

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Part 1 is dedicated to the overachieving underdogs at the continental competitions taking place this summer: Canada at the Copa América, Vanuatu at the OFC Nations Cup and Georgia at the EUROs. Meanwhile, in Part 2, there is a rare move to a European club for an Eritrean player and an ex-Gibraltar international is jailed for drug dealing. Join us f…

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The UEFA qualifier quiz, the Marshall Islands’ debut & a delayed Cold War friendly 34:04

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With the UEFA club competition qualifying rounds getting under way this week, it’s time for a full Sweeper preview of the action in Part 1 – in the form of a trivia quiz, of course! Join us and play along in our three rounds – Multiple Choice, Odd One Out & The Right Order – as we look ahead to the Champions, Europa & Conference League qualifiers: …

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Gruppensieger! The EURO 2024 Group Stage Review 58:56

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Tom, Lee & Simon look back at the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stages, after Austria sensationally topped a group including France, the Netherlands and Poland. What has Ralf Rangnick done right, and how far can this Austria team go? Check out our thoughts from Germany! Support us: buymeacoffee.com/OtherBundesliga Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for …

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OFC Nations Cup chaos, Saint Helena rescue missions & Malaga’s 5am airport welcome 38:27

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Part 1 kicks off with some stories from around the footballworld. Why were the Solomon Islands locked out of their dressing room at the OFC Nations Cup? How come New Caledonia dramatically pulled out of the tournament? What are the most remote football tournaments in the world in terms of the distance to the closest inhabited land? And which footba…

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Kilts and concerts at EURO 2024, a university upset in Japan & an Icelandic village dream 37:55

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The European Championships are in full swing not only on the pitch but off it too. In Part 1, we pick out three themes from the opening stages of the tournament in Germany that have made us laugh: food wars, culture craziness & online polls/searches. Tune in to find out which country at EURO 2024 has the best national dish, who is empirically speak…

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The EURO 2024 coffee dealer, San Marino’s water slide away day & North Korea’s secret score 43:00

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EURO 2024 is just around the corner and we have put the tournament under the spotlight in typically Sweeper style in Part 1. How did Austria’s Maximilian Entrup go from a third-tier amateur/PE teacher to a place at EURO 2024 in the space of a year? Does Georgia’s Budu Zivzivadze harbour any regrets about choosing football over chess? Who is the onl…

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Quirky football stadia, the Corsica Cup & the Turkmen team that always wins 37:33

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Part 1 contains an international round-up of European minnows inside and outside of UEFA. In which version of football has Gibraltar become a European champion? Why has Corsica recently hosted their counterparts from Sardinia, Sicily & St. Martin? Will we watch San Marino vs. Slovakia from the top of a water slide? And which football stadium stradd…