The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Lee Wingate and Paul Watson
The Sweeper is a world football podcast telling fascinating stories from the global game – from the World Cup and Champions League to the most obscure and overlooked competitions on earth. Hosted by Lee Wingate and Paul Watson, the show covers all 211 FIFA nations and beyond, touching on geopolitics, geography, politics, history, culture, travel and identity. Join us for an ample supply of chaos, cross-border clubs, underdogs, ultras, away days, players with unusual day jobs and football in plac...
Episodes (109)
The death of relegation in Mexico – Plus Racing’s roadside celebrations in Urugu...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
FC Thun's impossible fairytale 2: Road workers, Alpine dips & a football thesis
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Red Bull’s Italian expansion plans – Plus Bursaspor’s Turkish football completio...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Shakhtar Donetsk's imposter club – Plus Heidelberg’s Asian aspirations & Montser...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
FC Thun's impossible fairytale 1: Fires, fans & amateur football
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Bosnia’s poker player at the World Cup – Plus Ceuta coach’s Rome pledge & Nauru’...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Liechtenstein: Europe’s strangest national team – Plus Germany’s drug dealer str...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Eritrea’s dictatorship defection dilemma – Plus Poland’s Belarusian team and Rus...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Iran's possible World Cup withdrawal – Plus the Barca fan at the wrong St. James...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Steaua Bucharest’s European Cup dispute – Plus the Italian coach who sacked hims...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Welcome to The Sweeper Podcast
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
North Korea's top-secret football league – Plus Wrexham's Hollywood owners in Co...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Football at the top of the world – Plus a family feud in El Salvador & a Dutch t...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Brazil’s rainforest rivalry, Myanmar’s unbeatable powerhouse & Bougainville’s pu...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Viktor Orban’s football powerplay, Copa Libertadores expansion & Chinese Super L...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Qarabag’s Champions League heroics, Benfica’s goalkeeper goal & Kazakhstan’s Bor...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
The Finnish Cup: Round 0, incredible club names & an unusual trophy twin
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Luxembourg’s stadium-building president, double Dutch cup trophies & Olympic Cha...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Oceania’s first pro competition, the ex-Bundesliga burger flipper & Mali’s AFCON...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
India’s Super League crisis, the utterly mental Polish Ekstraklasa & Christmas I...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Quebec's Athletic Bilbao, Guadeloupe's 4-point per win rule & Norway's naked cup...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Curacao & Haiti's World Cup heroics, Thun’s Swiss title tilt & Argentina’s inven...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Coquimbo Unido's treasured title, Mirassol's organic rise & the OFC Pro League s...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Latvia: The Baltic League grand plan, vanishing champions & a final between frie...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Sweden’s Mjällby miracle, Lithuania’s warm welcome & Ireland’s marathon helicopt...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Cape Verde: World Cup qualification, the LinkedIn footballer & donkey deliveries
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
OUR GREENLAND ASSIST, San Marino's "pizza bakers" & Paks' power-plant ultras
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Slovakia’s belated EURO triumph, Montserrat’s challenge to India & Crotone’s maf...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Austria's football-sized sinkholes, Kosovo’s UEFA challenges & Bolivia's altitud...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Kairat's Champions League heroics, Malta's European debutants & the 2026 OFC Pro...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Tiny Mjällby's fairytale season, Belgium’s barmy border club & chaos in the Cari...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
The Øresund Bridge derby, haircut breaks in Nuuk & Colombia’s calendar footballe...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Summer break & thank-you note!
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
The birth of Rayo Vaticano, Tromsø’s 'Midnight Match' & China’s AI-robot tournam...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Greenland left out in the cold, Samsunspor’s smurf ultras & Cazorla’s hometown h...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Oceania’s champion dentist, Uzbekistan’s curse breakers & Venezuelan border sh*t...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Croatia’s motorway delivery, Sweden’s fishing village leaders & Al Hilal’s Mauri...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Riots and donkeys in Belgium, Arctic Circle ticket trades & Northern Ireland’s b...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Avellino's Pope curse, Russia’s fake Zorya Luhansk & Singapore’s Lady Gaga heada...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Holy water in Benin, Greece’s season ticket dog & Ecuador’s indigenous trailblaz...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Footballs in international waters, an Alpine groundhop adventure & Uzbek World C...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
The trillion-dollar Saudi team, Bosnia’s Serbian champions & Bulgaria's memorabl...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Japan’s ultimate bench-warmer, Andorra’s YouTube resurrection & Iceland’s volcan...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Romania's reality TV race, Australia's motorway trophy & the Marshall Islands' v...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Ferencváros' ultras in disguise, HamKam 2’s AI coach & Burkina Faso’s bus-funded...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Ascension Island’s tortoise troubles, Omonia’s fan-paid groceries & Lazio’s live...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Balzers’ Internet fame, the world’s newest league & The Strongest’s Chocolate Pa...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Víkingur’s 13-month season, Vitória’s crazy Kazakh away day & a Career We Go qui...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Georgia’s bodyguard cup winners, Danish snowball fights & a smuggled skull in Pa...
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
A SAN MARINO PROMOTION, Hispaniola at the Gold Cup & Coupe de France controversy
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast