The Sweeper @SweeperPod

Welcome to The Sweeper, the world football podcast made in association with FIFA+. Watch/listen on Spotify, Apple & YouTube ⬇️ linktr.ee/sweeperpod Joined February 2021

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 National League side Truro City made the longest trip ever for an English league game yesterday when they played Carlisle United. 78 away fans made an 880-mile round trip to see their side lose 3-0. The record will be broken again in October when Truro City go to Gateshead.

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🇬🇱 Greenland's men's national team will take part in the Amateur Nations Cup in Austria in October. The other participants aren't yet confirmed but hosts Austria are expected to play as well as another 2-4 of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

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5 hours ago

🇬🇮 🇳🇨 An interesting friendly between the national teams of British & French overseas territories has been announced for 8 October: Gibraltar will play host to New Caledonia. It is an away trip of 17,500km - across nine time zones - from the Southwest Pacific to Europa Point…

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7 hours ago

🇲🇵 The Northern Mariana Islands played China in 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification yesterday in what is one of the biggest population disparities in world football. Northern Mariana Islands has 44,000 people, China has 1.4 billion. China ran out 10-0 winners.

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8 hours ago

🇪🇸 Ceuta have been stealing the headlines in Spanish football lately, but another exclave club based in continental Africa will start their season today. Located 200km east of their more successful "neighbours", fourth-tier UD Melilla play at the beautiful Estadio Álvarez Claro.

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19 hours ago

🇦🇹 A sink hole opened up on the pitch in Austria’s 2026 World Cup qualifier against Cyprus at the relatively new Raiffeisen Arena in Linz tonight ⬅️ It comes only 3 years after a similar sink hole appeared on the pitch in Vienna at a Nations League game v. Denmark, causing huge…

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🇮🇹🇦🇹 An interesting friendly took place today as Serie B team FC Südtirol - from the German-speaking region of Italy - played against Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol. For geopolitical context, South Tyrol used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire but was ceded to Italy…

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🇬🇧🏝️ Located 40km off the coast of the UK, the Scilly Isles are home to the world’s smallest football league with only two teams: Woolpack Wanderers & Garrison Gunners. They will meet 20 times in the league - plus in several other competitions - this season, with an Old Men v.…

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𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 🇧🇳 Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei Named after Brunei's Sultan, it hosts Malaysia Super League side DPMM - who played in Singapore's top flight until this year. The stadium was opened by a Brunei v Sheffield United friendly in 1983!

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2 days ago

🇱🇸🇿🇦 Lesotho v. South Africa remains the only competitive international football fixture involving a country & another country by which it is entirely surrounded. The world’s only two other enclave countries are San Marino & the Vatican, who have never faced Italy competitively.

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2 days ago

🇮🇸 Iceland, the smallest country by population to ever reach a World Cup, have kicked off their 2026 qualifying campaign with a resounding victory v. Azerbaijan. It is the biggest competitive win the Nordic nation has ever achieved v. an opponent that is not a micro-state.

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2 days ago

Tune in to @SweeperPod for a chance to win the extremely popular and sort after Tuvalu home jersey!

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2 days ago

Tune in to @SweeperPod for a chance to win the extremely popular and sort after Tuvalu home jersey!

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2 days ago

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Located entirely inside the oval of the iconic Happy Valley Racecourse, "The Jungle" is the home of Hong Kong Football Club - one of the oldest clubs in Asia. Just look at the skyline around it!

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2 days ago

🇷🇴 We're really curious to see if he's suspended from announcement duties in their next Conference League game 😅

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2 days ago

🇦🇺🐦‍⬛ A football pitch at the Jerrabomberra Regional Sports Complex in Australia has been shut for a month because a protected native bird has laid an egg on the halfway line. Plover are fiercely protective of their nests and will repeatedly dive at intruders to fend them off!

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2 days ago

👕 NEW GIVEAWAY 👕 Thanks to our friends at @StingzProwear, we're giving away a rare national team shirt - it is, of course, Tuvalu, who will make their return to OFC competition at the Men's Futsal Cup later this month. To find out how to enter, simply tune into our new pod!

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𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 🇵🇹 Based even further west in the Atlantic than the main Azorean island Sao Miguel, Ilha Terceira is home to the stunning Estádio João Paulo II. Though 150km away, the stadium hosted the Santa Clara reserves up for home games until last season.

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2 days ago

🇨🇭🇽🇰 Switzerland host Kosovo today - a clash made spicier by the fact more than 100,000 Kosovan citizens reside in Switzerland. Players of Kosovan descent such as Grant Xhaka play for the Swiss national team, while FC Kosova - a club for migrants - play in the Swiss fourth tier.

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2 days ago

🇸🇲 One year ago today, San Marino won their first-ever competitive game and their first match of any kind in 20 years v. Liechtenstein in the UEFA Nations League. Since then, the world’s lowest-ranked nation have picked up their first away win & gained a promotion to League C.