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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 19h

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein is currently the only UEFA member without its own league. It would need an eighth club to form one (though whether it would want to is another matter). Here are three options... THREAD 🧵

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 22h

🇵🇹 Almost all football fans in Portugal support only three clubs: 🔴 Benfica (46%) 🔵 Porto (24.7%) 🟢 Sporting (23.8%) Why? THREAD 🧵

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 📅 Club football in the international window 📅 ❌ The countries without a league 🇱🇮🇵🇰 📰 The countries not on scores apps 🇰🇵🇪🇷 🇪🇺 European leagues with fixtures 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌎 Worldwide leagues with fixtures 🇨🇦🇰🇷 📊 Highest-ranked leagues with fixtures 🇦🇷🇲🇽

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌍 FIFA has 211 members. Only four do not have their own domestic league at present: 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇵🇰 Pakistan Why? THREAD 🧵

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎙️ NEW BONUS PODCAST 🎙️ 🪟 Highlights from the international window 🪟 🇨🇰 Cook Islands: First home game in 28 years! 🇵🇭 Philippines: Asian Games curse finally over 🇲🇬 Madagascar keeper dropped for interview 🇰🇼 Salisbury FC: Sixth-tier side off to Kuwait Sign up at patreon.com/sweeperpod 🤩

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UEFA Nations League 🏟️ 🇦🇹 Austria 3-1 Kosovo 🇽🇰

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🇽🇰 Really excited at the first opportunity to watch Kosovo, FIFA’s joint-newest member country (joined at the same FIFA Congress as Gibraltar on 13 May 2016), live in action - against Austria in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadion!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🌍 Global round-up 🌍 🇰🇷 Korean military club's last K-League hurrah 🪖 🇹🇭 Andros Townsend's bizarre Thai accident 🏥 🇺🇾 Uruguay's first Copa Sudamericana winner? 🏆 🇮🇸 Icelandic referee on a wild goose chase 🪿 🇷🇴 Romania's black card for abusive parents ⬛️

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏟️ Our next match: 🇦🇹 Austria vs. Kosovo 🇽🇰 at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna 🔜 Which games are you heading to during the international window? 🪟 Comment “app” and we’ll send a free download link for @FutbologyApp straight to your inbox via DM. #ad

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🇵🇹 Portugal's 'Big Three' dominance 🇵🇹 🏆 Benfica, Sporting & Porto: Success & support 🌍 The role of Portugal's history & geography ❓ Potential challengers to the triopoly 💫 European victory for second-tier Torreense 👕 Triple shirt giveaway with Golaço Kits

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🎙️ NEW BONUS PODCAST 🎙️ 🌍A journey through Central & Eastern Europe 🌍 🇲🇩 Real Madrid's 12th man...in a Moldovan village 🤝 Real Sireți's partnership with Sevilla 🇭🇺 The third-tier Hungarians unbeaten in 2026 🇭🇷 The feeder club that altered Croatia's title race 🇬🇪 The promoted team top of Georgia's league

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🆕 After months of work, our new website is finally finished! It contains a full archive of our podcast episodes and guest appearances, social media feeds, photos from our travels and more besides. You can check it out at sweeperpod.com

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🇵🇹 Portuguese second-tier team Torreense, whose Taça de Portugal win earned them a Europa League spot, have beaten Norwegian side Lillestrøm away on their continental debut!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🌍 Global round-up 🌍 🇺🇬 The keeper who refused Ugandan throne 👑 🇧🇳 Brunei's royal footballer in Thailand 🇹🇭 🇩🇲 Dominica's social media goalie hunt 📱 🇻🇺 Vanuatu's first-ever pro football match ⚽️ 🇳🇴 Strømmen's Arctic Circle avoidance 🥶 Watch or listen on Spotify, Apple or YouTube! 🤩

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🇵🇹 Second-division Portuguese team Torreense will kick off their debut continental campaign when they face Lillestrøm in the opening round of the Europa League league phase this evening.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🆕 The Sweeper 🤝 Futbology Yorke and Cole, Henry and Bergkamp, Shearer and Sutton - all great partnerships, but has there ever been a more perfect match than @sweeperpod.bsky.social & @futbologyapp.bsky.social ?!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆 What if the FA Cup invited teams from British Overseas Territories? 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇷 Case study: The Coupe de France 🏝️ Territories: Montserrat out, Cayman Islands in 👕 Teams: Lincoln Red Imps & Attackers FC 📅 Dates: Points of entry ✈️ Biggest away days: Falklands & Saint Helena

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎙️ NEW BONUS PODCAST 🎙️ 💫 CAF Confederation Cup underdogs 💫 🇪🇹 Welwalo Adigrat - The own goal fame 🖼️ 🇸🇨 Bazar Brothers - The Ebola no show 😷 🇨🇩 DC Virunga - The second-tier surprises 🎁 🇸🇳 Diambars FC - The talent factory 🏭 🇳🇬 Shooting Stars - Back from the wilderness 🌠 Sign up at patreon.com/sweeperpod

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🇬🇭🇨🇩 Two second-tier clubs are in action in the CAF Confederation Cup, today: Nations FC of Ghana and DC Virunga of DR Congo. Nations FC reached the qualifying rounds by winning the cup in the same season they were relegated, while Daring Club Virunga won their domestic cup from the second tier.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🇵🇲 AS Miquelonnaise, the debutant club from the island of Miquelon off the coast of Canada, have travelled 4,500km to mainland France to face 7th-tier US Lesquin in the 3rd round of the cup. The islanders were even in attendance for PSG's UEFA Champions League game v Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🇳🇴 In this Norwegian Cup tie, the away team will be the bookmakers’ favourite to beat the home team. In other words, Odd are odds-on to beat Notodden…

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🇰🇬 The inaugural event at the Bishkek Arena was perfectly in sync with its unique design… 🛖🏟️ Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll DM you a link to the show.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🌍 Global round-up 🌍 🇩🇪 VfL Osnabrück's insane rollercoaster tifo 🎢 🇹🇷 Mersin İdman Yurdu’s 14-year transfer ban 🔄 🇦🇹 The Austrian stadium on a furniture store 🛋️ 🇳🇱 The Netherlands' brace-scoring goalie 🧤 🇰🇬 The opening of Kyrgyzstan's yurt stadium 🛖

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🇱🇸 Fans in Lesotho have been investing in their own funerals to support their football team: Lijabatho FC! ⚰️ Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll DM you a link to the show.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🇱🇷 Imagine missing out on the CAF Champions League because you forgot to submit the paperwork in time! Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll DM you a link to the show.

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Dale O’Donnell @daleod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spoke to Paul Watson from the fantastic @sweeperpod.bsky.social to learn about Sabah FK ahead of their trip to Old Trafford. @unitedinfocus.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx1t... #ucl #mufc

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Everything You MUST Know About Sabah FK 🇦🇿 | Man Utd UCL Preview

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🏜️ An away game against Algeria’s JS Saoura means a trip to the Sahara Desert - a famously tough place to go! Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll DM you a link to the episode all about the underdogs in the CAF Champions League…

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 💫 CAF Champions League underdogs 💫 🇩🇿 JS Saoura - The gateway to the desert 🏜️ 🇲🇺 La Cure Waves - The holiday island upstarts 🏝️ 🇱🇸 Lijabatho - The fan funeral schemers ⚰️ 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso - The wholesome bus boys 🚌 7⃣ The seven countries without representation ❌

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Luke @161bentzl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Do it, kids!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Anyone else out there who follows us on social media but hasn’t yet tried the podcast? Go on, you won’t regret it ☺️

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🇸🇿 Eswatini holds the record for the world's longest run of national football champions with animals in their name - Royal Leopards, Mbabane Swallows, Young Buffaloes & Green Mamba won every title from 2004/05 to 2023/24.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎙️ NEW BONUS PODCAST 🎙️ 🇰🇪 Kenya's promotion/relegation court case 🇧🇼 Crisis at Botswanan giants Township Rollers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The strange story of Cornish club Madron FC 🇱🇹 Lithuania's second-division cup finalists 🇮🇹 Italian team Concept FC's illegal quote-filled kit Sign up at patreon.com/sweeperpod 🤩

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🇰🇵 Why are English Premier League matches only 60 minutes long in North Korea? Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll DM you a link to the show. Photo credits: 38 North & James Montague

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🏟️ Which football stadiums are located on international borders? 🤔 Comment ‘podcast’ if you enjoyed this video and we’ll DM you a link to the podcast.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🇦🇹🛋️ A football stadium built on a furniture warehouse? We’re off to a quirky stadium in Linz, Austria for some lower-league cup action today! Hosts Blau-Weiß Linz face fellow second-tier club Wacker Innsbruck, who have been working their way up the pyramid after restarting in the lower leagues.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Download the episode 👇 🟢 Spotify: bit.ly/QuizShowCoachSpotify 🍎 Apple: bit.ly/QuizShowCoachApple 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/QuizShowCoachYouTube

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 UEFA Champions, Europa & Conference League special 🇦🇿 Sabah: The quiz show-winning coach 🇦🇩 Inter d'Escaldes: The micro-state trailblazers 🇵🇹 Torreense: The second-tier cup winners 🇵🇱 Jagiellonia Białystok: The Wi-Fi password 🇬🇷 OFI Crete: The revived islanders

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🆕 Four clubs are making their UEFA Champions League debuts in 2026/27: 🇦🇹 LASK 🇦🇿 Sabah 🇮🇹 Como 🇳🇴 Viking Comment 'podcast' and we'll DM you a show link!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🇲🇪🇸🇲 Montenegro & San Marino are now the only two of UEFA’s 55 countries that have never had a club in the group or league phase of a European competition! Andorra moved off this list tonight thanks to Inter Club d’Escaldes eliminating Drita of Kosovo and qualifying for the Conference League.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🇦🇩 Inter Club d'Escaldes have become the first club from the micro-state of Andorra to qualify for the group or league phase of a European competition!!! That makes Andorra the 12th country to have had its first representative in a group/league stage since the launch of the UEFA Conference League!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🎙️ NEW BONUS PODCAST 🎙️ 🇲🇼 Chizumulu United's Korean student owner 🌍 Unlikely football club ownership stories 🇦🇱 Dinamo City's cash-throwing president 🇦🇹 Tennis star Dominik Thiem in Austria's eighth tier 🇩🇪 Niklas Süle: From UCL to Germany's ninth tier Sign up at patreon.com/sweeperpod to listen 🤩

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan will have a club in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League for the second season running after Sabah overcame Hapoel Be’er Sheva in stunningly dramatic fashion. They only won their first league title last term, now they’re playing on the top stage in European football!

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan’s Arkadag have never lost a league game in their history - but why does Guinness World Records not recognise their achievement? Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll send a link to the show straight to your inbox via DM.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📺 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 📺 🇲🇾 JDT's world record 🇲🇾 📈 109 Malaysian league games without defeat 👑 Royal rescue & scrutiny 🌍 All-time title streaks & unbeaten runs 🏆 AFC Cup win & Champions League heartache 🗞️ Other stories 🗞️ 🇩🇪 The DFB-Pokal's tiniest village 🤝 UEFA & CONCACAF's Nations League plan

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 There are plenty of cross-border clubs in Europe, but the continent's only fully fledged cross-border league can be found in the Baltics, where a six-team competition takes place across three countries.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🇩🇪 Located in the north of Germany on the Baltic Sea coast, the port city of Rostock cuts an isolated figure in the 3. Liga line-up for this season.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🇮🇪 Ireland’s new third tier, the FAI National League, is about to get under way. So how will it work? Comment ‘podcast’ and we’ll send a link to the show straight to your inbox via DM.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🇹🇷 No non-capital city across UEFA is home to more top-flight teams than Istanbul, where six clubs are based in the 2026/27 Turkish Süper Lig. Meanwhile, the capital Ankara has only one: Gençlerbirliği.

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The Sweeper Podcast @sweeperpod.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🇦🇱 Exciting! We're coming to Albania (specifically to Tirana) in October to take in some games, including the derby between FK Partizani and KF Tirana! 💥 If you have any recommendations for Tirana, please do let us know. And if any of you are going to the game, we'd love to meet you! 🤩

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