WELCOME TO THE SWEEPER PODCAST

The Sweeper is a world football podcast telling the most extraordinary stories from the global game – from the World Cup and Champions League to the most obscure and overlooked competitions on earth.

Whether it’s a Greenlandic club withdrawing from the championship to go reindeer hunting, scuffles on the sidelines in the Vatican City’s league, a team in Turkmenistan who win every game, or turtles stopping play on Ascension Island, The Sweeper has you covered

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 places you didn’t know had teams!

Episodes are released on a weekly basis every Tuesday evening, with weekly bonus episodes made for Patreon supporters. You can find the show, which is available in both video and audio form, on all the usual podcast platforms and YouTube.