TIER 2: ULTRA
Ultra is the middle tier on our Patreon. For £10 a month - or whatever that converts to in your local currency - you will enjoy the following exclusive benefits and play a vital role in supporting the podcast in the process:
Story map: You can explore the stories told on the free-to-air and bonus podcasts using our password-protected Padlet world map, which can be accessed via web browser and an app. Check out specific countries, see pictures, read our notes and click timestamped links to go straight to the stories you are browsing on the show. It is a complete library for all our audio content and will be updated on an ongoing basis.
World Soccer column: Every month, we write a column entitled "Tales from the 211" for the prestigious British football magazine World Soccer. Thanks to that cooperation, our patrons in this tier and above will now have exclusive access to that column from the magazine, which also contains a "Global diary" section with games to look out for and a summary of our favourite tales from across the football world.
GeoFoot League: You can enter the new GeoFoot league we have created to test your football geography knowledge against Lee, Paul and your fellow patrons on a daily basis.
Bonus blogs: Member of this tier and above will have access to extra written content by Lee and Paul. In addition to our usual topics, there will be plenty of personal anecdotes too. Want to find out what Lee's life is like as a football translator? Or which five weird football jobs Paul turned down? Then sign up and join us!
PLUS all the benefits from the Aficionado tier:
Extra episodes: Our free-to-air podcasts are released every Tuesday and Thursday, but you will receive a bonus podcast every Monday to start the week with us!
Ad-free listening & early access: Listen to our free-to-air podcasts completely ad-free on the bonus podcast feed. The episodes will also be uploaded as soon as they are ready, meaning you will get them before they are released to everyone else.
Newsletter: We scour the football world on a weekly basis and pick out a range of stories from across the globe that you will absolutely not want to miss.
Discord: Join co-creators Lee Wingate and Paul Watson plus hundreds of listeners in our chat community, which is cited by many patrons as their favourite perk. There are channels for "kits", "travel", "live matches", "pod questions", "story suggestions", "trivia", "books", "gaming" and "stadiums" and much more!
Giveaways: From competitions to join us on trips to the likes of Prague and San Marino to football shirt giveaways from the Vatican and the Marshall Islands, all patrons are automatically entered into the draw for the amazing competitions we regularly hold.