The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast
Tired of the Premier League and big-league European football? Want to discover the hidden stories of the global game?
The Sweeper Podcast is your passport to the most extraordinary stories from across the football world. From the World Cup and Champions League to the most obscure and overlooked competitions on earth, expert journalists Lee Wingate and Paul Watson explore the intersection of football, travel, geography, geopolitics, history and culture.
Start here:
🎧 Red Bull’s Italian expansion plans (28 April 2026)
🎧 North Korea’s top-secret league (3 March 2026)
🎧 Greenland left out in the cold (24 June 2025)
Hit “Follow” to discover new stories from the global game every Tuesday. Join us Patreon at patreon.com/sweeperpod for bonus podcasts every Thursday. Contact: hello@sweeperpod.com.
———————————————————
World soccer archive
The Sweeper is the only podcast committed to covering the beautiful game in all 211 FIFA countries – and beyond. The archives include deep dives into:
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL (UEFA)
• Countries: Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Switzerland, Ukraine
• Clubs: Austria Salzburg, Bodø/Glimt, Bursaspor, Ceuta, Kairat Almaty, Ludogorets, Mjällby, Paks, Qarabag, Shakhtar Donetsk, Steaua Bucharest, Südtirol, Thun, Vaduz
• Competitions: Champions League, Conference League, Coupe de France, Europa League, European Championship
ASIAN FOOTBALL (AFC)
• Countries: Australia, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, South Korea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Clubs: Arkadag, Gimcheon Sangmu, Heidelberg United, Johor Darul Taz’im, Machida Zelvia, Mohun Bagan, Neom, Thimphu City
• Competitions: Asian Cup, Challenge League, Champions League 2, Champions League Elite
AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF)
• Countries: Algeria, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Zanzibar
• Clubs: Al Ahly, Al Hilal Omdurman, Mamelodi Sundowns, Pyramids, Rahimo FC, RS Berkane
• Competitions: Africa Cup of Nations, Champions League, Confederation Cup
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL (CONCACAF)
• Countries: Anguilla, Belize, Bonaire, Canada, Curacao, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Montserrat, Suriname, USA
• Clubs: El Farolito, FC Supra du Québec, Robinhood FC, Vancouver Whitecaps
• Competitions: Caribbean Cup, CFU Shield, Champions Cup, Gold Cup
OCEANIAN FOOTBALL (OFC)
• Countries: American Samoa, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Vanuatu
• Clubs: Auckland FC, Bula FC, Hekari United, Solomon Kings, South Island United, South Melbourne, Tahiti United, Vanuatu FC
• Competitions: OFC Champions League, OFC Pro League
SOUTH AMERICAN FOOTBALL (CONMEBOL)
• Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
• Clubs: Chapecoense, Coquimbo Unido, Mirassol, Mushuc Runa, The Strongest
• Competitions: Copa América, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana
REST OF THE WORLD
• Countries: Bougainville, Greenland, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Scilly Isles, Tuvalu, Vatican City
• Clubs: B67 Nuuk
• Competitions: CONIFA World Football Cup, Fenix Trophy
Topics: Altitude, amateurs, artificial intelligence, away days, cross-border clubs, cross-border leagues, day jobs, defections, derbies, dictatorships, elections, exclaves, fairytales, Football Manager, Futbology, groundhopping, identity, investigative journalism, islands, micro-states, minnows, multi-club ownership, non-league, outsiders, play-offs, promotion, relegation, sports washing, stories, ultras, unbeaten runs, underdogs, winning streaks
© Lee Wingate and Paul Watson · more info
Artwork and data is from the podcast’s open RSS feed; we link directly to audio · Read our DMCA procedure
This podcast may use dynamic content insertion
Stats: Statistics are produced by Spotify for Creators to help The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast to understand how many downloads it is getting, or how many people are listening. Your device’s IP address and user agent is used to help calculate this figure. Spotify for Creators is IAB v2 certified. Here is more detail about podcast statistics.
Dynamic content insertion: Spotify for Creators may use limited data that they know about you - the device you’re using, the approximate location you’re in, or other data that can be derived from this, like the current weather forecast for your area - to change parts of the audio. The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast may do this for advertising or for other forms of content, like news stories.
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast is able to use the above tools since its podcast host or measurement company offers this service. It doesn’t mean that this individual podcast uses them, or has access to this functionality. We use open data.
Listen and follow
Apple PodcastsInformation for podcasters
- Podcast GUID:
db78c541-4a04-55ba-bb3d-817c7c9fc8d5 - This podcast previously hosted on Spotify for Creators (until Feb 2025), Acast (until Nov 2025), and now hosts with Spotify for Creators. See changes across podcasting.
- This podcast appears to be missing from Truefans and iHeartRadio. We list all the podcast directories to be in.
- See this podcast’s listener numbers, contact details and more at Rephonic
- Validate this podcast’s RSS feed with Livewire, Truefans or CastFeedValidator