Spain’s tiniest football town, North Sea pizza planes & a Dutch double invasion

The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast

Is this the best-ever Sweeper line-up? In Part 1, Lee & Paul discuss stories from the lower tiers in Spain, Germany & the Netherlands. How has a team from a Spanish village of 100 people gained promotion? What are the smallest European settlements with a football team? Why did a German footballer hire a plane for a derby on a neighbouring island? And how can the longest journey in Dutch football be between two towns that are 4km apart?

Part 2 contains more stories from across the European continent. What mistake did a Dutch stadium announcer recently make to cause a pitch invasion? Which second-tier club might we see in European competition next season? Why did a Polish football fan hike 100 kilometres to meet a goalkeeper who scored on April Fool’s Day? And why do Oslo-based YMCA club KFUM Kameratene have to go across a Zebra crossing to reach their pitch?

If you want scintillating stories from other continents, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/SweeperPod as we travel to Argentina, Canada & the Philippines. Why has an Argentinian football coach spent 24 years living at club headquarters? Is Canada’s Frostbite Cup really the coldest competition in world football? And why has the Philippines allowed non-professional teams to compete with pro clubs in its top flight?

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 - Intro

01:03 - Subiza's rise to Spanish fourth tier

03:51 - Smallest football towns in Europe

06:17 - The island derby in East Frisia

09:59 - The island derby in West Frisia

14:00 - The sorry plight of Vitesse Arnhem

17:57 - The Roda JC stadium announcer

20:45 - Second-tier Wisła Kraków's cup win

24:57 - A 100km hike to meet scoring keeper

26:49 - The goal-kick that took out a seagull

28:08 - Cringe rap & Zebra crossings in Oslo