<p><em>This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper</em></p> <p><strong>  </strong></p> <p>In Part 1, we take a look at one of the world’s most remote footballing outposts with Faraway Football blogger Matthew Eide, who has just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Bhutan courtesy of football kit designers Icarus. Which footballing figure flew the plane that transported him from Kathmandu to Paro? How did a 10-goal thriller have more drama after the final whistle than in the game itself? Which endangered species are Thimphu City fighting to help save? And how could YOU join the Overseas Board of a football club in Asia?</p> <p>  </p> <p>Part 2 is dedicated to the best stories from the international game in the October window. Why was oxygen being provided on the sidelines at Bolivia’s World Cup qualifier against Colombia? Who holds the longest ongoing winless run in international football now that Liechtenstein and Andorra have both won? Why did Turkmenistan’s government deny their national football team permission to travel to Malta? And for what unusual reason did the Turks &amp; Caicos goalkeeper miss the CONCACAF Nations League clash with Anguilla?</p> <p>  </p> <p>If you don’t want to wait another fortnight for our next episode, join us on Patreon for our bonus podcasts in the in-between weeks at patreon.com/SweeperPod. The next patron-only episode will hit the airwaves on Wednesday 23 October. Subscribers can also read our bonus blog about our trip to Lugano, join several hundred other patrons on our Discord chat community, enter our regular shirt giveaway contests and get a sneak preview of each podcast on the weekend before it is released.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Follow Matthew Eide’s Faraway Football account:</p> <p>Twitter: x.com/FarAwayFootball</p> <p>Instagram: Instagram.com/farawayfootball</p> <p> </p> <p>RUNNING ORDER:</p> <p>00:00 – Intro</p> <p>00:31 – Lee &amp; Paul’s travel disasters</p> <p>02:57 – A groundhop to beautiful Bhutan</p> <p>18:24 – FIFA+: South America &amp; Oceania</p> <p>26:58 – A golden era for Europe's micro-states</p> <p>34:57 – Country vs. club in Turkmenistan</p> <p>38:36 – Poolside viewing in the Caribbean </p> <p> </p> <p>Editor: Ralph Foster</p>

The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast

Lee Wingate and Paul Watson

Bhutanese monk ultras, a golden era for micro-states & the Southgate of the Solomons

OCT 15, 202442 MIN
The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast

Bhutanese monk ultras, a golden era for micro-states & the Southgate of the Solomons

OCT 15, 202442 MIN

Description

<p><em>This episode is brought to you in association with FIFA+. Click here to get your free FIFA+ account and watch live football around the world: tinyurl.com/FIFAPlusSweeper</em></p> <p><strong>  </strong></p> <p>In Part 1, we take a look at one of the world’s most remote footballing outposts with Faraway Football blogger Matthew Eide, who has just returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Bhutan courtesy of football kit designers Icarus. Which footballing figure flew the plane that transported him from Kathmandu to Paro? How did a 10-goal thriller have more drama after the final whistle than in the game itself? Which endangered species are Thimphu City fighting to help save? And how could YOU join the Overseas Board of a football club in Asia?</p> <p>  </p> <p>Part 2 is dedicated to the best stories from the international game in the October window. Why was oxygen being provided on the sidelines at Bolivia’s World Cup qualifier against Colombia? Who holds the longest ongoing winless run in international football now that Liechtenstein and Andorra have both won? Why did Turkmenistan’s government deny their national football team permission to travel to Malta? And for what unusual reason did the Turks &amp; Caicos goalkeeper miss the CONCACAF Nations League clash with Anguilla?</p> <p>  </p> <p>If you don’t want to wait another fortnight for our next episode, join us on Patreon for our bonus podcasts in the in-between weeks at patreon.com/SweeperPod. The next patron-only episode will hit the airwaves on Wednesday 23 October. Subscribers can also read our bonus blog about our trip to Lugano, join several hundred other patrons on our Discord chat community, enter our regular shirt giveaway contests and get a sneak preview of each podcast on the weekend before it is released.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Follow Matthew Eide’s Faraway Football account:</p> <p>Twitter: x.com/FarAwayFootball</p> <p>Instagram: Instagram.com/farawayfootball</p> <p> </p> <p>RUNNING ORDER:</p> <p>00:00 – Intro</p> <p>00:31 – Lee &amp; Paul’s travel disasters</p> <p>02:57 – A groundhop to beautiful Bhutan</p> <p>18:24 – FIFA+: South America &amp; Oceania</p> <p>26:58 – A golden era for Europe's micro-states</p> <p>34:57 – Country vs. club in Turkmenistan</p> <p>38:36 – Poolside viewing in the Caribbean </p> <p> </p> <p>Editor: Ralph Foster</p>