<p>In North Korea, even football is shrouded in secrecy.</p><p>Fixtures in the DPRK Premier League aren’t published. Fans only find out matches are happening when notices appear outside the stadium the day before. You can’t check the scores. And you can’t watch full games on TV.</p><p>So how does football actually work in the world’s most secretive country?</p><p>Why are English Premier League matches shown – but delayed by months and cut down to 60 minutes? Is it really possible to groundhop in Pyongyang? And how have North Korea’s women become one of the strongest forces in football – especially at youth level?</p><p>Join us for all the answers in this episode, in which we also tell the story of the Colombian club totally transformed under Wrexham’s Hollywood owners and unveil our first-ever merch: The Sweeper Podcast football shirts.</p><p><strong>BUY THE SHIRTS:</strong> <a href="https://stingz.co/collections/sweeper-podcast">https://stingz.co/collections/sweeper-podcast</a></p><p><strong>Get £6 off with Patreon:</strong> <a href="https://patreon.com/sweeperpod">https://patreon.com/sweeperpod</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 – Intro</p><p>01:25 – The DPRK Premier League</p><p>05:41 – Bizarre North Korean broadcasts</p><p>09:08 – Groundhopping in Pyongyang</p><p>13:43 – Unrivalled success at youth level</p><p>18:40 – Wrexham&#39;s Hollywood duo in Colombia</p><p>26:32 – The Sweeper&#39;s football shirts</p>