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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ What a rapid rise it has been for Diamond Harbour FC, who have achieved THREE promotions in TWO years to seal a place...
10/05/2026

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ What a rapid rise it has been for Diamond Harbour FC, who have achieved THREE promotions in TWO years to seal a place in India's Super League for the first time ever next term.

They won both the I League 3 and I League 2 in 2024/25 - a feat made possible by the timings of both tournaments - before gaining promotion from the I League in the current season!

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Thun's Swiss Super League fairytale ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐ŸŽ‡ Celebrations: Watch parties & fireworks๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ Management: Alpine ...
05/05/2026

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Thun's Swiss Super League fairytale ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

๐ŸŽ‡ Celebrations: Watch parties & fireworks
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ Management: Alpine dips & Serie A theses
๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ Players: Roadworkers, recoveries & rejects
โฌ†๏ธ Style of play: Verticality & little possession
๐Ÿ“‰ Rivals: Poor season for Basel & Young Boys
๐Ÿช„ Fairytales: Where does Thun's triumph rank?

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01/05/2026

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น LASK from the city of Linz win the Austrian Cup final in dramatic fashion, twice coming from behind to clinch a 4-2 victory over Altach in extra-time!

It is the first time they have lifted a trophy since winning the Austrian league and cup double in the 1964/65 season - more than six decades ago!

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Incredibly rare for a team in a top-flight European league to end a season with a negative points tally, but Murata o...
27/04/2026

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Incredibly rare for a team in a top-flight European league to end a season with a negative points tally, but Murata of San Marino have finished the league season with -2 points.

Murata were deducted 9 points due to administrative regularities and won only once all season - fortunately though, thereโ€™s no relegation in San Marino!

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukrainian clubs appropriated by Russia๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Shakhtar's UEFA Conference League run๐Ÿ“ˆ The rise of title chal...
21/04/2026

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukrainian clubs appropriated by Russia
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Shakhtar's UEFA Conference League run
๐Ÿ“ˆ The rise of title challengers LNZ Cherkasy
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Heidelberg Unitedโ€™s Asian aspirations
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserratโ€™s Facebook coach advert

Thanks to Zorya Londonsk for research help!

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12/04/2026

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ New giveaway coming ๐Ÿ”œ

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11/04/2026

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Thun v Basel is CANCELLED due to a fire! Who can recommend good alternative groundhops in the vicinity of Thun today? ๐ŸŸ๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Right folks, own up, who edited the Wikipedia page of the Montserrat national football team and included our campaign...
08/04/2026

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Right folks, own up, who edited the Wikipedia page of the Montserrat national football team and included our campaign to get them play a friendly match against India? ๐Ÿ˜‚

You will find the entry in the very last part of the โ€˜Historyโ€™ section. Letโ€™s hope we can one day make the game happen!

๐Ÿคฉ A very warm welcome to the 10,000 new followers who have enjoyed our threads and joined us on Instagram over the last ...
04/04/2026

๐Ÿคฉ A very warm welcome to the 10,000 new followers who have enjoyed our threads and joined us on Instagram over the last fortnight!

You may not know it, but weโ€™re primarily a football podcast telling extraordinary stories from across the world - thatโ€™s all 211 FIFA countries and beyond, from Liechtenstein to North Korea!

You can find the show, presented by Lee Wingate and Paul Watson, in audio and video form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and all the usual places by searching for โ€˜The Sweeper Podcastโ€™.

We cover football across all six continents and release episodes every Tuesday evening, with extra episodes dropping for Patreon supporters on Thursday evenings.

If you want something a bit different from the standard focus on the Premier League and the other big European leagues, give us a try!

We have an average rating of 5 stars from more than 1,000 ratings across Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and tell stories that you will not find in the same depth anywhere else.

Thanks for reading and following!

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina have qualified for the FIFA World Cup for only the second time in their history, after their app...
31/03/2026

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina have qualified for the FIFA World Cup for only the second time in their history, after their appearance in Brazil in 2014.

That was also the last appearance at the tournament for their beaten opponents Italy, who last won a World Cup finals knockout match in 2006!

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein: Europe's strangest team๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba's first international tournament win๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ The 12th-tier pl...
31/03/2026

๐Ÿ“บ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿ“บ

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein: Europe's strangest team
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba's first international tournament win
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ The 12th-tier player called up by Sudan
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช The winger with a secret double life
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น The coach who dressed up as a priest

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