Part 1 of the latest Sweeper sees Lee & Paul profile three clubs from around the football world: Italians Como, Australia’s Central Coast Mariners & Petrocub of Moldova. Join us to find out where Italy’s richest club might be playing their Serie A home games next term, why the Central Coast Mariners have flown 100,000km in economy class this season and how a Ghanaian takeover has propelled Petrocub to Super Liga success.

In Part 2, the team swap the serious journalism for a selection of silly stories. Why did a Dinamo Bucharest player refuse to show the club his driving license? What outlandish claim did the Lion City Sailors social media admin recently make on Twitter? Why has an untimely toilet break in the Swedish fifth tier prompted furious calls for a replay? And what led a club doctor in Brazil to take over the coaching reins at half-time in a recent game?

The bonus segment includes Lee’s desperate attempt to zoom across Austria on Sunday morning in the hope of seeing Sturm Graz lift the Bundesliga, a story from Paul about an unusual Italian football auction & the tale of the Vatican team docked points for guarding the Pope. You can join us for that and plenty more benefits besides at patreon.com/SweeperPod. Your support is appreciated and all proceeds are reinvested into the podcast.

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 - Intro

01:05 - Como's meteoric rise

07:15 - Central Coast Mariners' Asian odyssey

13:40 - Petrocub's first-ever title

20:06 - Romania's twin identity saga

23:45 - A social media slip-up in Singapore

26:57 - Sweden's controversial 'toilet goal'

30:24 - Brazil's club doctor turned head coach

32:43 - The Thimphu City competition draw

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An expedition in Kyrgyzstan, Romania’s twin identity saga & Sweden’s toilet goal