[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @SweeperPod The Sweeper The Sweeper posts on X about uefa, andorra, greenland, bermuda the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +173% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +30% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +256% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/posts_active)  - X Month XXX +64% - X Months XXX +413% - X Year XXX -X% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +1% - X Month XXXXXX +1.70% - X Months XXXXXX +7.70% - X Year XXXXXX +13% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [la liga](/list/la-liga) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [bundesliga](/list/bundesliga) XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [uefa](/topic/uefa) #73, [andorra](/topic/andorra) 6.03%, [greenland](/topic/greenland) 3.45%, [bermuda](/topic/bermuda) 3.45%, [jersey](/topic/jersey) 3.45%, [san marino](/topic/san-marino) 2.59%, [notable](/topic/notable) 2.59%, [lisbon](/topic/lisbon) #64, [barcelona](/topic/barcelona) 2.59%, [gibraltar](/topic/gibraltar) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@georgianfooty](/creator/undefined) [@fmeetsdata](/creator/undefined) [@riccardodagnese](/creator/undefined) [@ojoelsen](/creator/undefined) [@false9fanatic](/creator/undefined) [@kbafcb](/creator/undefined) [@leedsshirts13](/creator/undefined) [@hogni2000](/creator/undefined) [@emil_hervik](/creator/undefined) [@_footyheritage](/creator/undefined) [@vsechnoofotbale](/creator/undefined) [@skoczek777](/creator/undefined) [@itseggactually](/creator/undefined) [@slovak_football](/creator/undefined) [@footrankings](/creator/undefined) [@nickmiller79](/creator/undefined) [@gmailcom](/creator/undefined) [@lincolnredimps](/creator/undefined) [@brunosmagpies](/creator/undefined) [@fchounddogs](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1364542632513404936/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "@RiccardoDAgnese A similar construction already exists in the Faroes which are connected by subsea tunnels & the world's only undersea roundabout. They are 187m below sea level at its deepest point & drastically improves travel time which is cut in half between capital Trshavn & Klaksvik"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945152934808838564) 2025-07-15 16:06:13 UTC 42.3K followers, 4120 engagements "@false9fanatic We travel when we can but we havent been to the Faroes (yet) Its on the bucket list 🪣📋"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945755130910986404) 2025-07-17 07:59:08 UTC 42.3K followers, 2617 engagements "3) Only foreigners They are the only foreign club that has ever played in the Spanish system having first participated over the border in 1948. They are among a select group of micro-state clubs in neighbouring nations along with San Marino Calcio FC Vaduz & AS Monaco"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942627920700399626) 2025-07-08 16:52:43 UTC 42.3K followers, 4773 engagements "🏴 The 2025/26 Welsh League Cup which involves XX club teams from the country's football pyramid will get under way tonight. But it will take place without the Welsh quartet in the EFL whose proposal to take part in the League Cup & compete for Europe was rejected last year"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1946132836789968934) 2025-07-18 09:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 5652 engagements "In the quarter-finals of the 2025 Finnish Cup HJK Helsinki claimed a comfortable "away" victory.against their own reserves. It begs the question: how often does a club play against or get surpassed by their own reserves in football Here are XX notable examples. THREAD 🧵"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944804410070049130) 2025-07-14 17:01:18 UTC 42.3K followers, 93.1K engagements "What a glorious moment for Andorran football FC Andorra promoted to Spains LaLiga2 X A first-ever European win for Atltic d'Escaldes 📈 FC Santa Colomas biggest-ever European away win Sensational 🤩"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1943608819109577011) 2025-07-11 09:50:27 UTC 42.3K followers, 21.5K engagements "@fmeetsdata 10) Logo likeness 🦅 According to @FootRankings Santa Clara president Eduardo Medeiros announced a re-design of the club logo in Dec. 2023. It had previously been very similar to Benfica's badge - a resemblance that can be attributed to their admiration for the Lisbon club"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945520439213666342) 2025-07-16 16:26:33 UTC 42.3K followers, 12.3K engagements "🏝 Primeira Liga club Santa Clara from the Azores are bringing UEFA competition football to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this summer. What challenges do they face And could they break the all-time European away day record Here are XX facts you need to know. THREAD 🧵"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945514110008869162) 2025-07-16 16:01:24 UTC 42.3K followers, 330.9K engagements "7) Yugoslav connection 🔗 According to @fmeetsdata this will be Santa Clara's fourth European tie - and they have all been against Balkan clubs. In the inaugural UEFA Conference League in 2021/22 they beat Shkupi and Olimpija Ljubljana but lost to Partizan Belgrade"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517990675423644) 2025-07-16 16:16:49 UTC 42.3K followers, 11.4K engagements "3) Santa Clara The continent's westernmost top-tier club Santa Clara from the Azores will be hosting European football in the mid-Atlantic. The distance to Lisbon alone is 1500km. They face Varadin who are not overly happy with the draw in Conference League qualifying"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942255376407163115) 2025-07-07 16:12:21 UTC 42.2K followers, 7816 engagements "FC Andorra who are owned by Barcelona legend Gerard Pique play in the Spanish pyramid & have just been promoted to the second tier. But why don't they play in Andorra's league And how did they once achieve a double-promotion Here are XX facts you need to know. THREAD 🧵"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942625809765630184) 2025-07-08 16:44:19 UTC 42.3K followers, 84.9K engagements "📺 NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 International football with @NickMiller79: Why was Greenland rejected by CONCACAF Whose hotel room did Kosovo's FA sneak into Why have Kiribati not played since 2011 European & club football: How will Georgia's bodyguards fare in Europe Why are Samsunspor's ultras called 'The Smurfs' What does Santi Cazorla earn at Real Oviedo"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1937616742324572368) 2025-06-24 21:00:05 UTC 42.3K followers, 45.8K engagements "3) Isolated islanders 🏝 Santa Clara's location means they are Europe's most isolated top-flight club with no league opponent within 900km. The closest away trip they can make is 977km to fellow island Madeira where the likes of Nacional - Ronaldo's former club - are based"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945515720181223439) 2025-07-16 16:07:48 UTC 42.3K followers, 14.5K engagements "The Gibraltar National Division has been awkwardly sat on XX clubs ever since the brilliantly named Boca Gibraltar folded in 2020. But next season amateur club Hound Dogs will take their place in the league in UEFA's smallest member state bringing the number back up to 12"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945079647525548426) 2025-07-15 11:15:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 17.6K engagements "@fmeetsdata 9) Record-shattering away day 💥 If that were to happen it would totally shatter the UEFA club competition away day record - already held by clubs from & In the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League Astana faced Benfica - a trip of 6173km. Two years later they drew Sporting"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945520058110816363) 2025-07-16 16:25:02 UTC 42.3K followers, 9282 engagements "@fmeetsdata 8) Long haul ✈ The furthest-away teams that they could currently be drawn against in the UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds are from Kazakhstan. The distance to FC Astana and Ordabasy Shymkent would be an eye-watering 7276km and 7672km respectively as the crow flies"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945518734711435285) 2025-07-16 16:19:47 UTC 42.3K followers, 10.5K engagements "9) Island away day 🏝 After a season away FC Andorra are back in the second tier & will kick off their season with a trip to Las Palmas - 2210.50km away. It is not only the biggest away day in Spain but also in Western Europe - surpassed in UEFA by only Russia & Kazakhstan"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942631541383032891) 2025-07-08 17:07:06 UTC 42.3K followers, 4295 engagements "2) Around the earth 🌍 That means they must fly around 50000km - more than the earth's circumference - to fulfil their away league fixtures alone. Each flight to the mainland is at least 1500km & lasts 2h25m with onward journeys often required to clubs outside Lisbon/Porto"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945515087302709291) 2025-07-16 16:05:17 UTC 42.3K followers, 15.4K engagements "🌍 European exclave clubs: Araz-Naxvan GOK-Dubrovnik Baltika Kaliningrad Ceuta"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1941867230230110660) 2025-07-06 14:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 10.1K engagements "4) Famous owner 🙎♂ The Andorran club were languishing in Spain's fifth tier in 2018 when they were purchased by Gerard Pique's Kosmos Holding Group. Piqu was still a Barcelona player at the time. Now he is retired but he is not involved in the day-to-day running of the club"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942628837982167083) 2025-07-08 16:56:21 UTC 42.2K followers, 4232 engagements "Tre Fiori pulled off a truly remarkable shock in UEFA Conference League qualifying last week beating Pyunik of Armenia 1-0. If they can complete the job in Yerevan tonight it will be the third time they - or indeed any club from San Marino - have won a continental tie"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945762899462414506) 2025-07-17 08:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 9945 engagements "7) Heated pitch 🔥 Within three seasons they were promoted to LaLiga2 where they were the only club in the division with undersoil heating. This is because of the weather in Andorra which is a mountainous country and has an average of XX days of snowfall per year"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942630624495559016) 2025-07-08 17:03:27 UTC 42.2K followers, 3599 engagements "🏴🏝 The women's football participants at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Group A 🏴 Orkney Gozo Isle of Man Frya Group B Jersey 🏴 Shetland Bermuda 🏴 Isle of Wight Group C 🏴 Yns Mon Hitra 🏴 Western Isles"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944365843988529271) 2025-07-13 11:58:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 8463 engagements "1) Milsami Orhei The very first Champions League tie of 2025/26 will see KuPS face Milsami Orhei whose owner Ilan Shor co-orchestrated a $X billion - XX% of Moldova's GDP - bank fraud in 2014. Was he disgraced Did he go to prison No they elected him the Mayor of Orhei"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942252748130726020) 2025-07-07 16:01:55 UTC 42.2K followers, 7527 engagements "🏆 The Shetlands have three men's leagues - Premier League Reserve League & Championship - which run from April to August. While 6/7 Premier League teams are on the mainland the three leagues combined have teams on the islands Whalsay Bressay & Unst. Map: @RiccardoDAgnese"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945150992527352302) 2025-07-15 15:58:30 UTC 42.3K followers, 4797 engagements "Is there a better international logo than Greenland's We think not"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1943326052807221455) 2025-07-10 15:06:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 24.5K engagements "Incredible Finnish in Helsinki where HJK have made an insane comeback & overturned a four-goal deficit from the first leg to win 5-4 on aggregate thanks to an extra-time goal"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945918741943812385) 2025-07-17 18:49:16 UTC 42.3K followers, 23.8K engagements "On the new podcast we delved into countries like Greenland Kosovo and Kiribati - and their bid for recognition in the football world ⚽🌎 You can find the full episode on X YouTube Spotify and wherever else you get your podcasts by clicking the link in our profile 🤩"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1940439259514904866) 2025-07-02 15:55:45 UTC 42.3K followers, 3435 engagements "4) Pandemic relocation 😷 During corona lockdown restrictions in the Azores meant Santa Clara had to relocate to the mainland for the final stage of 2019/20. The club played all their remaining home games at Portuguese Football Federation headquarters - 1436km away from home"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945516175628132615) 2025-07-16 16:09:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.8K engagements "📺 NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 Europe: The birth of Rayo Vaticano Troms's 'Midnight Match' SFK 2000's cross-border plans A long-awaited Cold War clash Rest of the world: Beijing's AI robot tournament The only country with no FA The cup-winners without a keeper"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942693645519302803) 2025-07-08 21:13:53 UTC 42.3K followers, 29.3K engagements "1) No Andorran FA ❌ When FC Andorra were founded in 1942 there was no Andorran FA. That led them to hop over the border six years later in 1948. By the time Andorra's Primera Divisi was set up in 1995 they had been in the Spanish system for half a century & wanted to stay"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942626850158616765) 2025-07-08 16:48:27 UTC 42.2K followers, 4988 engagements "Argentine influencer Valen Scarsini is creating a new football club in Vatican City called Rayo Vaticano & nicknamed 'La Saetta' (The Lightning). He is also looking for players. If you fancy playing for a club in the world's smallest country email soyrayovaticano@gmail.com"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942985490463928350) 2025-07-09 16:33:34 UTC 42.3K followers, 56.3K engagements "@RiccardoDAgnese 📈 It has been great for the XX% of match-going Faroese football fans (most in Europe) with 8/10 Premier League clubs reachable by land/tunnel. Only the two clubs (TB & Suuroy) on the southernmost island still require ferry but preliminary studies for a tunnel are under way"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945154218756612535) 2025-07-15 16:11:19 UTC 42.3K followers, 3687 engagements "6) Double-promotion 💰 This is because third-tier Reus were relegated for failure to pay players and FC Andorra paid 452000 to take their place. As a result they went straight up to the third tier and skipped the fourth tier entirely - a rare example of a double-promotion"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942629705825579030) 2025-07-08 16:59:48 UTC 42.2K followers, 4666 engagements "🏴 The Shetland Isles a Scottish archipelago in the North Sea are exploring the construction of undersea tunnels like in the Faroe Islands. What would that mean for football teams fans and island life in general And what is the sport like in this isolated outpost 🧵 THREAD"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945147434507628720) 2025-07-15 15:44:22 UTC 42.3K followers, 134K engagements ""QPR are travelling to paradise today" "Oh are they headed somewhere exotic in pre-season" "No I mean in the Grenada Premier Division.""  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1941408608178352457) 2025-07-05 08:07:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 21.9K engagements "8) Scenic stadiums 🏟 They stopped playing their home matches at the picturesque Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella as it did not meet requirements ➡ Nowadays they play their home games at the Estadi Nacional Andorra's national stadium which is used for football & rugby"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942631282837708889) 2025-07-08 17:06:04 UTC 42.2K followers, 3932 engagements "2) Araz-Naxvan Araz are from an exclave of Azerbaijan separated from the mainland by the neighbouring country of Armenia and connected by a road/corridor. But they have played home games at the Dala Arena in Baku ever since returning to the Azeri Premier League in 2023"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942255013558145095) 2025-07-07 16:10:55 UTC 42.2K followers, 5860 engagements "📈 Clubs from all of Europes participating micro-states/minnow nations won this week: Atltic d'Escaldes FC Santa Coloma ✅✅ K Klaksvk NSI Runavk ✅✅ Birkirkara Floriana ✅✅ Tre Fiori ✅"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1943686424718401814) 2025-07-11 14:58:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 4189 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 5) Eschen/Mauren & Balzers As Liechtenstein has only seven football clubs their reserves and some third teams are permitted to enter the national cup. That has twice resulted in a club has facing their own reserves in the semi-final: Eschen/Mauren in 2010 & Balzers in 2023"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944807129560346857) 2025-07-14 17:12:07 UTC 42.3K followers, 5189 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 4) Hertha Berlin It was a similar story for Hertha in the 1993 DFB-Pokal. The first team got knocked out in the last XX the reserves made the final. They kept Bayer Leverkusen at bay for well over an hour but ultimately conceded a late goal and slipped to a narrow defeat"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944806555049767033) 2025-07-14 17:09:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 5520 engagements "5) Volcanic home 🌋 Usually Santa Clara play home games on the largest island So Miguel where the capital Ponta Delgada is located. It is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge but volcanic activity has not been recorded for centuries: the last major eruption was in the 1600s"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517044696228276) 2025-07-16 16:13:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.4K engagements "A long night for the players in Luxembourg as the referee's assistant holds up the board for XX minutes of stoppage time"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945219324127371729) 2025-07-15 20:30:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 14.8K engagements "6) Visit to Varadin Santa Clara have been drawn against Croatians Varadin in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League. Varadin coach Nikola afari said: "We can't say we're thrilled with the draw primarily because of the demanding trip that awaits us.""  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945517547127812409) 2025-07-16 16:15:03 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.8K engagements "6) The tiny island of Niue which has a population of under 2000 people also used to be an Associate Member but seemingly forgot all about it. Upon remembering they got in contact with OFC who promptly revoked their membership due to more than a decade of inactivity"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1937923855429079340) 2025-06-25 17:20:26 UTC 42.2K followers, 27.9K engagements "It is amazing to think that this tiny village in southern Poland (yes that's all of it) will host Ekstraklasa football again this season Nieciecza home to Bruk-Bet Termalica has a population of around XXX making it one of the smallest places with a top-tier club ever"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945423162985877786) 2025-07-16 10:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 106.7K engagements "5) Immediate ascent By the end of that same season FC Andorra had been promoted to the fourth tier following a 22-match unbeaten streak. But guess how many fourth division matches they had played by the end of the following campaign Zero is the correct answer"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942629306112565284) 2025-07-08 16:58:13 UTC 42.2K followers, 4052 engagements "🏝 The Shetland Isles a remote rugged & windswept outpost of approximately 23000 people are located between the North Sea & the North Atlantic. Known for its Viking/Norse heritage wool and dramatic coastal landscapes it is the most northerly point of the United Kingdom"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945148462347030687) 2025-07-15 15:48:27 UTC 42.3K followers, 5860 engagements "🗺 NEW STORY MAP UPDATES 🗺 Comoros's double date Sweden are (unofficial) world champions Latvia's disappearing champions HJK play themselves in the cup Drogheda kicked out of Europe Saudi Arabia are Gold Cup guests Dominican Republic's Gold Cup debut Palestine's World Cup heartbreak Patrons in the 'Ultra' & 'Board Member' tiers can browse the Sweeper archives & read our notes on hundreds of stories on our Padlet 'Story Map'. Sign up"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1938296201423536419) 2025-06-26 18:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 3530 engagements "@KBAFCB @LeedsShirts13 Yeah correct. We have talked about @LincolnRedImps @BrunosMagpies @FCHoundDogs & our trip to Gibraltar back in 2022 for the Rock Cup final"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945478823669096607) 2025-07-16 13:41:11 UTC 42.3K followers, XX engagements "The Shetlands have their own representative football team that has a rivalry with Orkney whom they face annually in the Milne Cup. They also play in the Island Games and are currently in neighbouring Orkney where the 2025 edition of the biennial tournament is taking place"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945149647288152213) 2025-07-15 15:53:09 UTC 42.3K followers, 5664 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 7) Dinamo Bucharest Dinamo Bucharest II put together a great cup run in 2016/17 only to be eliminated by their senior team in the fifth round. Not much to add to that so we'll post some photos of us in the stadium where they game took place on a recent visit to Romania"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944808374840791171) 2025-07-14 17:17:04 UTC 42.2K followers, 6101 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 9) Rwanda Who would have thought a B team could win an international tournament Well Rwanda's did it at the 1999 CECAFA tournament. It is a competition for East and Central African nations that is usually held annually and permits the host nation to enter its B team too"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944809247155327066) 2025-07-14 17:20:31 UTC 42.3K followers, 3855 engagements "🏟 What is Oceania's most beautiful football stadium Allianz Stadium Sydney Eden Park Auckland PNG Football Stadium Port Moresby Solomon Islands National Stadium Honiara"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1938228778561425720) 2025-06-26 13:32:06 UTC 42.3K followers, 11.8K engagements "Austrian club Hartberg who are known for plastering their kits with sponsors have surpassed themselves with their 2025/26 releases. There are XX different sponsors - more than the number of players on a football pitch - including Spermbooster & a little picture of a sperm"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1946154986049507499) 2025-07-18 10:28:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 41.4K engagements "LaCure Waves claimed their first-ever Mauritian Cup title this season - but to say it wasn't plain-sailing would be an understatement"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945121177908768955) 2025-07-15 14:00:02 UTC 42.3K followers, 3774 engagements "In the last month we have written threads on: ➡ Football clubs that played/lost to their reserves ➡ FC Andorras back story & return to Spains second tier ➡ Profiles of clubs in the European qualifying rounds & more If you like the content please do give it a share"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944844639024111769) 2025-07-14 19:41:10 UTC 42.3K followers, 5046 engagements "Tiny Liechtenstein has been the country where two of our favourite football memories have happened: 2023: Hiking to all seven stadiums in the micro-state in the space of XX hours 2025: Watching three matches in three countries ( & too) in one day"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942168422718013861) 2025-07-07 10:26:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 11K engagements "12 hours later and we still havent been approached by either Troms or Dunedin to arrange this friendly"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942316206293410011) 2025-07-07 20:14:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 7901 engagements "🏴🏝 The men's football participants at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Group A 🏴 Orkney Isle of Man Hitra Frya Group B Jersey 🏴 Shetland Gozo Group C 🏴 Yns Mon 🏴 Western Isles Bermuda"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944359837040562360) 2025-07-13 11:34:44 UTC 42.3K followers, 269.6K engagements "4) In international football the main competition is the OFC Nations Cup & is held every four years. Like the club game it is dominated by New Zealand. At the 2024 final between NZ & Vanuatu held at the Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila spectators even watched from the roof"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1937922433744261386) 2025-06-25 17:14:47 UTC 42.2K followers, 7741 engagements "1) Ilves It's not the first time (and probably won't be the last) it's happened in Finland: Ilves actually lost to their third-tier reserves in 2022. To make matters worse their fate was sealed by an own goal in the 95th minute and they were eliminated in the fourth round"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944805123215020422) 2025-07-14 17:04:08 UTC 42.3K followers, 7420 engagements "Iceland's top-flight is so heavily centralised around the capital where eight teams are based that KR have not left Greater Reykjavk in months. Over X months have passed since their last game outside the capital (vs. KA on X April) & their next one (vs. IA Akranes today)"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944683300553207918) 2025-07-14 09:00:03 UTC 42.3K followers, 15.5K engagements "The qualifying rounds for the UEFA club competitions start tomorrow - only XX days after the 2024/25 Champions League final. Who are the participants What are their back stories Join us for a whistlestop trip to XX lesser-known corners of the European continent. THREAD 🧵"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942252235309621743) 2025-07-07 15:59:52 UTC 42.3K followers, 139.1K engagements "@GeorgianFooty 8) Barrack Young Controllers In Liberia the Barrack Young Controllers reserves won the cup in 2012 AND 2015 when four of their five ties went to penalties. In 2015 the first team were knocked out in the first round by NPA Anchors who were then beaten by the reserves"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944808815477530812) 2025-07-14 17:18:49 UTC 42.3K followers, 4339 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 10) Vanuatu It does not get much weirder than the 2022 MSG Prime Minister's Cup a six-team tournament in Oceania that included Vanuatu's reserves. Their inclusion "back-fired". The B team drew 2-2 with the A team and finished as runners-up knocking them out in the process"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944809936807985315) 2025-07-14 17:23:16 UTC 42.3K followers, 5323 engagements "2) Real Madrid The 1980 Copa del Rey final saw Real Madrid beat their B team who became the only reserves to ever qualify for a UEFA competition. Funnily enough after being thrashed 6-1 the Castilla players joined the senior team in celebrating the title. Utterly bizarre"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944805503168659841) 2025-07-14 17:05:39 UTC 42.2K followers, 7046 engagements "Lincoln Red Imps (from Gibraltar UEFAs smallest member) have won away to Vkingur (from Norragta the smallest village represented in Europe this season). It is only the third continental away victory in the clubs history after Santa Coloma & amrun Spartans"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942676076259598538) 2025-07-08 20:04:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 16.3K engagements "🗿 Easter seems an opportune moment to shout out the world's most remote football tournament located on Easter Island 3500km off the coast of Chile. The league is played against the backdrop of the famous moai statues and FC Moaroa are the reigning champions of the division"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1913876541789937945) 2025-04-20 08:45:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 5514 engagements "@GeorgianFooty 6) Pasching Okay so not quite a reserve side but FC Pasching had a partnership with Red Bull Salzburg when they met in the 2013 FB semi-finals. The third tier team came from behind to stun the energy drinks giants before overcoming champions Austria Vienna in the final"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944807590652780610) 2025-07-14 17:13:57 UTC 42.2K followers, 4793 engagements "🥇 They are former champions in men's football at the Island Games having won the tournament back when they hosted it in 2005. In the current edition the men started out with a goalless draw vs. Maltese island Gozo while the women played out a 2-2 draw with the Isle of Wight"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945150143394619678) 2025-07-15 15:55:07 UTC 42.3K followers, 5244 engagements "Greenland are absent from the 2025 Island Games because they initially did not get a place & when they were later offered one they declined to focus on friendlies with CONCACAF nations. Sadly they were then rejected by CONCACAF but had already declined the Island Games"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944379706997956838) 2025-07-13 12:53:41 UTC 42.3K followers, 12.8K engagements "2) 1994 Copa Catalunya 🏆 Their greatest success came when they won the 1994 Copa Catalunya a club competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation. They beat the mighty Barcelona - then Spanish champions - in the semi-finals before defeating Espanyol in the final"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1942627367526002891) 2025-07-08 16:50:31 UTC 42.3K followers, 4673 engagements "European football returns to Klaksvk tonight. What a place 🤩"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945747800605483008) 2025-07-17 07:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 254.5K engagements "New deep dive into football in Oceania - from New Zealand to Niue ➡ Check it out (And No. X is true they genuinely forgot 😅)"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1937986645514715144) 2025-06-25 21:29:56 UTC 42.3K followers, 7252 engagements "Two of the quirkiest teams in Norway's Eliteserien will face off today: KFUM Oslo & Bryne. KFUM are affiliated with the YMCA & have to cross the road to get from changing room to pitch while Bryne allow fans to watch on tractors & award the weirdest MOTM prizes in football"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1941784188275061212) 2025-07-06 09:00:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 22.8K engagements "1) Europe's westernmost club Located 1500 km from Lisbon in the mid-Atlantic Santa Clara are the westernmost top-tier club across the XX UEFA nations. By some distance: the next most westerly club Vestri of Iceland is 175km further east of Azorean capital Ponta Delgada"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945514708494061729) 2025-07-16 16:03:47 UTC 42.3K followers, 16.5K engagements "Imagine being so dominant domestically that you hold the Guinness World Record for most consecutive titles but you simply cannot compete in Europe"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1945864820974072050) 2025-07-17 15:15:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 4681 engagements "The key facts on the football at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Hosts: Orkney 🏴 Reigning champions (men): Jersey Reigning champions (women): Bermuda Furthest travellers: Bermuda Women's team but no men's: Isle of Wight 🏴 Debutants: Hitra & Frya Notable absentee: Greenland Drop-outs: Guernsey land & Falklands"  [@SweeperPod](/creator/x/SweeperPod) on [X](/post/tweet/1944728585542963693) 2025-07-14 12:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 4680 engagements
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @georgianfooty @fmeetsdata @riccardodagnese @ojoelsen @false9fanatic @kbafcb @leedsshirts13 @hogni2000 @emil_hervik @_footyheritage @vsechnoofotbale @skoczek777 @itseggactually @slovak_football @footrankings @nickmiller79 @gmailcom @lincolnredimps @brunosmagpies @fchounddogs
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"@RiccardoDAgnese A similar construction already exists in the Faroes which are connected by subsea tunnels & the world's only undersea roundabout. They are 187m below sea level at its deepest point & drastically improves travel time which is cut in half between capital Trshavn & Klaksvik"
@SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 16:06:13 UTC 42.3K followers, 4120 engagements
"@false9fanatic We travel when we can but we havent been to the Faroes (yet) Its on the bucket list 🪣📋" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-17 07:59:08 UTC 42.3K followers, 2617 engagements
"3) Only foreigners They are the only foreign club that has ever played in the Spanish system having first participated over the border in 1948. They are among a select group of micro-state clubs in neighbouring nations along with San Marino Calcio FC Vaduz & AS Monaco" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:52:43 UTC 42.3K followers, 4773 engagements
"🏴 The 2025/26 Welsh League Cup which involves XX club teams from the country's football pyramid will get under way tonight. But it will take place without the Welsh quartet in the EFL whose proposal to take part in the League Cup & compete for Europe was rejected last year" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-18 09:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 5652 engagements
"In the quarter-finals of the 2025 Finnish Cup HJK Helsinki claimed a comfortable "away" victory.against their own reserves. It begs the question: how often does a club play against or get surpassed by their own reserves in football Here are XX notable examples. THREAD 🧵" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:01:18 UTC 42.3K followers, 93.1K engagements
"What a glorious moment for Andorran football FC Andorra promoted to Spains LaLiga2 X A first-ever European win for Atltic d'Escaldes 📈 FC Santa Colomas biggest-ever European away win Sensational 🤩" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-11 09:50:27 UTC 42.3K followers, 21.5K engagements
"@fmeetsdata 10) Logo likeness 🦅 According to @FootRankings Santa Clara president Eduardo Medeiros announced a re-design of the club logo in Dec. 2023. It had previously been very similar to Benfica's badge - a resemblance that can be attributed to their admiration for the Lisbon club" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:26:33 UTC 42.3K followers, 12.3K engagements
"🏝 Primeira Liga club Santa Clara from the Azores are bringing UEFA competition football to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this summer. What challenges do they face And could they break the all-time European away day record Here are XX facts you need to know. THREAD 🧵" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:01:24 UTC 42.3K followers, 330.9K engagements
"7) Yugoslav connection 🔗 According to @fmeetsdata this will be Santa Clara's fourth European tie - and they have all been against Balkan clubs. In the inaugural UEFA Conference League in 2021/22 they beat Shkupi and Olimpija Ljubljana but lost to Partizan Belgrade" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:16:49 UTC 42.3K followers, 11.4K engagements
"3) Santa Clara The continent's westernmost top-tier club Santa Clara from the Azores will be hosting European football in the mid-Atlantic. The distance to Lisbon alone is 1500km. They face Varadin who are not overly happy with the draw in Conference League qualifying" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 16:12:21 UTC 42.2K followers, 7816 engagements
"FC Andorra who are owned by Barcelona legend Gerard Pique play in the Spanish pyramid & have just been promoted to the second tier. But why don't they play in Andorra's league And how did they once achieve a double-promotion Here are XX facts you need to know. THREAD 🧵" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:44:19 UTC 42.3K followers, 84.9K engagements
"📺 NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 International football with @NickMiller79: Why was Greenland rejected by CONCACAF Whose hotel room did Kosovo's FA sneak into Why have Kiribati not played since 2011 European & club football: How will Georgia's bodyguards fare in Europe Why are Samsunspor's ultras called 'The Smurfs' What does Santi Cazorla earn at Real Oviedo" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-24 21:00:05 UTC 42.3K followers, 45.8K engagements
"3) Isolated islanders 🏝 Santa Clara's location means they are Europe's most isolated top-flight club with no league opponent within 900km. The closest away trip they can make is 977km to fellow island Madeira where the likes of Nacional - Ronaldo's former club - are based" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:07:48 UTC 42.3K followers, 14.5K engagements
"The Gibraltar National Division has been awkwardly sat on XX clubs ever since the brilliantly named Boca Gibraltar folded in 2020. But next season amateur club Hound Dogs will take their place in the league in UEFA's smallest member state bringing the number back up to 12" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 11:15:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 17.6K engagements
"@fmeetsdata 9) Record-shattering away day 💥 If that were to happen it would totally shatter the UEFA club competition away day record - already held by clubs from & In the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League Astana faced Benfica - a trip of 6173km. Two years later they drew Sporting" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:25:02 UTC 42.3K followers, 9282 engagements
"@fmeetsdata 8) Long haul ✈ The furthest-away teams that they could currently be drawn against in the UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds are from Kazakhstan. The distance to FC Astana and Ordabasy Shymkent would be an eye-watering 7276km and 7672km respectively as the crow flies" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:19:47 UTC 42.3K followers, 10.5K engagements
"9) Island away day 🏝 After a season away FC Andorra are back in the second tier & will kick off their season with a trip to Las Palmas - 2210.50km away. It is not only the biggest away day in Spain but also in Western Europe - surpassed in UEFA by only Russia & Kazakhstan" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 17:07:06 UTC 42.3K followers, 4295 engagements
"2) Around the earth 🌍 That means they must fly around 50000km - more than the earth's circumference - to fulfil their away league fixtures alone. Each flight to the mainland is at least 1500km & lasts 2h25m with onward journeys often required to clubs outside Lisbon/Porto" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:05:17 UTC 42.3K followers, 15.4K engagements
"🌍 European exclave clubs: Araz-Naxvan GOK-Dubrovnik Baltika Kaliningrad Ceuta" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-06 14:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 10.1K engagements
"4) Famous owner 🙎♂ The Andorran club were languishing in Spain's fifth tier in 2018 when they were purchased by Gerard Pique's Kosmos Holding Group. Piqu was still a Barcelona player at the time. Now he is retired but he is not involved in the day-to-day running of the club" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:56:21 UTC 42.2K followers, 4232 engagements
"Tre Fiori pulled off a truly remarkable shock in UEFA Conference League qualifying last week beating Pyunik of Armenia 1-0. If they can complete the job in Yerevan tonight it will be the third time they - or indeed any club from San Marino - have won a continental tie" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-17 08:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 9945 engagements
"7) Heated pitch 🔥 Within three seasons they were promoted to LaLiga2 where they were the only club in the division with undersoil heating. This is because of the weather in Andorra which is a mountainous country and has an average of XX days of snowfall per year" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 17:03:27 UTC 42.2K followers, 3599 engagements
"🏴🏝 The women's football participants at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Group A 🏴 Orkney Gozo Isle of Man Frya Group B Jersey 🏴 Shetland Bermuda 🏴 Isle of Wight Group C 🏴 Yns Mon Hitra 🏴 Western Isles" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-13 11:58:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 8463 engagements
"1) Milsami Orhei The very first Champions League tie of 2025/26 will see KuPS face Milsami Orhei whose owner Ilan Shor co-orchestrated a $X billion - XX% of Moldova's GDP - bank fraud in 2014. Was he disgraced Did he go to prison No they elected him the Mayor of Orhei" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 16:01:55 UTC 42.2K followers, 7527 engagements
"🏆 The Shetlands have three men's leagues - Premier League Reserve League & Championship - which run from April to August. While 6/7 Premier League teams are on the mainland the three leagues combined have teams on the islands Whalsay Bressay & Unst. Map: @RiccardoDAgnese" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 15:58:30 UTC 42.3K followers, 4797 engagements
"Is there a better international logo than Greenland's We think not" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-10 15:06:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 24.5K engagements
"Incredible Finnish in Helsinki where HJK have made an insane comeback & overturned a four-goal deficit from the first leg to win 5-4 on aggregate thanks to an extra-time goal" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-17 18:49:16 UTC 42.3K followers, 23.8K engagements
"On the new podcast we delved into countries like Greenland Kosovo and Kiribati - and their bid for recognition in the football world ⚽🌎 You can find the full episode on X YouTube Spotify and wherever else you get your podcasts by clicking the link in our profile 🤩" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-02 15:55:45 UTC 42.3K followers, 3435 engagements
"4) Pandemic relocation 😷 During corona lockdown restrictions in the Azores meant Santa Clara had to relocate to the mainland for the final stage of 2019/20. The club played all their remaining home games at Portuguese Football Federation headquarters - 1436km away from home" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:09:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.8K engagements
"📺 NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 Europe: The birth of Rayo Vaticano Troms's 'Midnight Match' SFK 2000's cross-border plans A long-awaited Cold War clash Rest of the world: Beijing's AI robot tournament The only country with no FA The cup-winners without a keeper" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 21:13:53 UTC 42.3K followers, 29.3K engagements
"1) No Andorran FA ❌ When FC Andorra were founded in 1942 there was no Andorran FA. That led them to hop over the border six years later in 1948. By the time Andorra's Primera Divisi was set up in 1995 they had been in the Spanish system for half a century & wanted to stay" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:48:27 UTC 42.2K followers, 4988 engagements
"Argentine influencer Valen Scarsini is creating a new football club in Vatican City called Rayo Vaticano & nicknamed 'La Saetta' (The Lightning). He is also looking for players. If you fancy playing for a club in the world's smallest country email soyrayovaticano@gmail.com" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-09 16:33:34 UTC 42.3K followers, 56.3K engagements
"@RiccardoDAgnese 📈 It has been great for the XX% of match-going Faroese football fans (most in Europe) with 8/10 Premier League clubs reachable by land/tunnel. Only the two clubs (TB & Suuroy) on the southernmost island still require ferry but preliminary studies for a tunnel are under way" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 16:11:19 UTC 42.3K followers, 3687 engagements
"6) Double-promotion 💰 This is because third-tier Reus were relegated for failure to pay players and FC Andorra paid 452000 to take their place. As a result they went straight up to the third tier and skipped the fourth tier entirely - a rare example of a double-promotion" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:59:48 UTC 42.2K followers, 4666 engagements
"🏴 The Shetland Isles a Scottish archipelago in the North Sea are exploring the construction of undersea tunnels like in the Faroe Islands. What would that mean for football teams fans and island life in general And what is the sport like in this isolated outpost 🧵 THREAD" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 15:44:22 UTC 42.3K followers, 134K engagements
""QPR are travelling to paradise today" "Oh are they headed somewhere exotic in pre-season" "No I mean in the Grenada Premier Division."" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-05 08:07:36 UTC 42.3K followers, 21.9K engagements
"8) Scenic stadiums 🏟 They stopped playing their home matches at the picturesque Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella as it did not meet requirements ➡ Nowadays they play their home games at the Estadi Nacional Andorra's national stadium which is used for football & rugby" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 17:06:04 UTC 42.2K followers, 3932 engagements
"2) Araz-Naxvan Araz are from an exclave of Azerbaijan separated from the mainland by the neighbouring country of Armenia and connected by a road/corridor. But they have played home games at the Dala Arena in Baku ever since returning to the Azeri Premier League in 2023" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 16:10:55 UTC 42.2K followers, 5860 engagements
"📈 Clubs from all of Europes participating micro-states/minnow nations won this week: Atltic d'Escaldes FC Santa Coloma ✅✅ K Klaksvk NSI Runavk ✅✅ Birkirkara Floriana ✅✅ Tre Fiori ✅" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-11 14:58:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 4189 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 5) Eschen/Mauren & Balzers As Liechtenstein has only seven football clubs their reserves and some third teams are permitted to enter the national cup. That has twice resulted in a club has facing their own reserves in the semi-final: Eschen/Mauren in 2010 & Balzers in 2023" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:12:07 UTC 42.3K followers, 5189 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 4) Hertha Berlin It was a similar story for Hertha in the 1993 DFB-Pokal. The first team got knocked out in the last XX the reserves made the final. They kept Bayer Leverkusen at bay for well over an hour but ultimately conceded a late goal and slipped to a narrow defeat" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:09:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 5520 engagements
"5) Volcanic home 🌋 Usually Santa Clara play home games on the largest island So Miguel where the capital Ponta Delgada is located. It is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge but volcanic activity has not been recorded for centuries: the last major eruption was in the 1600s" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:13:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.4K engagements
"A long night for the players in Luxembourg as the referee's assistant holds up the board for XX minutes of stoppage time" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 20:30:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 14.8K engagements
"6) Visit to Varadin Santa Clara have been drawn against Croatians Varadin in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League. Varadin coach Nikola afari said: "We can't say we're thrilled with the draw primarily because of the demanding trip that awaits us."" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:15:03 UTC 42.3K followers, 13.8K engagements
"6) The tiny island of Niue which has a population of under 2000 people also used to be an Associate Member but seemingly forgot all about it. Upon remembering they got in contact with OFC who promptly revoked their membership due to more than a decade of inactivity" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-25 17:20:26 UTC 42.2K followers, 27.9K engagements
"It is amazing to think that this tiny village in southern Poland (yes that's all of it) will host Ekstraklasa football again this season Nieciecza home to Bruk-Bet Termalica has a population of around XXX making it one of the smallest places with a top-tier club ever" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 10:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 106.7K engagements
"5) Immediate ascent By the end of that same season FC Andorra had been promoted to the fourth tier following a 22-match unbeaten streak. But guess how many fourth division matches they had played by the end of the following campaign Zero is the correct answer" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:58:13 UTC 42.2K followers, 4052 engagements
"🏝 The Shetland Isles a remote rugged & windswept outpost of approximately 23000 people are located between the North Sea & the North Atlantic. Known for its Viking/Norse heritage wool and dramatic coastal landscapes it is the most northerly point of the United Kingdom" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 15:48:27 UTC 42.3K followers, 5860 engagements
"🗺 NEW STORY MAP UPDATES 🗺 Comoros's double date Sweden are (unofficial) world champions Latvia's disappearing champions HJK play themselves in the cup Drogheda kicked out of Europe Saudi Arabia are Gold Cup guests Dominican Republic's Gold Cup debut Palestine's World Cup heartbreak Patrons in the 'Ultra' & 'Board Member' tiers can browse the Sweeper archives & read our notes on hundreds of stories on our Padlet 'Story Map'. Sign up" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-26 18:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 3530 engagements
"@KBAFCB @LeedsShirts13 Yeah correct. We have talked about @LincolnRedImps @BrunosMagpies @FCHoundDogs & our trip to Gibraltar back in 2022 for the Rock Cup final" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 13:41:11 UTC 42.3K followers, XX engagements
"The Shetlands have their own representative football team that has a rivalry with Orkney whom they face annually in the Milne Cup. They also play in the Island Games and are currently in neighbouring Orkney where the 2025 edition of the biennial tournament is taking place" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 15:53:09 UTC 42.3K followers, 5664 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 7) Dinamo Bucharest Dinamo Bucharest II put together a great cup run in 2016/17 only to be eliminated by their senior team in the fifth round. Not much to add to that so we'll post some photos of us in the stadium where they game took place on a recent visit to Romania" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:17:04 UTC 42.2K followers, 6101 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 9) Rwanda Who would have thought a B team could win an international tournament Well Rwanda's did it at the 1999 CECAFA tournament. It is a competition for East and Central African nations that is usually held annually and permits the host nation to enter its B team too" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:20:31 UTC 42.3K followers, 3855 engagements
"🏟 What is Oceania's most beautiful football stadium Allianz Stadium Sydney Eden Park Auckland PNG Football Stadium Port Moresby Solomon Islands National Stadium Honiara" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-26 13:32:06 UTC 42.3K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Austrian club Hartberg who are known for plastering their kits with sponsors have surpassed themselves with their 2025/26 releases. There are XX different sponsors - more than the number of players on a football pitch - including Spermbooster & a little picture of a sperm" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-18 10:28:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 41.4K engagements
"LaCure Waves claimed their first-ever Mauritian Cup title this season - but to say it wasn't plain-sailing would be an understatement" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 14:00:02 UTC 42.3K followers, 3774 engagements
"In the last month we have written threads on: ➡ Football clubs that played/lost to their reserves ➡ FC Andorras back story & return to Spains second tier ➡ Profiles of clubs in the European qualifying rounds & more If you like the content please do give it a share" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 19:41:10 UTC 42.3K followers, 5046 engagements
"Tiny Liechtenstein has been the country where two of our favourite football memories have happened: 2023: Hiking to all seven stadiums in the micro-state in the space of XX hours 2025: Watching three matches in three countries ( & too) in one day" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 10:26:50 UTC 42.3K followers, 11K engagements
"12 hours later and we still havent been approached by either Troms or Dunedin to arrange this friendly" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 20:14:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 7901 engagements
"🏴🏝 The men's football participants at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Group A 🏴 Orkney Isle of Man Hitra Frya Group B Jersey 🏴 Shetland Gozo Group C 🏴 Yns Mon 🏴 Western Isles Bermuda" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-13 11:34:44 UTC 42.3K followers, 269.6K engagements
"4) In international football the main competition is the OFC Nations Cup & is held every four years. Like the club game it is dominated by New Zealand. At the 2024 final between NZ & Vanuatu held at the Freshwater Stadium in Port Vila spectators even watched from the roof" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-25 17:14:47 UTC 42.2K followers, 7741 engagements
"1) Ilves It's not the first time (and probably won't be the last) it's happened in Finland: Ilves actually lost to their third-tier reserves in 2022. To make matters worse their fate was sealed by an own goal in the 95th minute and they were eliminated in the fourth round" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:04:08 UTC 42.3K followers, 7420 engagements
"Iceland's top-flight is so heavily centralised around the capital where eight teams are based that KR have not left Greater Reykjavk in months. Over X months have passed since their last game outside the capital (vs. KA on X April) & their next one (vs. IA Akranes today)" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 09:00:03 UTC 42.3K followers, 15.5K engagements
"The qualifying rounds for the UEFA club competitions start tomorrow - only XX days after the 2024/25 Champions League final. Who are the participants What are their back stories Join us for a whistlestop trip to XX lesser-known corners of the European continent. THREAD 🧵" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-07 15:59:52 UTC 42.3K followers, 139.1K engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 8) Barrack Young Controllers In Liberia the Barrack Young Controllers reserves won the cup in 2012 AND 2015 when four of their five ties went to penalties. In 2015 the first team were knocked out in the first round by NPA Anchors who were then beaten by the reserves" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:18:49 UTC 42.3K followers, 4339 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 10) Vanuatu It does not get much weirder than the 2022 MSG Prime Minister's Cup a six-team tournament in Oceania that included Vanuatu's reserves. Their inclusion "back-fired". The B team drew 2-2 with the A team and finished as runners-up knocking them out in the process" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:23:16 UTC 42.3K followers, 5323 engagements
"2) Real Madrid The 1980 Copa del Rey final saw Real Madrid beat their B team who became the only reserves to ever qualify for a UEFA competition. Funnily enough after being thrashed 6-1 the Castilla players joined the senior team in celebrating the title. Utterly bizarre" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:05:39 UTC 42.2K followers, 7046 engagements
"Lincoln Red Imps (from Gibraltar UEFAs smallest member) have won away to Vkingur (from Norragta the smallest village represented in Europe this season). It is only the third continental away victory in the clubs history after Santa Coloma & amrun Spartans" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 20:04:04 UTC 42.3K followers, 16.3K engagements
"🗿 Easter seems an opportune moment to shout out the world's most remote football tournament located on Easter Island 3500km off the coast of Chile. The league is played against the backdrop of the famous moai statues and FC Moaroa are the reigning champions of the division" @SweeperPod on X 2025-04-20 08:45:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 5514 engagements
"@GeorgianFooty 6) Pasching Okay so not quite a reserve side but FC Pasching had a partnership with Red Bull Salzburg when they met in the 2013 FB semi-finals. The third tier team came from behind to stun the energy drinks giants before overcoming champions Austria Vienna in the final" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 17:13:57 UTC 42.2K followers, 4793 engagements
"🥇 They are former champions in men's football at the Island Games having won the tournament back when they hosted it in 2005. In the current edition the men started out with a goalless draw vs. Maltese island Gozo while the women played out a 2-2 draw with the Isle of Wight" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-15 15:55:07 UTC 42.3K followers, 5244 engagements
"Greenland are absent from the 2025 Island Games because they initially did not get a place & when they were later offered one they declined to focus on friendlies with CONCACAF nations. Sadly they were then rejected by CONCACAF but had already declined the Island Games" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-13 12:53:41 UTC 42.3K followers, 12.8K engagements
"2) 1994 Copa Catalunya 🏆 Their greatest success came when they won the 1994 Copa Catalunya a club competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation. They beat the mighty Barcelona - then Spanish champions - in the semi-finals before defeating Espanyol in the final" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-08 16:50:31 UTC 42.3K followers, 4673 engagements
"European football returns to Klaksvk tonight. What a place 🤩" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-17 07:30:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 254.5K engagements
"New deep dive into football in Oceania - from New Zealand to Niue ➡ Check it out (And No. X is true they genuinely forgot 😅)" @SweeperPod on X 2025-06-25 21:29:56 UTC 42.3K followers, 7252 engagements
"Two of the quirkiest teams in Norway's Eliteserien will face off today: KFUM Oslo & Bryne. KFUM are affiliated with the YMCA & have to cross the road to get from changing room to pitch while Bryne allow fans to watch on tractors & award the weirdest MOTM prizes in football" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-06 09:00:01 UTC 42.3K followers, 22.8K engagements
"1) Europe's westernmost club Located 1500 km from Lisbon in the mid-Atlantic Santa Clara are the westernmost top-tier club across the XX UEFA nations. By some distance: the next most westerly club Vestri of Iceland is 175km further east of Azorean capital Ponta Delgada" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-16 16:03:47 UTC 42.3K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Imagine being so dominant domestically that you hold the Guinness World Record for most consecutive titles but you simply cannot compete in Europe" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-17 15:15:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 4681 engagements
"The key facts on the football at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney: Hosts: Orkney 🏴 Reigning champions (men): Jersey Reigning champions (women): Bermuda Furthest travellers: Bermuda Women's team but no men's: Isle of Wight 🏴 Debutants: Hitra & Frya Notable absentee: Greenland Drop-outs: Guernsey land & Falklands" @SweeperPod on X 2025-07-14 12:00:00 UTC 42.3K followers, 4680 engagements