🇲🇹 Maltese second-tier champions Melita, based in the eastern town of St. Julians, are on a parade to celebrate their promotion to the Premier League.

We thought top-tier champs Ħamrun Spartans were the ones parading, only to chase after the bus & find out it was Melita instead!

🇲🇹👑 Ħamrun Spartans have become champions of Malta for the third time in four years after beating closest challengers Floriana 5-0 in the penultimate round.

Check out our next pod - out on Wed 1 May - for the story of our football adventures in Europe’s only island micro-state!

🇲🇹 The crowd are already singing “We are the champions!” & the name of club president Joseph Portelli to the tune of “I love you baby” after Ħamrun Spartans storm into a 4-0 lead by the break!

Floriana need an absolute miracle if they are to take the title race to the final day!

🇲🇹 Presenter Lee & Producer Tom are in with the Ħamrun Spartans fans this afternoon. Tifos, beer showers, great support & intense sunshine - Maltese football has already won our hearts!

🇲🇹🏟️ The Ta’ Qali National Stadium in Malta is absolutely buzzing for this potential title-decider between Ħamrun Spartans & Floriana.

We’re watching with the Ħamrun faithful today, who are hoping to see their team retain the title and become champions for the 10th time ever.

🇲🇹 It is a huge day for us to witness in the Maltese title race as leaders Ħamrun Spartans take on Floriana at the Ta’ Qali National Stadium in the penultimate round.

A win for Ħamrun will retain their title, while a draw or a Floriana victory takes the race to the final day.

🇨🇱🚢 Chile’s oldest football club, second-tier Santiago Wanderers, are en route to the remote Juan Fernández Islands for an historic match.

Aided by the Chilean navy, they are making the 756km journey by boat to play a representative team from the archipelago in the Copa Chile

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🇲🇹 Another micro-state for the Sweeper crew as we finally visit the picturesque Mediterranean island of Malta!

A big football weekend in store for us too: Ħamrun Spartans vs. Floriana FC in a potential title-decider, while 25-time champions Valletta FC could get relegated!

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🇩🇿 Continental semi-final delayed by kit map
🇲🇺 The riot that changed Mauritian football
🇷🇺 The club that travels 100,000km per year
🇷🇴 The Transylvanian team in the cup final
🇹🇷 Crocodile club Bursaspor in fourth tier

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Rare in podcasting that a story happens just at the perfect time before you record but the mess at the CAF Confederations Cup certainly fits the bill for that.

Tune in to find out how a disputed map led to the postponement of a tie in Africa’s secondary club competition 🔜

🔜 New pod to hit the airwaves at 11:00 GMT / 12:00 CEST ⬇️

👕 Kit controversy at Algiers Airport
🏝️ Rodrigues Island in the Mauritian Cup
🇷🇺 The 'Isolation Derby' in the Far East
🇷🇴 Second-tier Corvinul's Romanian Cup run
🐊 Bursaspor's fall to the fourth division

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This Manchester United fan made the 7,000km trip from Mongolia to Wembley for the #EmiratesFACup semi-finals, by BIKE... 🤯

It's fair to say his 11 months of cycling were worth it as he witnessed the Red Devils win in dramatic fashion! 🤩

🇷🇴🏆 Sadly Coventry didn’t make it - but a second-tier club whose name begins with ‘C’ & contains eight letters has reached a domestic cup final.

Their name is Corvinul, they are from Transylvania & are aiming to become the first lower-league Romanian cup winners since 1973.