Football at the top of the world – Plus a family feud in El Salvador & a Dutch team banned from playing away

Football at the top of the world – Plus a family feud in El Salvador & a Dutch team banned from playing away

Bodø/Glimt continued their sensational debut UEFA Champions League campaign by beating Italian giants Inter in the Arctic Circle – after 80 tons of snow had first been cleared from their pitch, of course.

But did you know Norway is home to an even snowier pitch, 1,000km further north at the very top of the world, in a place where seeds are stored for the event of an apocalypse and people carry rifles to the supermarket to stave off polar bear attacks?

So who used to play here, on this northernmost 11-a-side pitch in the world? Why did it all change after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And why do so many Liverpool fans live in this Arctic wilderness?

Next, we hop over to Central America, where a family feud is ruining birthdays and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. So what scenario is unfolding here that is happening nowhere else in the world?

Finally, there’s a club in a local amateur league whose players are forced to play every match at home. Why are they banned from ever playing away? And which former professional footballer is employed to guard them?

Chapters

00:00 – Intro

01:34 – Bodø/Glimt's UCL magic

04:51 – Football at the top of the world

07:59 – Four fun facts about Svalbard

12:27 – El Salvador's family feud

16:02 – Family coaching battles

20:03 – Poland's Nazi-defying club

22:51 – Hashtag United's cup clash

26:06 – Jonker Boys' unusual restriction

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