Have you ever heard of the football club founded by ex-KGB officers, the 21-time champions of Moldova? How about the Vatican Cup? Contested by 8 clubs made up of Vatican members, suspended on several occasions due to its fierce rivalries... Maybe you're more familiar with the Spanish team that actually resides in North Africa, SD Ceuta? Or AS Dragon, the club that regularly makes 15,000 kilometre trips from Tahiti to participate in the French Cup? No? Whether you're a football hipster who know's their stuff or not, join renowned football writer Paul Watson for a hilariously intrepid guide through the weird, wacky and wonderful world of football. Around the World in 80 Clubs takes the reader on a global tour of the beautiful game, from the squirrel-costume wearing fans of Andorra's UE Santa Coloma to the Buddhist monk ultras of Bhutan's Thimpu City, via Greenland's one-week season and priestly punch-ups in the Vatican City. This compendium is packed with footballing stories you have never heard of. There will be no Manchester United, no Juventus, no Boca Juniors here. If you're looking for the inside story of a dominant super-club, then the closest that you'll get is probably Arkadag - a team founded in 2022 by the authoritarian former President of Turkmenistan and parachuted straight into the nation's top division. It's perhaps no surprise that team proudly boast of having never to have lost a league game in their history... A book for the intrepid football lover, Around the World in 80 Clubs is filled with unique stories that have rarely been told before, shedding a light on cultures and communities formed - and sustained - through football. After all, the beautiful game is also a truly global one.