Why We Love This Club

The Stories Behind Remarkable Football Clubs

Author: Underdog Podcasts

Why We Love This Club explores the remarkable football clubs, supporters and communities that make the worlds game special. Hosted by Chris Horwedel, each episode travels to a different corner of global soccer to tell the complete story of one unforgettable club.Discover how each team was founded, what it represents to its community, and why its supporters developed such a deep connection to it. The show explores club history, legendary players, defining matches, stadiums, rivalries, traditions, supporter culture, famous triumphs, painful failures and the moments that shaped each teams identity.From historic European champions and emerging womens teams to supporter-owned clubs, lower-league institutions and overlooked teams across Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas, Why We Love This Club celebrates football in all its forms.Whether you love soccer history, football culture, passionate fanbases or discovering clubs beyond the biggest names, every episode offers a new reason to love the worlds game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Brunei DPMM FC — The Club That Needed Three Countries to Find a League
Episode 24
Sunday, 23 August, 2026

Brunei DPMM FC, the Malaysia Super League, Singapore football and Brunei’s cross-border football story are the focus of this episode of Why We Love This Club, exploring a club that has needed three countries to find the right competition.Founded in 1994 and closely connected to Brunei’s royal family, DPMM quickly outgrew the domestic game. Chris traces the club’s moves from the Brunei Premier League into Malaysia and then Singapore, where administrative chaos, FIFA sanctions and even a global pandemic repeatedly disrupted their place in the football pyramid.The episode explores DPMM’s 2009 Singapore League Cup win, the bizarre season in which their league results were erased, and championship teams led by figures including Steve Kean, Wardun Yussof, Azwan Ali Rahman, Rafael Ramazotti, Adrian Pennock and Andrei Varankou.Chris also examines DPMM’s rivalry with Tampines Rovers and Albirex Niigata Singapore, life at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, and the unusual financial and travel arrangements required for their current return to Malaysia.It’s a story about geography, identity, and a Bruneian club determined to find meaningful competition beyond its own borders.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you enjoyed this show, you may like these other soccer podcasts by Chris.The Beautiful Game: UnfilteredThe Underdog Football ShowThanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.