FC Thun's impossible fairytale 2: Road workers, Alpine dips & a football thesis

FC Thun midfielder Ethan Meichtry was a road worker three years ago. Now he’s a Swiss Super League winner.His story perfectly encapsulates the improbable rise of the club, who were promoted only last summer and are already champions of Switzerland for the first time in their history.So how did Meichtry go from construction worker to title-winner? How did Thun take Swiss football by storm? And where does their triumph rank on the all-time list of great soccer fairytales and underdog stories?In this episode of The Sweeper Podcast, we pull back the curtain one of the biggest European football stories of 2026: Thun’s unlikely transformation from relegation candidates to first-time national champions.You can sign up for the waiting list for The Sweeper's live show and the ‘Around The World in 80 Clubs’ book launch via this link: ⁠thesweeper.eventbrite.com⁠Chapters:00:00 – Intro01:20 – Celebrations: Pyrotechnics and pubs04:40 – Management: Gerber and Lustrinelli09:36 – Players: Roadworkers, recoveries and rejects12:50 – Style: Verticality and disregard for possession15:42 – Rivals: Basel & Young Boys underperformance 19:05 – Records: Swiss and European comparisons23:03 – Patreon plug and live show information24:35 – Fairytales: Where does Thun sit in the ranking?