Norway will host its first Champions League proper game in 18 years on Tuesday, but it will not be at the home of established giants Rosenborg, Molde or Valarenga.

Instead, it is a team from a city of less than 50,000 people in the Arctic Circle.

Bodo/Glimt are rising up the European ranks having dominated domestic football. League champions for four out of the last five seasons, they made their Europa League debut in 2022, then reached the semi-finals of the competition last term, losing to Tottenham Hotspur.

Now, they are preparing to face Spurs again as Bodo welcome the best Champions League teams to their 8,720-seater stadium for the first time.

But if you ask anyone at the club, their success cannot be tied to a world-class manager, nor a set of star players or tactics. Rather, a

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