The Football Ramble

Hello, Ramblers. Just to let you know, Mr Donaldson is here in place of Mr Speller today. Please be nice to him because he has forgotten his glasses.Pete's joined by Luke and Vish to look back on another pivotal night in the Premier League. Is Arsenal's time-wasting really an issue, or are they just better than everyone else at it? Plus, Newcastle win the Donaldson and Ehantharajah derby thanks to William Osula and Aaron Ramsdale. Pete's falling apart with joy.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Young Robby Edwards and his pack of wolves are back in the hunt! Teeth still red after a successful mauling of Aston Villa, they've only gone and taken a big old bite out of Liverpool too. So come on, are they on the verge?Luke tells Marcus and Jim why they might have a fighting chance. Plus, Jordan Henderson gets in a scrap, Daniel Farke compares himself to a butterfly, and old Warny is back in the big time.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With high-profile transfers being increasingly scrutinised by the football media machine, we wonder why it's so difficult to properly assess new arrivals to the Premier League without allowing them time to bed in. I mean, remember Dennis Bergkamp's first season at Arsenal?!Marcus, Vish and Jim get stuck into that. Plus: what should Aston Villa realistically expect from Unai Emery and this team? Who's had the most fairytale-tinged ending to their career? And, after Neil Warnock parachutes in at Torquay, what other managerial comebacks would we like to see?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to bears, if it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, goodnight. And if it's a Daniel Farke Care Bear? Marcus, Pete, Jim and Vish issue their advice on that, try to stamp sexy shoulders out of the game, crown Liverpool Sporting de Club Set Piece, and launch Pete's brand new TV show in Moldova.There's also an unwelcome visit from the Spirit of the Game at Burnley, who continues to haunt us, and Vish makes the case for Jordan Pickford's save being the best in Premier League history. Let him cook.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a meeting of the Ramble intercontinental senate, it's been decreed that the Ehantharajah Empire has simply been too powerful in the My Biddy Aunt arena of late, so a game of Jack's Encyclopaedia is the task this week.The belt is up for grabs with Marcus taking on Vish. Jim's on the whistle for this one.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the weekend everybody! And we've got a chocker Fri, Sat and Sun full of football goodness. Arsenal host Chelsea in the big one on Sunday. As both sides prepare for it, John Terry asks one again: "Why am I not the Chelsea manager?" There are probably a few reasons for that JT.Marcus, Jim and Vish preview that. Plus, Ryan Yates attempts to calm his ravenous sausage dog, Andre Onana eyes a return to Manchester United, and we all gather to celebrate a decade of Gianni Infantino at FIFA. Ten more years! Ten more years!Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a night where Vinícius Júnior didn't need to answer to anyone, he did anyway with a brilliantly taken winner against Benfica. The dance goes on.Pete and Luke are joined by David Cartlidge to look back on the action across Europe last night – including further depressing scenes on both sides at the Bernabéu, as David explains. José Mourinho behaves like a prat too, of course.We also unpack perhaps the worst red card decision in recent memory in Juventus vs Galatasaray. Poor lovely Lloyd Kelly!Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Those Qarabağ boys didn't go down without a fight! Newcastle already had one foot in the round of 16, which allowed Eddie Howe to give Nick Woltemade a run out in midfield. It wasn't pretty, but I guess it kind of worked?Pete tells Marcus and Jim why Newcastle need to be patient with big Nick. Plus, Bodø/Glimt deliver a huge shock as they knock Sporting Clube de Inter Milan out of the Champions League, Joe Hart becomes a coach for a day, and Snoop Dogg leaves a stench in the Swansea City tunnel.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A nice light, noncontroversial one to kick off today's Mailbag: are multi-club ownership models a necessary evil in modern football, or a blight on the game's very essence?Marcus, Luke and Vish tackle that one first, before diving into some of the lighter questions you've chucked us over the last week. What are some nice bits about modern football? Where would we choose to finish our own career? And who's got the best ‘bang average career, exceptional individual moment' in football history?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal are back in the driving seat after a comprehensive 4-1 win over their North London rivals. Big Igor Tudor... what kind of disaster have you walked into old pal?Luke was our agent on the ground at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and he joins Marcus and Vish to tell us all about it. Plus, Crystal Palace fans bring out the bedsheets and Fizzer auditions for the Mayor of Portland.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Marcus was humiliated, embarrassed, trounced (take your pick) by Vish last weekend, the honourable Republic of Jimbabwe is entering the field to bat against the Ehantharajah Empire.Speller will be reffing - it's Vish versus Jim for the My Biddy Aunt belt.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vítor Pereira got off to a stunning start at Nottingham Forest by beating Fenerbahçe 3-0 last night. First the... Europa League play-off first leg win, then the pints? The Fire Man is back in business.Marcus, Jim & Vish are here to recap that win and preview the weekend's action. Plus, Martin O'Neill goes on a generational rant about the state of Scottish football, Cesc Fàbregas rolls back the years, and the Igor Tudor period begins at Tottenham Hotspur.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Arsenal boat is desperately trying to find some more timber and generate enough steam to power them to that elusive Premier League title.Today, Pete, Luke and Jim reflect on a night where Arsenal's biggest flaws were all exposed. Elsewhere, Newcastle were rampant in Azerbaijan and Jesse Lingard's gap year continues.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Champions League is back! Today, Marcus, Luke and Jim review an evening that was disappointingly overshadowed by allegations of racist abuse in Benfica vs Real Madrid. Rest assured, José Mourinho covered himself in no glory whatsoever.Elsewhere, Newcastle prepare for an historic two and a half thousand-mile journey to Baku. Plus, Marcus' Thomas Tuchelitis is getting worse than ever.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And will they even need saving? Marcus, Luke and Vish ponder on the latest victim in Spurs' hot-seat. At least any potential Tudor chant can't be any worse than a new England song sent in by a concerned listener trying to stage an intervention for his mates. Don't worry, we'll tell them the truth.We also discuss Jim Ratcliffe's comments and why the FA and Premier League absolutely must not hesitate in making an example of him.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marco Bizot, where were you going? It was nice of him to try and take the attention off Chris Kavanagh. Today, Marcus, Luke and Vish are here to pick through a controversial FA Cup weekend.Elsewhere, there was a good old-fashioned cupset for us to enjoy at Turf Moor. Plus, Marcus has a thing or two to say about Vish's Instagram content.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we approach Valentine's Day, we're dropping Jack and his frankly unromantic encyclopaedia, and we're bringing in our lovely Biddy Aunt.The Marcus Mount and the Ehantharajah Empire enter the bedroom, but who will walk out with only the belt wrapped around their waist? Jimbabwe's on the buttons for this love-in.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, well, well, ladies and gents. We've got our title race back. Arsenal dropped points once again at the Henry Hoover Stadium. Four points is the gap now... you can hear those North London bums squeaking from miles away.Jim wallows in the wake of that defeat draw with Marcus and Vish. Plus, we've got a whole load of FA Cup action to dive into. Get your Harry the Haddocks out again, we're ready for another cupset.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The merry-go-round won't stop for anyone. Sean Dyche is the latest Premier League manager to be sacked, and Pete, Luke and Jim are here to revel in the chaos.Elsewhere, Crystal Palace find new ways of falling apart and James Milner's "vanity project" is almost over. Plus, Tim Sherwood has been linked with the Tottenham job. (Source: Tim Sherwood)Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's happened again, a Premier League manager was sacked mid-Ramble. We must thank David Ornstein for his tireless work.Today, Marcus, Luke and Jim got to explain why Spurs must get rid of Thomas Frank and then react to the news that he's been sacked. Elsewhere, the other Frank keeps his hair and we hear of a scandal in the Maldives.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite some amazing highs over the last few years - including some apoplectic hangovers for Donaldson - plenty of you have been asking if Newcastle have gone as far as they can under Eddie Howe. So should they move on? Or do they just need to make some alterations elsewhere? Marcus, Pete and Vish get stuck into that and have a right old barney about which teams are having a poor season by their own standards. Plus, in lighter climes: some historically brilliant strikers, former players rolling back the years and Pete unveils the most extreme Newcastle-related bet imaginable. Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liverpool 1-2 Manchester City, everyone did their job, the rules were applied, good process. But how do we really feel about it? That's what Marcus, Vish and Pete are here to unpack on today's Ramble.Despite all that, we want to make sure Dominik Szoboszlai's free-kick never gets forgotten. Plus, Daniel Farke is hitting all the right topics and Ian Holloway strikes again.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ehantharajah Empire reigns supreme over the Ramble galaxy, having crushed the Luke Nation and Marcus Mount since it's return to the world stage. But it's facing renewed opponents this week as the Jack's Encyclopaedia belt is once again up for grabs.The tax-free Principality of Donaco has the whistle for this clash between Vish, Marcus and Jim.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The weekend is here ladies and gents, and Big Dada Premier League has been kind with his offering to us this week. Man United vs Spurs, Liverpool vs Man City, AND Leeds vs Nottingham Forest. Oh yes, those barns will be toasting come Monday.Marcus, Jim, Pete, and Vish are here to preview the weekend's action. Plus, the extraordinary story behind Paul Merson's fiercest rival, Linford Christie, and James Milner becomes a record-breaker.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manchester City eased past Newcastle to set up a Carabao Cup final with Arsenal. The master meets the apprentice.Today, Marcus and Luke consider how the result of the upcoming Carabao Cup final will impact the rest of the season. Plus, we find out whether you really can find a car parking space that is more expensive than the League Cup prize money.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal are through to the Carabao Cup final! Were Chelsea's tactics understandable or unforgivable? Today, Marcus, Luke and Jim gather in the Football Ramble rumpus room for a good old-fashioned debate on just that subject.Elsewhere, Crystal Palace overpay for Jørgen Strand Larsen, Cristiano Ronaldo goes on strike, and Luke warns everyone to be more considerate of trees after Cole Palmer's ongoing dispute with his neighbours. Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The bottom of the Premier League is looking more wide open than we've seen it in years! West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Palace, and Spurs are all at risk of the drop (sorry Wolves and Burnley, you're already doomed) - but who is actually going down?Marcus, Luke & Vish are here to answer that. Plus, would Spurs win League One? And could a team of 11 Niclas Füllkrugs bring the Premier League title to West Ham?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There was an amazing display of unity in North London as Tottenham banded together to help Arsenal win the Premier League this weekend. Haha, no but seriously, Spurs do deserve some respect for the way they came back against Man City in very difficult circumstances.Marcus, Luke and Vish are here to unpick another fabulous weekend in the Kingdom, mainly thanks to Ian Holloway, it must be said. Plus, Luke explains why he thinks Hugo Ekitike is a better striker than Alexander Isak.Get your Ramble merch HEREFind us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ehantharajah Empire has bludgeoned its way through the Luke Nation, leaving every member of the public in its wake. Only Luke and the Kingdom of Speller stand in the way of Vish winning the Jack's Encyclopaedia belt and achieving unification.A Boteman-footed Pete has the whistle as these three titans go blow for blow. Who will come out victorious?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a big night for young Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba in the Europa League last night. European debut and a goal to match? Lovely stuff. Unai Emery has said he's prioritising the Premier League, though. So... are Villa on the verge?Luke, Pete, and Vish join Marcus to preview the weekend a packed Prem weekend! Spurs look to continue their great run of results against Manchester City (despite their abysmal league form), Jørgen Strand Larsen flees Wolves' sinking ship, and Adama Traoré gets Tupac on for the weekend.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a night for the Swiss model! Just as Anatoliy Trubin was firing in that header we couldn't help but think: are you not entertained, Vish?Today, Marcus, Jim and Luke gather to round up the closing moments of the Champions League league phase. We also wonder what's next for Raheem Sterling and try to work out just how good, or bad, Spurs really are.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Get 15% off our annual Patreon membership! Sign up for ad-free shows right here: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antonio Conte “welcomes” his former club Chelsea, Pep Guardiola “welcomes” some former players to Manchester, our Spurs play against the German Spurs, Newcastle re-start their feud with PSG, Liverpool have to hold their nerve against Qarabag, and Arsenal… erm, yeah. And Arsenal.The Champions League first phase finale is here and there is bucket loads of narrative for the neutrals to enjoy. Today, Marcus, Jim and Vish are here to preview it all.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for early access to the new Football Ramble merch: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus, Luke and Jim try to have a reasoned discussion about Arne Slot's reputation after a middling second season and the looming figure of Xabi Alonso - but we keep returning to Marcus' undying love for gammon.Plus, we long for the return of the purely vibes-based manager, wonder if it's too late for Harry Wilson to join a bigger club and try to find some aesthetically delightful players who were actually bang average.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for early access to the new Football Ramble merch: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weeks ago, Luke suggested that Arsenal are running out of steam. He was ridiculed, shamed, the pitchforks came out. But what if he was right all along?Today, Marcus, Luke, Jim and Pete dive headfirst into the possibility of Arsenal not winning the league again. Also, The Great Escape™ is showing at theatres in East London. Speaking of which, could Tottenham get dragged into a relegation scrap?Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for early access to the new Football Ramble merch: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just as it looked like all hope was lost, the Ehantharajah Empire is here to rescue us! That's right, Vish is back and ready to rip the belt from the waist of the Luke Nation.Vish experienced defeat in Australia, so will history repeat itself or will Luke be slain? The tax-free principality of Donaco is back on the buttons.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Things are finally starting to look good for Manchester United ahead of their big game against Arsenal this weekend. A convincing win against their city rivals last weekend sets them up nicely for a visit to the league leaders. So is Vish feeling confident? Well, what do you think?He joins Luke and Pete to preview that game. Plus, Diego Costa questions Antonio Conte's sexual capacity, Eden Hazard launches a wine brand, and the police prepare for more equine assaults at Fratton Park.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vish is on the pod, Vish is on the pod! Manchester United win the derby and suddenly Vish swans back in like he's never been away. Today, he's joined by Jim and Pete following a night of enthralling Champions League action. We discuss Pete's Friday fish and chip night, Popworld and an antiques centre selling bottles of Aftershock.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Marcus Speller right all along? Is the Manchester City Empire really crumbling? Jim and David join Marcus to review a torrid night in Europe for Pep's boys.Elsewhere, after a short period of maintenance, Arsenal's winning machine is back up and running. Also, stick around Spurs fans, we actually give your side some credit for their performance in the Champions League! Just don't get used to it… Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oliver Glasner has set fire to his own ship at Crystal Palace, so imagine this - which old reliable strigiform is ready to swoop from the skies and extinguish the blaze? None other than Roy Hodgson of course! Unfortunately for the Ramble, that probably isn't going to happen. So if they don't break glass for Hodgson, who should they get instead?Luke and Jim are on the Mailbag to tell Marcus that Sir Gareth Southgate might not be the answer to that question either. Plus, which manager from past or present would we most like to suckle on the teat of?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær's suckle on the teat was too hard, Ruben Amorim's too soft, but Michael Carrick's is just right. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Manchester United way. There's no Blue Monday at the Football Ramble when Marcus, Luke and Jim have got more managerial chaos to enjoy at Spurs and Crystal Palace. Plus, Marcus' aunt is still giddy from an absolutely extraordinary climax to AFCON.Join the Football Ramble WhatsApp.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After weeks of negotiation, the Luke Nation has agreed to step away from Jack's Encyclopaedia (for now)...But he is in attendance as the greatest game in football podcasting makes it's 2026 debut. Today, Marcus Mount, Jimbabwe and Cartalonia lock horns in a vigorous punch-up, Pete of Donaco has the whistle firmly between his moist lips. Who will earn the right to play the ever-present Luke Moore?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the Manchester derby this weekend, so how are both sides preparing? Man United have brought back Michael Carrick for another suckle on Sir Alex's teat, all while Pep Guardiola is turning down free bottles of whiskey. Come on Pep, you cannae be turning down a glass of Scotch from young Gary Caldwell.Marcus, Jim, David & Pete are here to look ahead to the big game. Meanwhile, Liam Rosenior goes full Jake Humphrey, Pat Nevin stops Duncan Ferguson from setting fire to a hotel, and - in shocking news to the whole of Scotland - the US has banned Buckfast. WHAT?Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsenal have the advantage after the League Cup semi-final first leg. Marcus and David were treated to five goals in a slightly confusing night at Stamford Bridge.We were left wondering whether Chelsea could buy ANOTHER goalkeeper and if Viktor Gyökeres was the correct choice for man of the match. Plus, Álvaro Arbeloa makes an awful start at Real Madrid.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Get 15% off our annual Patreon membership! Sign up for ad-free shows right here: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antoine Semenyo is not only scoring goals but he's currently top of the English football vibes table. However, Marcus, Luke and Pete are, controversially, in disagreement over whether his second goal should have been ruled out.Elsewhere, they are more agreeable on the fact that Michael Carrick could be a good appointment for Man United, which is of course bad news for the Ramble. Plus, Zlatan reveals he once s**t himself to be more high performance…Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Get 15% off our annual Patreon membership! Sign up for ad-free shows right here: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.