Back to back wins certainly puts a spring in our step. As does the veritable feast of football that we had around this world this past week. And we talk about a lot of it in this week's show. We kick things off with an analysis of Vancouver Whitecaps' 1-0 win over Portland Timbers in MLS action on Friday night. A great defensive display that saw the 'Caps, temporarily at least, move into the playoff places, but most certainly now in the mix. We look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the match, the supporters walkout, and the concerns the team still give us. Our feature interview this week is with Whitecaps defender Ali Adnan, as we sit down with the Iraqi international to talk about his footballing life so far, from playing football as a little boy in Iraq to his footballing family, the moves to Turkey and Italy, and now to MLS. We also chat with Marc Dos Santos about technology in the modern game and MLS managers complaining, to Will Cromack about the new TSS Rovers season, continue our 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl celebrations, and more!

The boys are joined by North Bank legend Mervyn Griffiths and discuss Merv joining the Army, Iraq being lawless, Napoli away, travelling to Israel and chasing the Oldham mascot. Paddy buys his daughter £380 Alexander McQueen trainers and the lads discuss the recent demonstration at the Millwall match, the reaction to last weeks podcast and take a look at recent hit and miss signings plus much more..... @ambitioniscritcal1997 on Instagram @TheAiCPodcast on Twitter

In this episode, Suj & James look back at what was a pretty good Gameweek 6...and answer a bunch of Twitter questions, including: 1. Which Spurs attacking midfielder to go for? 2. Which Brighton players are worth looking at? 3. How long should you hold Mendy? 4. How much would a Mendy headbut hurt? And a whole lot more... You can find more from the Planet #FPL Team here: Website: www.planetfpl.com Twitter: @TheFPLPodcast (James) / @sujanshah (Suj) Facebook: www.facebook.com/PlanetFPL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So, there’s no football today. It’s so weird. However, nature abhors a vacuum so we’ve got a podcast full of it anyway. We look back over England and Belgium’s strange, somewhat empty battle for top/second spot, Japan’s self-flagellation regarding their slightly ironic qualification via fair play and bid a fond farewell to some of the characters we’ll miss from a brilliant World Cup group stage. On top of all this we also have an update on the various Marci who are still in the competition, plot England’s route to glory and turn our attention to the last 16. It’s business time… This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Further reading Michy Batshuayi’s embarrassing moment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44649247 Gareth keeps it in house: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-2018-england-belgium-gareth-southgate-changes-colombia-a8422221.html Akira Nishino is not happy about how things played out for Japan: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/28/japan-poland-senegal-world-cup The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Matt Scott and Iain Macintosh gloss over England v Belgium; wave goodbye to Senegal; and look ahead to the Last 16RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: England 0 - 1 Belgium - hmmmm (02m 10s)• PART 1b: Japan qualify on fair play - so farewell, Senegal (08m 00s)• PART 1c: The word on Colombia - with Alejandro Farffann (12m 00s)• PART 2a: Highs and lows of the group stages (17m 30s)• PART 2b: Last 16 lookahead and various other permutations (21m 40s) • PART: World Cup odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (28m 30s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes (29m 40s)CHARITY NEWS:we’re working with [**CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably**](https://www.thecalmzone.net/), who are dedicated to preventing male suicide PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)• [football + intellectualism = **The Game of Our Lives podcast**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-our-lives/id1353981875?mt=2)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/).• send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Day 15. The Tifo team discusses England's loss to Belgium, Senegal failing to progress, and looks forward to a few peaches from the knockout rounds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo has Michael Cox, Jack Lang and Adam Hurrey in the pod and Rafa Honigstein on the line from Moscow as we come to terms with Germany’s elimination from the World Cup (snigger). Plus, Emma Saunders on the build up to England v Belgium, and Pete Staunton at Brazil-SerbiaRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1: Germany out! - with Rafa Honigstein (01m 10s)• PART 2: Sweden 3 - 0 Mexico , Iran 1 - (14m 30s)• PART 3a: Brazil 2 - 0 Serbia - with Pete Staunton from Goal (18m 00s)• PART 3b: Switzerland 2 - 1 Costa Rica (23m 00s)• PART 4a: England v Belgium - with Emma Saunders (and a bit of Mick Hucknall) (24m 20s) • PART 4b: Japan v Poland and Senegal v Colombia previews (34m 40s)• PART 5: World Cup odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (39m 40s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes (41m 10s)CHARITY NEWS:we’re working with [**CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably**](https://www.thecalmzone.net/), who are dedicated to preventing male suicidePARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz, which returns before England-Belgium kicks off](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimbo welcomes Michael Cox, Duncan Alexander and James Horncastle to the pod to make sense of England’s 6-1 mauling of Panama and the rest of Sunday’s games. Plus, can Iran upset Portugal? And the word from Uruguay about their match with Russia - and the implosion of their neighbours, ArgentinaRUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: England 6 - 1 Panama (01m 30s)• PART 2a: Colombia 3 - 0 Poland (15m 20s)• PART 2b: Japan 2 - 2 Senegal (19m 20s) • PART 3a: Iran v Portugal preview - with Bassil Mikdadi (24m 30s) • PART 3b: Russia v Uruguay preview - with Gilmar Deladon (30m 40s)• PART 4: World Cup odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (39m 20s)• PART 5: Exeunt omnes (41m 10s)CHARITY NEWS:we’re working with [**CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably**](https://www.thecalmzone.net/), who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)• get yourself [70% off a virtual private network with **BestVPN.com**](http://www.BestVPN.com/podcast)• [football + intellectualism = **The Game of Our Lives podcast**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-our-lives/id1353981875?mt=2)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz ](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• send us a [**tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tifo team gather to discuss England cruising to victory over Panama, a thrilling draw between Japan & Senegal, and Colombia's besting of Poland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Germany are back and almost certainly invincible again. We knew it couldn’t last. You have to respect it though. Damn it you have to respect it. Mexico also kept their Group F party going, having harnessed the power of red meat, and Belgium revealed that Tunisia aren’t that good after all. Elsewhere Matthew Kelly is the latest figure to get an inexplicable mention, the Argentina team picks itself, literally, and Senegal delight us with a joyous warm up exercise. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Further reading Germany rub it in: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12098/11414985/germany-rubbed-win-in-our-face-says-swedens-janne-andersson Injury doubt for Romelu Lukaku? https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/england-vs-belgium-romelu-lukaku-injury-fitness-ankle-will-he-play-tunisia-goals-replay-highlights-a8413556.html Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri could be in trouble: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44592846 The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.