Football Ramble

Pep Guardiola gets his first trophy as Man City manager, inspires another dissection of Arsenal and is accused of harbouring a fugitive all at once, while Jose Mourinho emerges victorious in a rare on-pitch ding dong with Antonio Conte, and down at The Hawthorns Alan Pardew is as bemused as the rest of us. On top of all this there’s a warlock, an earful for Tony Pulis and though there may be bad blood in the correspondence section there’s also a trip to Kevin Keegan’s Soccer Circus and a humble gift from Sol Campbell. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Pep Guardiola is defiant about his yellow ribbon: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/25/pep-guardiola-carabao-cup-push-manchester-city-treble Independiente’s attempt at wizardry: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/independiente-bring-along-a-sorcerer-help-them-win-recopa-sudamericana Sunderland vs Middlesbrough highlights: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11266018/sunderland-3-3-middlesbrough 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FA Cup has delivered again, as just when it looked like Man City might win everything, up stepped Wigan, and then for some reason Peter Reid. Composing ourselves after this development we look ahead to the Carabao Cup Final, look back at Pete’s red carpet adventures and reflect on Nobby Solano’s choice of holiday destination. Meanwhile, on the same show, Patrice Evra Patrice Evras, Mesut Ozil gets the sniffles and we take a brief moment to remember to worry about England. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Patrice Evra’s taxi antics: http://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/3389090/west-ham-defender-patrice-evra-drives-taxi-to-work Antonio Conte on his Chelsea marriage: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/21/antonio-conte-settle-differences-chelsea-board-stay Aleksandar Mitrovic off the mark for Fulham: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11261138/bristol-city-1-1-fulham 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week brings wonderful drama from the FA Cup courtesy of Rochdale and their manager Keith Hill, a man who in a way is all of our dads, Carlos Carvalhal distracts from a goalless draw with some welcome Police Academy chat and in The Championship Mimin’ Mick McCarthy is gloriously tetchy after the Old Farm Derby. As well as all this precious gold there’s the novel concept of tackling above the head, some retro Portsmouth organisational slapstick and some sausage-based fun north of the border. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: FA Cup talking points: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/feb/19/fa-cup-fifth-round-10-talking-points-from-weekend-action Taxigate: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2018/02/18/west-brom-taxi-gate-four-ridiculously-stupid-storms-legend-wile/ Keith Hill on Dele Alli: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/rochdale-tottenham-hotspur-keith-hill-mauricio-pochettino-penalty-a8216961.html 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a time getting acquainted with Claude Puel’s radiator Riyad Mahrez is ready for FA Cup action, as are Spurs as they head to Rochdale’s obstacle course of a pitch, and Man United hope to cause an upset by finding a way past Huddersfield. There are special days for Neymar and Kevin Keegan, an expose on the devious Going for Glold tactics of our dear host and a lot of painful, disruptive head turning. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Riyad Mahrez is now better in training according to Claude Puel: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/11250077/riyad-mahrez-performing-even-better-than-before-man-city-transfer-saga-says-claude-puel Carlos Carvalhal’s return to Sheffield Wednesday: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/inside-story-swansea-city-boss-14289648 Rochdale’s leveller of a pitch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43035066 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This show features that rarest of beasts; a happy Pete Donaldson, giddy from a Newcastle win and a mutant chicken binge. Not only that, we have the North London Derby, chaos between Stoke and Brighton and more importantly, a penis being seen. If that isn’t enough there’s also time for revelations about football’s bald illuminati, Tim Sherwood’s surprising sideline and our interest being piqued by the concept of a solution to the “not quite a yellow, not quite a red” problem. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Martin Dubravka’s Newcastle debut: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/martin-dubravka-debut-watch-how-14275921 Graeme Souness on Paul Pogba: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/29328/11246213/graeme-souness-explains-paul-pogba-criticism-he-doesnt-understand-role-without-the-ball Video: Sunderland make one of the comebacks of the season: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/championship/11244901/bristol-city-3-3-sunderland 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The North London Derby looms and will be particularly interesting as diving has now officially been declared fine, Ederson eases Man City’s injury crisis by reinventing himself as a midfielder and David Moyes gets a cheerleader in the form of fun-time Patrice Evra. We also shine a light on the maudlin nature of Antonio Conte’s current work, discover that fruit may work as an injury treatment and peak behind the curtain to meet playground bully Marcus Speller. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Pochettino on diving: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/06/mauricio-pochettino-dele-alli-dive-tottenham-trickery Ederson the midfielder: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ederson-i-could-play-midfield-man-city-and-i-can-score-free-kicks-too Riyad Mahrez’s Leicester troubles: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/11239423/riyad-mahrez8217s-leicester-city-legacy-sad-if-this-story-is-tarnished 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jurgen Klopp pops his top at Anfield after more referee related grievances (but luckily Pete’s devised a novel way to improve them once and for all), Arsenal roar back into the title race and the relegation scrap stays determinedly tight. Elsewhere there’s a welcome return for Ramble (Marcus) favourite Joe the Goal, we make a splash in Vietnam and there are worrying developments in Russia as yet more insects threaten to invade an international football tournament. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] To take advantage of our Harry’s razors offer and get a trial set for just £3.95, it’s: http://harrys.com/ramble Further reading: Andy Brassell on Ademola Lookman’s RB Leipzig debut: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/feb/05/ademola-lookman-slips-slides-from-everton-into-leipzig-affections Jurgen Klopp isn’t happy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42940280 Those pesky locusts: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/russia-world-cup-2018-locusts-pitches-news-latest-a8187221.html 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As another transfer window slams dramatically and confusingly shut we do our best to assess who has done well and what Arsenal were actually planning, Dele Alli shows all the signs of following in the footsteps of many an England great at the World Cup and those resurgent swans of Swansea start to fly up the table. Within our usual ‘professionality’ there’s also talk of club therapists leaking information to the press, confusion at the gates of Wembley and a delightful airport tantrum. This show is sponsored by bet365 Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] Further reading: Transfer window round up: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/01/transfer-deadline-day-round-up-tottenham-lucas-moura Sam Allardyce on Ademola Lookman: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/how-ademola-lookmans-stubborness-forced-14230764 Riyad Mahrez gets all sad: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42895613 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And there you were thinking there'd be no action at St James's Park on Transfer Deadline Day! As promised in the 12 Rambles of Christmas we’re back to shine a light on Mike Ashley’s reign of errors at Newcastle United, courtesy of competition winner Matt Baker! There’s the return (and subsequent mugging off) of Kevin Keegan, the Cockney Mafia, Joe Kinnear swearing, a lot, er Alan Pardew also swearing, Alan Pardew head-butting and, of course, POWER DRINKING. Here’s hoping a great club gets the ownership it deserves soon, but until then, well you've got to laugh haven't you? 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FA Cup rolls on with a delightful cameo from Shola Ameobi, West Ham fans get angry and we hear more tales of humility from Man of the People Carlos Tevez. Elsewhere Mick McCarthy turns a phrase, Leeds get lost in translation and Marcus gets his hope back. There’s also time to hear about Luke’s trip to Fratton Park, play a vintage edition of Going for Glold and an honest assessment of Rodney Parade. Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected] To take advantage of our Harry’s razors offer and get a trial set for just £3.95, it’s: http://harrys.com/ramble Further reading: West Ham transfers: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/911398/West-Ham-transfer-news-revealed-Insider-reveals-deals-which-will-and-won-t-be-done FA Cup latest, including Wigan and Notts County: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42846623 Portsmouth lose to Shrewsbury: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42756510 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s FA Cup weekend again and Marcus’ soothsmelling nose sniffs a cup upset, the Class of ’92 make some noise to check that nobody has forgotten they were really good and as usual there’s plenty of weasel chat. As we further survey the footballing land we spy on Chelsea’s transfers shenanigans, yet more woe from the Stadium of Light and, as is only correct, Neil Warnock is heavily involved. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An eventful show as Watford engage in their traditional managerial sacking, Man United and Arsenal engage in the lesser-spotted swap deal and Chelsea for some reason continue their attempts to create a basketball team. And there’s more! Marcus has a new crush, we learn about Sean Dyche’s seduction techniques, Carlos Tevez gets some bad press and Jim strikes a blow in his ongoing yet previously unmentioned war with Roger Federer. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus returns from Argentina and even beef lag can’t keep him down, especially not when there’s talk of Andy Carroll moving to Chelsea, the criminal investigations of the Mayor of Liverpool and a gob full of worms to chew over. So to speak. On top of all this the long mooted Newcastle takeover careers into the buffers, we have one of our all time great pieces of correspondence and Ronaldinho retires from football, but not from our hearts. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wow! Liverpool vindicate one of Moorestradamus’ recent visions with a narrative-shredding performance at Anfield, the bottom end of the table heats up as the Pardew Bounce finally arrives and the Crosthwaite family of SW6 make life difficult for Chelsea. Elsewhere Ryan Giggs earns a chance at Wales, Joselu pops up as he will all too occasionally do and there are the warmest of words for James Milner. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bristol City provide the gifs that keep on giffing after their narrowbao Carabao Cup defeat to Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal play second fiddle to the VAR narrative because they managed to play a game in which nothing happened and we look ahead to what is potentially the thigh rubber of the season as Liverpool welcome Man City to Anfield. On top of this bonanza there are important dentistry updates, ill thought out comments about voodoo and hopeful anticipation of messrs O’Neill and Keane coming in to solve the case of Stoke City. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 3rd round of the FA Cup doesn’t disappoint as it features upsets, wonder goals and gallon upon gallon of claret. We dissect Arsenal’s fey misanthropes, bask in the glory of how good Virgil Van Dijk is when he’s trying and say “thanks for the memories” to Mark Hughes. Elsewhere we offer the insightful perspective on modern dentistry that we’ve become synonymous with, lament a rarely seen type of weather and find a way to help one of our nation’s favourite broadcasters with the simple application of Refbot. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arsene Wenger’s crusade against referees continues as he blows his top following a pulsating draw with Chelsea, Swansea and Spurs overcome a Bible-level flood event and the fun keeps coming as FA Cup weekend kicks off with the Merseyside derby. BUT THERE’S MORE! The fixture pile up has sent Alan Pardew straight to the bottom of the Pardew slide, another statue arrives, we have some excitable correspondence and Moorestradamus makes perhaps his boldest prediction yet. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back in a brand new year and there has been sooo much football. The Mark Hughes fuse looks close to blowing, Liverpool get good at dragging games over the line while their players head off to awards ceremonies and Manchester United come under siege from the Kings of Rock ’n Roll. Elsewhere, surprisingly proportioned statue, Sadio Mane’s delightful former club and a heartwarming tale of a family sticking together. You get it by now. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! It’s that weird week between Christmas and new year where nobody knows what day it is but it’s fine because there’s loads of football, and about football we chat. There’s Harry Kane’s magnificent calendar year, Yaya Toure’s annual wheeling out in what’s becoming his own personal panto season, and the merciful end to Virgil van Dijk and Liverpool’s transfer saga. Elsewhere there’s your highlights of the year, our usual round up of Liberian politics and we hear from Uruguay’s maddest man. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the top spot on our list, it's the two greatest players to have ever lived. It would be fantastic had just one of these men come along at the same time as The Football Ramble, but to have not one but two, both seemingly vying for that right to occupy the title of Greatest Player Ever in our time is incredible. As we finish our Christmas countdown of the best, most interesting events and themes since we started the show in 2007, it's an absolute pleasure to spend some time discussing the continuing narrative between Messi and Ronaldo, forever intertwined in a blur of speed, skill, trophies and goals. Two individuals rightly occupy our number one spot in a show about a team game. That should tell you everything you need to know about their quality. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Potentially the greatest club manager to have ever walked the Earth, Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 after 26 years and an astonishing 38 trophies at the helm of Manchester United. What followed was chaos as the sublime turned into the ridiculous and United struggled to replace such a colossal figure. Nearly five years on Jose Mourinho rules the roost at Old Trafford, but the shockwaves of Ferguson's retirement continue to be felt. In number two on our list, we discuss what impact he had and what the future holds for one of the world's biggest clubs. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arguably the greatest club side we've ever seen, Pep Guardiola's Barcelona were the team that swept aside all before them, playing an irresistible blend of attacking, possession-based football while doing so. Using tactics and application that are still having an influence around the world in 2017 on the way to winning everything, we pore over the era that brought us Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Pedro and of course the great Lionel Messi in a team that will never be forgotten. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As yuletide approaches we discuss Bristol City’s EFL Cup win over Man United and Lee Johnson’s sadly redundant and expensive wine, Swansea running around like headless swans, whether a swan could deck an eagle and Arsenal plotting the revenge of the fifth on fourth-placed Liverpool. As if that ain’t enough we put the spotlight onto Alan Pardew and his assistant John Carver, who in turn puts the spotlight onto our favourite journeyman assistants. WE WANT YOURS. Have yourselves a merry little Christmas! This show is sponsored by bet365. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2015, the wheels finally fell off Sepp Blatter's corrupt FIFA vehicle, an event that was celebrated far and wide by just about every football fan. What followed was a delicious blend of chaos and ridicule. In number four on our countdown, we pick over the fallout as the FBI got involved, Big Sepp ran for president, won, resigned and then attempted to renege on his resignation, all the soundtrack of satisfied sighs and chuckles from football fans all over the world, not least Andrew Jennings, the man who started the entire fightback. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No international team has typified the last ten years of football better than Spain and their three trophies in a row between 2008 and 2012. With a group of all-time great players such as Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos, La Furia Roja dominated the international landscape for our first five years in the studio. Those teams were a joy to watch and a joy to talk about, and here we reminisce on what was undoubtedly one of the greatest eras in football history. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No manager has quite had the impact on football since 2007, both on and off the field, of Jose Mourinho. Even when not managing in England his shadow has always loomed large, and his time at the helm of two of the Premier League's most successful clubs in the modern era has never been short on drama. In no.6 on our countdown we tell of our experiences covering the man and his actions and try to work out what makes him such a box office attraction for better or worse in the game. Don't forget to submit a suggestion for your favourite moment of the last ten years for a chance to win a Toshiba TV and have that moment recorded in the New Year! Email: [email protected] 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pete’s uncouth army roll into North London and leave with nothing, Man City do their thing against Spurs but there’s a surprising consolation for Mousa Dembele and David Moyes continues the renaissance not a single person doubted was coming. As well as all this Roy the Boy rides back into town, Sunderland save some face and undo the embarrassment of the past year and there is CONTROVERSY with Going for Glold. Come inside and have an egg nog, even though this isn’t a Christmas special. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, this one was always likely to be in there somewhere wasn’t it! 18 months on from that incredible season in which Claudio Ranieri's Leicester City side upset the apple cart in a huge way, we chew over the fall out, reminisce about covering their superb campaign and ruminate on what it all means for football in England in general. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Without a doubt the biggest single result to occur during our time broadcasting, Brazil's humbling by Germany on their own patch in the semi-final stage of the first World Cup they'd held for 64 years was a genuine jaw-dropper. In number eight on our festive countdown, Marcus, Luke, Jim and Pete discuss the build up to that momentous occasion in Belo Horizonte, the game itself, the aftermath and effect on Brazil's psyche, and their memories of it all, more than three years on. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After big investment, the other half of Manchester had high hopes and big intentions of dining at football's top table but they knew they needed a league title win under their belts first. In 2012 they finally got their hands on it. From the 6-1 defeat of their local rivals at Old Trafford to the final, dramatic moments against QPR on the final day, The Ramble boys cast their minds back to the iconic Premier League season when Man City, now rightly considered part of the super club furniture, finally earned their stripes on the big stage. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the depression of yesterday, here's something positive to bounce back with and yes this is Luke writing these synopses. Portsmouth triumphed gloriously in the FA Cup in 2007/08, laying to waste everyone in their path including a pathetic iteration of a Manchester United team on their own patch. Just when we all thought the summer of 2008 would be nothing to shout about given England's capitulation in trying to qualify for the European Championships, those beautiful boys in blue came through and warmed all of our hearts in fine fashion by lifting that FA Cup trophy high above everyone's heads on a balmy day in May at the Home of Football. The less said about what happened after that, the better. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s still kicking off in that tunnel even ages after it actually kicked off in the tunnel as Man City’s continuing excellence makes Jose Mourinho get snippy, Mike Ashley and Amanda Staveley continue to thrash out Newcastle’s future and we see the welcome return of that sweet fifth booking as players look for time off over Christmas. We also try to give Sean Dyche the England job, Big Sam’s big grin widens further and El Diego is involved. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In at number 11 in our countdown is Steve McClaren and England's ill-fated attempt at qualifying for Euro 2008. New in the job, Steve was tasked with giving England their English identity back after Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to hold the position, had ruled the roost for so long. His first assignment proved to be his undoing however as his team failed to impress, culminating in a disastrous defeat at home to Croatia on a windy and rainy night at Wembley. This was the first big event to occur after the formation of The Football Ramble back in April 2007 and in many ways set the tone for the years to come, both in shambolic England performances and The Ramble having to resort to humour to get through difficult footballing times. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first of our countdown of the biggest moments, themes and events of the last ten years comes in the shape of World Cup 2010. The first tournament of its kind ever to be held in Africa, the world was treated to vuvuzelas, Bafana Bafana, yet another turgid performance from those Three Lions and Spain lifting the trophy. The boys don't let England's showing dampen their spirits though as they enthusiastically march down memory lane regaling all with their memories of the summer, including what it was like to be on the ground in Johannesburg. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Derbies galore as Man City take their noisy neighbours tag very seriously and wind up Jose Mourinho, only partially by beating his team, Big Sam hits the ground grinning and West Ham do a number on Chelsea. If that isn’t enough - and it’s not as there’s way more discussed than that - there’s the confusing emergence of the puffa waistcoat, some good fortune for Coventry in their City of Culture bid and more of your unlucky tales of missing goals, you silly listeners. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time around we chat about some geologically scintillating stuff from Liverpool ahead of Everton’s visit to Anfield on Sunday, a fixture so important that Sam “My Own Man” Allardyce has turned down a free trip to Cyprus to prepare. Cut out this line about Jesse sodding Lingard. As the noisy neighbours of Man City prepare to head to Old Trafford we hear of another curmudgeonly neighbour making a stubborn nuisance of himself, while the ladvent calendars come out in Sunderland and everything goes worryingly quiet in Newcastle… This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back once again, not unlike the renegade master, to discuss a frankly superb goalkeeping performance from David De Gea, wobbly yet winny Man City, some immediate big licks from Big Sam and a ruddy WORLD CUP DRAW! It’s about to get real. On top of all that jazz there are confusing sock related activities, Eric Dier bravely trying to move on and Sunderland get yet another mention that they really won’t want... 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Big Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew returning to the fold in the same week? What a Ramble bonanza/sign of just how many chances these particular British managers get. Big Sam at least gets a warm welcome to Goodison Park after Wayne Rooney’s midweektacular hat trick against despair’s West Ham, Man City keep up their daunting run and Arsenal turn a corner. Again. Elsewhere there’s a surprising career change for a croaky favourite, an unnecessary banishment, a gun and a Quantum Leap reference that really shouldn’t be so hard to understand. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary Megson displays some gigantic cojones after steering West Brom to a draw against Spurs at Wembley Hart Lane, a lightning powered footballer emerges onto the scene to lead England’s future and Everton continue their league wide benevolence. On top of all this we finally have at least partial details of Pete’s confusing and intriguing CV, Marcus gets credit for almost correctly predicting the future and a man called Spud saves the day. Give it a listen and tell all your mates. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wait with bated breath for West Brom to announce Alan ‘Party Pards’ Pardew as their new boss so the season can truly begin. How we’ve missed him. How three of us have missed him. It’s not all bad news for Hartlepool’s favourite son though as the Newcastle takeover looms. Surely nothing can go wrong… Elsewhere there are Champions League adventures, including an oddly enjoyable evening for Brendan Rogers, wicked whispers and postcode corrections. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The managerial merry-go-round is either working perfectly or completely broken depending on who you are. Tony Pulis leaves us for the time being, while fed up of enjoying life, Chris Coleman takes the Sunderland job, possibly regretting it already. As well as all this Paul Pogba returns from injury, seemingly more powerful than ever, there’s a North London Derby and David Moyes gets an enthusiastic welcome that leads to a deluge of banter for Essex Police. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even though they were just friendlies England have got us all worked up about the World Cup again as we chat about the draw, groups of death and a long-needed alternative England band. There are also fireworks in Peru, a far-from-perfect hat trick in Australia and a word from El Diego. Not only that, the Premier League is back, with the North London derby, Everton’s hunt for a new manager and a topless Marcus Speller, which though irrelevant is always welcome. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There have been so many international fixtures it’s as if it’s all building up to some kind of World’s Fair of football. There have been 0-0 thrillers, heartbreak for Northern Ireland, the glorious sight of Herve Renard and his lucky shirt and Australia being Australian. Elsewhere there are expectations of higher standards, Tom Heaton (obviously), behaviour arches and the odd geography lesson. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s international week and England’s innovative conceptual interpretation of a squad prepare to batter known melts Germany and Brazil. There’s also a whole host of football from elsewhere, potential revisionism regarding one David Moyes, urinal encounters, Luke almost meeting a hero and Star Fruit - with extra large fruity pieces. This show is sponsored by bet365 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here at Ramble HQ we get a huge amount of emails and don't always have the time to get through them all on our two regular weekly shows. So, to that end, please welcome The Football Ramble Shredder! In this special ep, we trawl through as many of your email as we can - including missives from a man who believes he can predict what we're going to say before we've said it, a load of puns (obviously), and just exactly how long it would take you to listen to all the Ramble episodes back to back (someone must have been *very* bored...) To get involved in this nonsense yourself, it's: [email protected] Don't forget to hit subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode of The Football Ramble, and leave us a review on iTunes. We'd really appreciate it. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

West Ham kindly sacked Slaven Bilic before we recorded this time around enabling us to go to town on the Hammers, including Andy Carroll’s fairly robust advice for the fans. Elsewhere there's time for more handshake drama, the joy of bendy headers courtesy of Mr Morata, and Everton and Watford's game of the season contender which also provided something for Unsy to be happy about. On top of that we learn about Graeme Souness’ small box, enjoy some cupsets and marvel at the evergreen, evermassive everPeter Crouch. Get him on some sort of plane. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A frothy show as we enjoy the exploits of Spurs and young Harry Billy Winks, the lines on Pep Guardiola’s forehead visibly smooth out as he enjoys life and lusts after defeated Napoli and Antonio Conte wonders what the point of it all is. Elsewhere Roy Keane hits the form of his life as a pundit, the future looks bright for good old Peter Reid, and the correspondence gets tasty. Don't miss it! 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Hart is despondent, and we mean really despondent, after West Ham conceded a 97th minute equaliser to Big Roy and his boys. Basically everyone is fuming with professional-headerer Michail Antonio but not us! Not us, no! We are delighted for the drama here at Ramble HQ. Elsewhere, for obvious reasons (mostly physical) it's not easy to cast David Unsworth aside but Claude Puel and his Leicester team managed it in some style on Sunday and so the boys ruminate on what that may mean for Everton this season as the Toffees lurch from one crisis to another. And as if Marcus would ever let an England triumph slip under the radar - he's cock-a-hoop about those U17s doing a demolition job on, well let's face it, the entire world really and thinks it bodes well for the summer. Of course he does. Stay tuned for a Going for Glold controversy as well. Blimey, it's all happening here this week... 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s trouble in paradise in hit drama Wembley Lane as we see evidence of a new BFF in Dele Alli’s life, Diego Maradona’s trip to London continues with lots of fun and immaculate timekeeping, while Mark Noble gets generous with his kit with mixed results.As if all this isn’t enough there’s the usual searingly insightful chat and a novel way to give England an advantage at the World Cup. Welcome to the age of the DAG. Confused? You will be.This show is sponsored by bet365. 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frankly, if you're Dejan Lovren you should probably swerve this one. Poor guy. We look at Spurs getting cosy at Wembley and a doozy at Goodison Park where poor old Ronald Koeman’s Everton once again failed to set an example.Elsewhere a Premier League legend teaches us about brain signals, we question Garth Crooks' preparation methods and we learn of a truly awful Christmas beverage, invented by Pete. Obviously.Oh, and for admin reasons you might want to listen right to the end... 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. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.