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Yabadabadoo

Football Ramble - April 17, 2024 11:17 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Barcelona may have lost the tie last night, but have they won the war to become the Champions League’s next banter club? Today, Marcus, Jim, Andy and Vish are here to review a night of Champos action that at times resembled a drunken brawl - and they bloody enjoyed it! You know what they also b...

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Crack the whip

Football Ramble - April 15, 2024 10:41 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What’s that noise? Is that the sound of Euro-trash floating from Lineker’s Bar? That’s right, Pete thinks it’s official: Jack Grealish is already planing his post-title win sesh. Marcus, Jim and Pete react to a huge weekend at the top of the Premier League as both Liverpool and Arsenal promptly...

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Mailbag: Could Premier League games ever be played overseas?

Football Ramble - April 13, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Andy and Pete text an anonymous burner phone and get a fresh batch of listener questions delivered to the studio - and there are some crackers! We wonder if a Premier League game could - and should - be played overseas after FIFA’s change of tune this week. Also, should professional fou...

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The Preview Show: Atabanta

Football Ramble - April 12, 2024 11:20 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Was last night Jürgen Klopp's final European game at Anfield? If so it didn't end well. Today, Marcus, Andy and Pete are here to remind Klopp that going out of the Europa League would at least mean he is on the beach a week earlier... Elsewhere, Pete expresses his jealousy towards John McGinn’s...

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Ramble Reacts: Barcelona’s kids silence Mbappé

Football Ramble - April 11, 2024 00:10 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Also, Xavi was wearing Stone Island on the touchline, so we can only assume he and his XL bully were waiting for Luis Enrique in the carpark. Marcus and Jim look back on two entertaining Champions League quarter-finals! Well, spare a thought for Marcus having to watch Atlético try to sit on a 2...

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I’m gonna need a bigger telly

Football Ramble - April 10, 2024 10:44 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
How about that football, eh? Last night’s Champions League action was so good that Andy has decided he needs to get a second big telly to watch all the barns burn at once. Marcus, Jim, Vish and Andy reflect on Arsenal showing glimpses of their ITV era last night and marvel at the quality of goa...

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Always do your doggies

Football Ramble - April 08, 2024 11:13 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Did you know that if you’re a Tottenham player you can punch a Nottingham Forest player on a Sunday afternoon without punishment? Today Marcus, Luke and Jim applaud James Maddison’s knowledge and application of that rule this weekend. Elsewhere, Luke compares Man United vs Liverpool to Pulp Fic...

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Mailbag: Is football punditry becoming more divisive?

Football Ramble - April 06, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Luke and Jim are back in Correspondence Corner tackling some more of your cracking questions! We start with an interesting one: in the age of mass media coverage and scrabbling for social media clicks, is football punditry becoming more divisive and are club biases paraded around too of...

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The Preview Show: No barns left to burn

Football Ramble - April 05, 2024 11:05 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What… on EARTH was that?! Marcus, Luke and Jim recap Cole Palmer 4-3 Moments FC, where perhaps the biggest takeaway from one of the most ridiculous games you’ll ever see was: you’ve got to feel sorry for Harry Maguire. Elsewhere, Chris Wilder finds himself snookered, Vincent Kompany is forced t...

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Ramble Reacts: Tickly bum time for Man City and Arsenal

Football Ramble - April 03, 2024 23:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus didn’t think he’d ever make this comparison but… Phil Foden went full-blown Wayne Rooney against Aston Villa! It was a stunning hat-trick. But what were Villa doing leaving the serving hatch of their wall wide open for his first goal? Marcus and Jim react to victories for Man City and Ar...

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Whoever wins, we lose

Football Ramble - April 03, 2024 10:18 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Luke and Jim dive into yet more Barclays action, as a gloriously violent cameo from Newcastle's Paul Dummett gave Everton some much-needed points. Generous, innit. Elsewhere, journalists continue to ask Mad Pep some even madder questions, Morgan Gibbs-White turns into primetime Zinedine...

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Barclays Barnburners Deluxe™

Football Ramble - April 01, 2024 10:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Luke, Vish and Pete return after Man City 0-0 Arsenal to find the barn very much intact. Wasn’t even remotely burned. Pep Guardiola still found plenty to be angry about, of course. Luckily there were plenty of other Barclays bangers to get stuck into, as Man United somehow escaped Brent...

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Mailbag: Which manager will have achieved the most by winning the Premier League?

Football Ramble - March 30, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Luke, Jim and Vish kick off proceedings with an intriguing question about this season’s incredible title race: for which manager would winning the league be the biggest achievement? Plus, we’re building some famous football statues in some offensive locations and we finalise the definitive list...

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The Preview Show: The Fleece of Champions

Football Ramble - March 29, 2024 12:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Three things we didn’t expect in the studio today: a hammer, Sean Connery, and loads of Wellman supplements after Pete played table tennis against David Gandy. It can only be Preview Show time! Pete, Luke, Jim and Vish – wielding said hammer – look forward to the return of the Premier League an...

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England Special: Who should start at Euro 2024?

Football Ramble - March 28, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Back in November Marcus and Luke picked their England starting XI for Euro 2024. Four months and a lot of football later it’s now time for the lads to re-visit their selections. Are they still starting Harry Maguire and Kalvin Phillips? Where should England play Phil Foden? Strike up the band, w...

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He’s dead, Vish

Football Ramble - March 27, 2024 11:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Andy, Luke and Vish are here with some consoling words for our Welsh brethren, after their Euros journey fell at the final hurdle last night. Here’s hoping they triumph in their next Penalty Competition™. Elsewhere, England let the handbrake off and nabbed a draw against Belgium - might...

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Dr Feelgood Factor

Football Ramble - March 25, 2024 12:05 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
England may have lost to Brazil but you can’t create the feelgood factor without having a bad moment first, right? Today, Marcus, Jim, Vish and Pete hold onto that hope and book Kobbie Mainoo a seat on the plane after seeing that one turn in the second half. Oooft. Elsewhere, the lads take hear...

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Mailbag: Has Gareth Southgate been a success for England?

Football Ramble - March 23, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
The narrative that has been created around Southgate is one of squandered opportunities and an inability to match tactics against the elite in Europe. Is that fair? Would a penalty shootout win against Italy have changed everything? Marcus, Andy and Vish explore that on today’s show. Elsewhere,...

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The Preview Show: Virtue-signalling about something

Football Ramble - March 22, 2024 12:44 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
It’s international week! Marcus, Andy, Vish and Jim leave the boffins behind for Anthony Hopkins and Robbie Savage giving Wales’ next team-talk, Matt Berry giving England’s next team-talk, and a heartbreaking defeat for San Marino… We also discuss Nike’s change to the St George’s cross on the l...

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Ramble Uncut: Santa in Lanzarote, the worst taxi driver ever, and blimps

Football Ramble - March 21, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
As a special Thursday treat, we're bringing you this week's Patreon-exclusive edition of Ramble Uncut! Luke reveals what happened when a man donned a Santa costume to calm down a group of angry Celtic fans, Jim thinks he's found the worst taxi driver in the world, and a listener informs us of a ...

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The Boffin's Premier League

Football Ramble - March 20, 2024 11:49 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Kobbie Mainoo is the latest addition to Gareth’s Governors so naturally, Marcus is swinging from the chandelier. Before that however, the boffins at the Premier League are forcing Marcus, Luke, Jim and Vish to wade through an annoying amount of admin after Nottingham Forest’s points deduction. M...

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Can I have the little fish?

Football Ramble - March 18, 2024 12:16 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Vish is on the pod, Vish is on the pod!! Today, Pete celebrated the return of the man of the bat by going through his old tweets. Concerning… Elsewhere, Luke tells Marcus, Vish and Pete that he thinks Man United vs Liverpool was the barn-burner of the season. However, he also reveals that it wa...

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Mailbag: What defines a big club?

Football Ramble - March 16, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Are Arcade Fire bigger than Arsenal? Are Hula Hoops bigger than Man City? Should you play without a goalkeeper? How many defenders do you really need at a corner? Just a small sample of the questions Marcus, Luke and Jim get stuck into on today’s Mailbag. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTo...

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The Preview Show: Thrashing around in their own muck

Football Ramble - March 15, 2024 12:08 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Marcus, Luke and Jim whizz round the best moments from last night’s European Battle of the Banter, as plenty of English sides impressed and Anthony Taylor delivered the best mugging off you’ll ever see from a ref. We then look ahead to this weekend’s FA Cup quarter-finals, as Man City face a be...

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Came here for a shootout

Football Ramble - March 13, 2024 12:35 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Arsenal’s penalty shootout win over Porto was so exhilarating that even the crowd were exhausted at the end - so how do you think a 41 year-old Pepe felt? Marcus, Jim, Pete and Andy breakdown the game and ask whether Martin Ødegaard could play football in a train station Pret a Manger. Plus, Pe...

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Ramble Reacts: Chelsea win and Poch goes for dinner

Football Ramble - March 12, 2024 00:01 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Chelsea delivered a huge blow to Newcastle’s ambitions for the rest of the season – and a huge blow to Andy Brassell’s hopes of watching them play the runners-up from the Slovenian top-flight next season in the Europa Conference League. And that’s all coming from what could have been the real Tr...

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Conspiracy Campbell

Football Ramble - March 11, 2024 11:59 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
What a weekend in the Prem! And after all the controversy, Pete has a brand new innovation for refereeing. Introducing… The No Context Man, sponsored by Ronseal! Unlike Andy Townsend, Pete, Andy and Jim have their vouchers for the football buffet and tuck right in. How did Liverpool manage to s...

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Mailbag: How should football copy other sports?

Football Ramble - March 09, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Jim, Andy and Rhythmic Pete Donaldson are back with another rummage in the postbag, addressing listener questions and problems with the poise and dignity you’ve come to expect. We start by wondering what aspects of other sports football should steal - a draft system? Pausing for afternoon tea? ...

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The Preview Show: Something rude about the Queen

Football Ramble - March 08, 2024 11:59 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Pete, Andy and Jim run the rule over last night’s European action – and then turn to the big one, Liverpool vs Man City, Klopp vs Pep, Trent vs… Haaland. The lads discuss that particular war of words – plus, Roma welcome Brighton with an obscene banner about the Queen and Gary Neville is set to...

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Tender Loving Football

Football Ramble - March 06, 2024 11:19 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
The Champions League is back! Marcus, Jim, Andy and Pete run the rule over last night’s clashes, which proved that all you need for European success is a couple of brave English boys and King Kylian. We also check in with some potential Mauricio Pochettino alternatives at the Bridge, Richarliso...