The Football Ramble

Everton need to calm their nerves after Burnley took a scary step closer last night - a Merseyside derby at Anfield will be just the tonic.Kate, Andy and Vish look ahead to a weekend of derbies across the land, as Chelsea take on West Ham and Man Utd will no doubt puncture any joy from the Erik ten Hag announcement by captiluating at Arsenal. All of that and loads more on today's Preview Show, sponsored by Betway!Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate, Andy and Luke recap more midweek Barclays, with Thomas Tuchel furious at his own pitch and an Angry Almiron smashing one top bins - just in time for a transfer!Also, would you like to hear from managers at half-time? Soon you may be able to - though we realise Dundee boss Mark McGhee is probably not the man to ask.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you're Manchester United, dragging off Phil Jones at half-time and letting Thiago stroll around like he's on holiday, it's not looking good. Best of luck, Erik ten Hag!Jules, Vish and Lars look over United's capitulation at Anfield and celebrate Fulham's inevitable promotion. Lars also gives us his thoughts on the Erling Haaland rumours and how he might fit in at Manchester City.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate, Pete and Vish recap a chaotic afternoon in the EFL which saw Derby County finally relegated from the Championship. We give deserved props to Wayne Rooney and the squad, before asking where the club goes from here.We also inadvertently start a ball boy revolution, celebrate some good times at St James’ Park and decide every goal is indeed a hit and hope.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What a weekend of cup football! Man City laid out the red carpet for Liverpool to moonwalk all over, while Kai Havertz escaped Wembley prison rules with his own ticket to the final. Elsewhere, hands across Glasgow and Edinburgh served up two cracking Scottish cup semis, while the battle for the Premier League top four takes another bizarre turn.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

West Ham gave Brassell’s Lyon a battering last night! And Stanley Tucci couldn’t do a thing about it. Marcus, Luke and Andy discuss a bustling night of European football on today’s Preview Show, sponsored by Betway! The Ferryman’s European tour continues and Rangers almost manage - in the words of the great Terry Brown - to stab themselves in the foot.Elsewhere, a huge weekend beckons for Crystal Palace and we react to the day’s big news: Sean Dyche is gone!Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A message to all commentators who solemnly declare fans don’t like to see scraps on a football pitch: we absolutely do like to see it.Kate, Vish and Andy are ringside for City’s rope-a-dope, as we ask why Atlético continually insist on playing the shithouse hits. We also tip the hat to an entertaining one at Anfield, hear from Granit Xhaka about his relationship with Arsenal fans and look ahead to this week’s true title fight: José Mourinho vs Bodø/Glimt.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hard luck, Chelsea fans - King Carlo and the old guard were back for one last grift. Rio Ferdinand's certain it was illegal.Marcus, Vish and Pete are here after a vintage European evening, as Bayern became the latest high-profile victim of The Unai Emery Experience. We also offer Pep Talks advice to a listener ahead of an outrageous job interview and catch up with some elite managerial shithousery in Spain.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marcus, Luke and Lars check in with the Conte Revolution at Tottenham and look over Luton’s incredible rise as they push for a historic promotion. Elsewhere, Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants Childish Gambino at BATE Borisov while Thomas Tuchel thinks tonight’s Champions League tie is dead - for now. Ominous stuff!Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Man City vs Liverpool was billed as the best clash of the season – and, blimey, for once it actually was!Jules, Pete and Lars are your chaotic trio for a gloriously chaotic weekend in the Premier League, as Pep channels all his pent up energy into a handshake with Jurgen Klopp and Antonio Conte channels it into some absolutely chilling post-match analysis. Plus, Jules distances herself from some phone-smashing and Pete shares his hatred for Hertha Berlin.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're all fuelled up on Europa juice as we take a look back at a bumper night of European action on today's Preview Show, sponsored by Betway. Marcus, Pete and Andy reflect on a frustrating night for West Ham and rejoice at Dimitri Payet who may well have just scored the greatest goal of all time. Domestically we look ahead to a HUGE fixture in this season’s edition of the Barclays as Man City take on Liverpool, which will definitely decide the title. Maybe.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everton were dragged deeper into the mire last night as Sean Dyche’s band of merry men figured out how to kick the ball in the net just in time.Kate, Andy and Home Alone villain Pete Donaldson react to a dramatic night everywhere you looked, as Karim Benzema extended his Luxury Memory Foam Cushioned Header range to whip Chelsea and Aleksandar Mitrovic claimed another victim to put Fulham closer to the Premier League. And someone else is getting closer to the Prem as well: Shteve, welcome home.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com. Plus, you can now find us on TikTok! Just search 'Football Ramble'.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Liverpool and Man City got off to a dream start last night, despite Diego Simeone’s best efforts to turn his tie into a feverish nightmare for everyone involved, including his own players. Marcus, Andy and Luke feast over those games in an intriguing night of Champions League football!Elsewhere, unlikely best-man-for-the-job Paul Ince continues to rescue Reading, while there’s huge news for Derby County. And everyone’s favourite University of Life uncle at a wedding Sean Dyche prepares to do battle with the already weary groom, Frank Lampard.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate and Jim are joined by Lars Sivertsen to look over a cracking night for Big Pat and Crystal Palace, as they dispatched Arsenal under the lights. Elsewhere, Lars brings tales of pitchside heroics from Bodø/Glimt and we hear the terrifying tale of the Big Bird Bandits. There's also time for team news ahead of tonight's Champions League ties, as Pep says he'll play with 12 and Jack Grealish signs a loan deal at Gucci!Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jules, Luke and Jim feast on a ten-course Barclays banquet, as a brilliant Brentford swept Chelsea aside and Eddie Howe's 'no fear, no idea' management style came home to roost. We also get a postmortem from Steve Bruce after the worst game he's ever seen and ask what will come first: a start for Marcus Rashford or relegation for Frank Lampard?Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a brief trip over to Speller International Island, we’re welcoming the return of the Premier League on today’s Preview Show, sponsored by Betway!Kate, Jim and Andy look ahead to a potential title twist – that's if Goth Hodgson fails to drag Liverpool down into the darkness in the weekend’s opener. We also ask how to improve Dele Alli’s fortunes, wonder if Leicester can fade upwards and catch up with Steven Taylor’s Gulf United.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The final pieces of the World Cup puzzle are coming together this week, so Marcus, Andy and Luke settle in with some updates. Mexico and USA punched their tickets last night, while we saw the unveiling of the tournament's Pocket Rocket 5000 matchball and more ludicrous dismissals of human rights abuses in Qatar. Back home, Joe Hart's opened up about Nuno giving him a pasting and five subs come riding over the hill!Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

England cantered past Ivory Coast thanks to a vintage Serge Aurier display, in spite of the Boo Boys at Wembley who gave Harry Maguire a hard time.Jules, Luke and Jim discuss the England team’s reaction to Harry Maguire’s treatment and get stuck into some huge World Cup qualifiers across Europe and Africa, as Cristiano Ronaldo squeezes through the net while Mo Salah misses out. Still, at least he got to record a cover of Waiting For Tonight.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ahead of a delicious smorgasbord of World Cup qualifiers, Kate, Vish and Pete are here to tell you everything you need to know – and quite a lot of stuff you don’t, to be honest.They speculate on Wilf Zaha’s celebration plan, Marcus Rashford’s career plan, and all plans go out of the window as Pete returns to the dials for Portmantonio Conte! Plus, Ronaldo becomes music conductor and the entire Nigerian population ready themselves for a huge Jollof Derby.Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

England threw it back to Euro 2020 all over again: coming back from 1-0 down thanks to a late soft penalty at Wembley. In Gareth we trust.Marcus, Vish and Pete tuck into a buffet of International football, as Greg Rusedski is faced with a dilemma after Canada seal their spot while Mumcini gets stuck into Roberto Mancini in the wake of her son’s exit from the race for qualification.There’s also the latest edition of our ‘Donaldson Investigates’ series and after RB Leipzig player Ilaix Moriba’s antics, we ask: what food would you like to be fed on a massage table?Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts 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!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.