My Biddy Aunt: Football media men (Feat. James Allcott)
14/08/2026
My Biddy Aunt: Football media men (Feat. James Allcott)
We need to have a serious discussion. Adam Clery came on and won in Jack's Encyclopaedia, and then Jamie Carragher beat Luke at My Biddy Aunt. We literally invented these games, and we’re losing to people who have never played them before. Frankly, it’s disgusting.We need to turn things around. Ente
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Francesco Potti
14/08/2026
Francesco Potti
Domestic football is back! As is tradition, we kick things off this weekend with the somewhat mildly aggressively contested Community Shield between Arsenal and Man City. Today, Marcus, Jim and Vish are here to look ahead to that.Elsewhere, we explain why Marcus Rashford could still have a future at
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Summer Series: Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete (feat. James Allcott)
13/08/2026
Summer Series: Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete (feat. James Allcott)
To round off our Summer Series, we’re joined by presenter, podcaster and all-round brilliant football mind James Allcott. What’s more, James has some actual football to talk about (sort of).Today, he joins Marcus, Jim and Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete to reflect on last night’s UEFA Super Cup. Plus,
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In the pocket of big trouser
12/08/2026
In the pocket of big trouser
Next up on the silly season agenda, Jeff Bezos is trying to buy a stake in Liverpool. Today, Marcus, Pete and Vish consider the impact that might have at Anfield.Elsewhere, Evangelos Marinakis continues his feud with Crystal Palace. Oh, good. Plus, we gear up for some real football tonight as Unai E
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Pete’s Film Club: Golden Shoes
11/08/2026
Pete’s Film Club: Golden Shoes
A young boy with his mother in hospital and a military father gone MIA pursues his footballing dream in 2015’s “Golden Shoes”, a cheap-as-chips soccer film featuring shoes (boots) that aren’t even golden and the hyper-prolific Eric Roberts phoning it in.Expect a bonkers plot, dreadful CGI and footba
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You ok hun?
10/08/2026
You ok hun?
In perhaps the most needlessly long-running transfer saga of the summer, Bruno Guimarães has finally left Newcastle United to join Arsenal. If Pete wasn't pessimistic enough already, his expectations have fallen even further.He's joined by Marcus and Jim to chat through all the latest on the transfe
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My Biddy Aunt: Premier League Legends (feat. Jamie Carragher)
07/08/2026
My Biddy Aunt: Premier League Legends (feat. Jamie Carragher)
Jamie Carragher enters the My Biddy Aunt arena to take on the Luke Nation.One of them has played hundreds of games of My Biddy Aunt, the other has played hundreds of actual Premier League games. Who will come out on top?Jim is reffing today's bout. Let the battle commence!Get your Football Ramble x
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Nicky Butt’s smelly bags
07/08/2026
Nicky Butt’s smelly bags
When will this silliness end? Yet more utter nonsense from FIFA as Gianni Infantino clings to his job. Oh, and Argentina have swooped in to save his skin too, because of course they have.Pete, Jim and Vish give their thoughts on the latest bizarre revelations. Plus, Nicky Butt is banned from his loc
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Pete's Film Club: Kicking & Screaming
06/08/2026
Pete's Film Club: Kicking & Screaming
A dirty rip of one of Will Ferrell's lesser-known films has found its way into Pete's grubby hands, meaning Luke and Jim have no choice but to dissect this very average (but also quite fun) football flick. It's Ferrell deep into his Anchorman era, surely it's a tap-in, right? Right?!We follow an anx
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Summer Series: Dicky Tum Tum Hostel (feat. Rick Edwards)
05/08/2026
Summer Series: Dicky Tum Tum Hostel (feat. Rick Edwards)
Next up on our Summer Series line-up: BBC 5 Live and Football Daily broadcaster, Rick Edwards! Just in time, incidentally, as he will soon pass the 5 Live Breakfast baton on to Gianni Infantino.Rick’s in with Pete, Luke and Vish to assess the latest FIFA developments, as Gianni scrambles around for
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Summer Series: Hate your rivals (feat. Jamie Carragher)
04/08/2026
Summer Series: Hate your rivals (feat. Jamie Carragher)
In keeping with the ongoing transfer window shenanigans, we’re unveiling another signing as part of our Ramble Summer Series: Jamie Carragher’s on the pod! Admittedly it’s a one-day loan from some other show you’ve probably never heard of, but lovely to have Jamie all the same.He joins Luke and Jim
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A big can of Supermalt
03/08/2026
A big can of Supermalt
It appears that Gianni Infantino’s own hubris has been the weakness in FIFA’s Death Star. After a quite ridiculous week of events, FIFA’s plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup has self-destructed in their own faces and big Gianni’s now fighting for his future.Pete, Luke & Jim are here to throw mo
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TINDAAAAAALLLLLLL!
31/07/2026
TINDAAAAAALLLLLLL!
Losing someone close to you can be hard. Please listeners, allow Pete Donaldson this time to grieve the loss of the Wham! hoodie-wearing, handshake-gazumping, limelight-stealing LEGEND that is Jason Tindall.He’s joined by Jim and Vish to react to Jason and Eddie Howe’s departure from Newcastle. But
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Pete’s Film Club: The Keeper
30/07/2026
Pete’s Film Club: The Keeper
That’s right, folks: Pete’s broken into the abandoned Blockbuster on the seafront and grabbed another harrowing selection of football films for the other lads to hatewatch and you to enjoy! First up, the autobiographical tale of German PoW turned Manchester City goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann.Straight o
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Best of 2025/26: Part 2
29/07/2026
Best of 2025/26: Part 2
So that’s it! We’ve suckled on the fruitful teat of the 2025/26 season and produced some absolute Ramble magic. Pete’s been on the hunt and has gathered some classic Football Ramble moments for you to enjoy, because you deserve it.On today’s show, we look back on when we finally broke the Ramble Cur
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Best of 2025/26: Part 1
28/07/2026
Best of 2025/26: Part 1
The new season is bearing down on us at an alarming rate, but before it gets here we wanted to reflect on the very best of last season. Pete’s been rifling through the archives yet again and has picked out some of his favourite Football Ramble moments from 2025/26!Let us know your favourite moments
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Barry Scott, someone said you was dead
27/07/2026
Barry Scott, someone said you was dead
With the World Cup well behind us now, we're back to the domestic muck and there's plenty going on now that silly season has sprung into life.Pete, Luke & Vish are here to chew the fat on Vinícius Júnior's potential Arsenal move. Plus, Paolo Maldini's month from hell, Tommy Tuchel gives a dirty Lime
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Jack's Encyclopaedia: Everything but the World Cup (feat. Adam Clery)
24/07/2026
Jack's Encyclopaedia: Everything but the World Cup (feat. Adam Clery)
With the World Cup fading away into the distance, we crash back down to earth with a test of all the news away from the tournament which, frankly, we've not been paying much attention to.Adam Clery joins Marcus, Jim and Pete once again for a Jack's Encyclopaedia special.*A disclaimer that this episo
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Life after football (feat. Ben Mee)
24/07/2026
Life after football (feat. Ben Mee)
Ben Mee took the skills he harnessed on the football pitch and used them to launch SZN One, a football start-up designed to help bring through the industry’s next generation.Today, Ben tells Jim and Pete all about stepping into a new line of work. Plus, he offers up plenty of advice for anyone wanti
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Summer Series: Peter Reid's Prawns (feat. Adam Clery)
23/07/2026
Summer Series: Peter Reid's Prawns (feat. Adam Clery)
Welcome to the Football Ramble Summer Series. Over the next few weeks, we’re releasing some special episodes alongside your usual Football Ramble goodness. And yes, that does mean the return of Pete’s Film Club.But before that, we’re going to be joined by some very special guests. To kick things off
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Best of the 2026 World Cup
22/07/2026
Best of the 2026 World Cup
And just like that, the curtain falls on the 2026 World Cup. Gianni Infantino, Darren Fletcher, Donald Trump, Enzo Fernández - not even you could spoil what has been a frankly brilliant tournament.To celebrate that, Pete's gone digging into the archives to pick out the very best of the Ramble over t
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World Cup McPredicto | 2026 FIFA World Cup
21/07/2026
World Cup McPredicto | 2026 FIFA World Cup
That's a wrap on the 2026 World Cup everyone, and that can only mean one thing. As good old Stevey Clarke would say, it's time to tally up those points as we react to our predictions from before the tournament started.Marcus, Luke, Jim & Pete take a look back at their steaming hot takes made back at
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SPAIN WIN THE WORLD CUP | 2026 FIFA World Cup
20/07/2026
SPAIN WIN THE WORLD CUP | 2026 FIFA World Cup
After 104 matches, 207 hydration breaks and one fairly gruelling final, Spain stood (almost) alone on the World Cup winners' podium and hoisted the trophy above their heads.Today, Marcus, Luke, Jim and Pete are here to reflect on the final and explain why, in the end, the best team won. Plus, we off
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Hit for six | 2026 FIFA World Cup
19/07/2026
Hit for six | 2026 FIFA World Cup
England played in a World Cup final last night and our brave Three Lions hit France for six. But what does it actually mean? Marcus, Luke and Pete try to make sense of that on today’s Ramble.Plus, there is the small matter of the World Cup final this evening. Who do we think will win between Spain a
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