Football Ramble

Chris Sutton: Origins

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's international week and England are almost in Russia, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to impress and Ruud Gullit keeps causing trouble with hi...

Probably the Best of The Peatles

31 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

International week is upon us and we have cameos from our beloved D-Beck, a resurgent David Villa and the ever-bubbling Sergio Ramos.Elsewhere there a...

Meat Fighter 2: Nottingham Edition

28 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Dean reminds us all who this is really about, the Pulis Derby provides the usual fireworks - off the pitch, obviously - and there's more of the s...

Bye-Bye, Mr American Pie

25 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

England's Wayne Rooney is now simply Wayne Rooney once more, Benjamin Mendy takes some time to settle into the parking regulations of his new surround...

On The Continent: Away We Go!

23 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Behold, the brand new European football show from The Football Ramble!In the inaugural episode of On The Continent Marcus, Luke, James and Andy dissec...

Oh Jesé You're So Fine

21 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week Chelsea drum up a win at the Home of Spurs, Man United continue to maraud under Mourinho and there's the usual stuff like coincidental code ...

Password123

18 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we get a welcome breath of fresh air in the Champions League as Brendan Rodgers rolls into town to run his mouth all over Liverpool's win in...

Stamford Bridge is Falling Down

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Well, what a start to the Premier League that was! The boys get stuck in to all the big stories from the opening weekend in the top flight, a league w...

Hellas Boring

11 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Let's be honest, last season was great and all but it just isn't the same without our beloved Newcastle United. And now The Entertainers are back and ...

The Totally Total Show

07 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! Clearly! After a summer bare of football but smothered in madness we discuss the glittering showpiece magic of the Community Shield, the n...

Hala Ramble!

05 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hola! It's our final show of the season and Real Madrid dominated it as much as they've dominated everything else this season. Scotland sound brave ah...

Preview Show: 2nd June 2017

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the final preview show of the season, the boys look forward to what's sure to be a great Champions League Final, suggest what Tom Cruise ...

The Hilario Sequence

29 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Arsenal won the FA Cup! Ha! Brilliant. The game is relived with varying degrees of enthusiasm, as is the play off final, which was frankly another one...

Preview Show: 26th May 2017

25 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Hello! We're back to examine Man United's pragmatic Europa League victory, a look ahead to the FA Cup and some play off finals! It's some sort of bona...

As the seasons roll on by...

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Premier League is over for another season and somehow it's all about John Terry. There are play offs, leagues wrapping up all over Europe and our ...

Premier League Preview Show: 19th May 2017

18 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We look ahead to the final weekend of Premier League football. Will we see some drama? There's the race for 8th, prize money issues and potential play...

Sven-g-englar

15 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's party time for Chelsea as they're crowned champions and Diego Costa learns the perils of pouring carbonated liquids into his own eyes. Odd that h...

Premier League Preview Show: 12th May 2017

11 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The little hairy boy is back! We chat Champions League, hear a "fascinating" "anecdote" about The Beano and cower at the calamity that may be happenin...

Peter Cheque

08 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're expanding our horizons by making sitcom pitches and marveling as Sunderland go down in sulky flames and try to bring everyone with the...

Premier League Preview Show: 5th May 2017

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Champions League is mulled over as the big guns get there way before we look ahead to thrills at the top of the table, spills at the bottom and a ...

Sunderland, we hardly knew ye

01 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Prepare yourself to have chicken breast based nightmares after this one. You'll understand why soon enough. The bones of the North London Derby are pi...

Premier League Preview Show: 28th April 2017

27 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Newcastle remind us of what we’ve been missing with all kinds of calamity, plus some retro action from Terry McDermott. We hope Alexis Sanchez’s ...

Ball Fondlers

24 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's Ramble we have election fever, FA Cup fever and to a lesser degree Tim Sherwood fever.On top of this there's Sergio Ramos doing what he...

Premier League Preview Show: 21st April 2017

20 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Leicester's Champions League dream is over but there are still plenty of thigh rubbers to come in Europe and the good ol' FA Cup. Get your thigh patch...

Rat storage

18 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A superb week for the South coast as Brighton, Portsmouth and Plymouth all get promoted. Forget all that though, as there's the MASSIVE news of Harry ...

Premier League Preview Show: 13th April 2017

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Big Sam is back in the swing of things, Jose Mourinho is angling for yet more revenge and we make the case for football to feature more Bez-like figur...

Ed Balls

10 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're back after a weekend of football with talk of piggybacks, Paul Bearer impressions and listener generated news of Brendan Rodgers' dinner chat.El...

Premier League Preview Show: 7th April 2017

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

After free beer and three points for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge the potential late title race looks a little more unlikely, Jose Mourinho is as fed up...

Squaregopusher

03 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Do we have a title race on?! Maybe... While that's potentially happening there's long overdue eagle justice, a feisty Merseyside derby and yet more in...

Premier League Preview Show: 31st March 2017

30 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We do get around to talking about the upcoming weekend of football but we of course have to deal with that Ronaldo bust first. Jeez.Big Jim Duffy of G...

Drinking on a plane

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

International week is here and it brings glee for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland but an unexpectedly savage time for our Norwegian listeners. ...

International Preview Show: 24th March 2017

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Festival of Lukas Podolski is sadly over and we hope you're well recovered from the thrill of it all. Thankfully there's international football ap...

We were relegated before the ship even sank

20 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Football moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. This certainly seems to be happnening to poor old ...

Premier League Preview Show: 17th March 2017

17 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week there are more travel problems for Man United, like every time they leave Manchester, Leicester look like giving the Jamie Vardy a movie a h...

Crowbarred music reference

13 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's all over for poor Lincoln and we look ahead to what comes next for the Cowley brothers, we learn that one of our number has experience with black...

FA Cup Preview Show: 10th March 2017

10 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Baaaarcelona! We all try to calm down after one of the most glorious comebacks in... ever, but we just can't and we're not sorry.The Premier League an...

Big money in massive China

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The curse of the Ramble strikes again as West Brom’s Champions League charge hit the bricks, Anthony Taylor prepares for his nuptials in style, or a...

Premier League Preview Show: 3rd March 2017

03 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Some absolute thigh rubbers coming up this weekend, particularly with West Brom's charge into Europe gathering force. We also try to invent some new t...

Where Moyes fears to tread

27 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's a significant moment at Ramble HQ as our beloved Zlatan claims his first trophy in England. There's abject misery from David Moyes and Mick McCar...

Premier League Preview Show: 24th February 2017

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week sees a missed job opportunity for Tim "Tim but Dim" Sherwood and we figure out where he and others are in line for one of the most prestigio...

...And You Will Know Him by the Trail of Reds

20 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

An absolutely classic FA Cup weekend is pored over with relish, Mario Balotelli is up to his old tricks and Brendan Rodgers chimes in with a monumenta...

FA Cup Preview Show: 17th February 2017

17 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The FA Cup returns yet again - that's not going to change - and we look ahead to Lincoln's battering ram, Matt Rheade, taking on the homely might of B...

Loooooosah

13 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The war of words and voicemails between Stoke and West Brom continues, we write Leicester's obituary through bitter tears and David Moyes rallies the ...

Premier League Preview Show: 10th February 2017

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

There's football afoot so naturally we talk about a tattoo of Adam Lallana as a llama and Djibril Cisse and Royston Drenthe's latest musical projects....

Palace in Chains

06 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We pick through the wreckage of Crystal Palace's battering from Sunderland and marvel at Hull's resurgence at the expense of knackered old Liverpool, ...

Premier League Preview Show: 3rd February 2017

03 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we hit the sweet spot between Arsenal losing to Watford then heading off to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. What joy for one of us in parti...

Brown bright brown

30 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What a weekend in the FA Cup. We ponder whether the future of match coverage involves more dads than it currently does, Sutton United and Lincoln City...

FA Cup Preview Show: 27th January 2017

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

"Strange winds" have been afoot as Southampton maraud into the EFL Cup final and the FA Cup returns to obliterate all expectations. Hopefully.Also it ...

Thru the eyes of Rooney

23 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rooney, Rooney, Rooney, record, record, record etc etc. IT'S DONE. It's over and we can all move on.Aside from that we pore over Steve Bruce scaling R...

Premier League Preview Show: 20th January 2017

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of confusion about whether you can commit a handball without a hand this week - you know how this works by now - as well as fears for Man City's ...

I'm not sure I understand

16 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We're back to ruminate on the big issues, like which Man City player you'd want with you when the zombies come, Andy Carroll's magical whip and Jonath...

Premier League Preview Show: 13th January 2016

13 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on your soothsaying, future influencing Football Ramble Luke fires further shots at Arsenal and their individual improvement or lack thereof...

This noble activity

09 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week on your rip-roaring, FA Cup-loving, four man Ramble, we're all about the magic of the cup, the magic of football team mascots and the magic ...

FA Cup Preview Show: 6th January 2017

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The FA Cup is back and Spurs take on Aston Villa, Man City negotiate the potential banana skin of West Ham, Brentford face "Mad Dog" Martin "Mad Dog" ...

Dallas Does Donaldson

03 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Mike Dean Premier League rumbles on and on and on, Pep Guardiola gets in a right grump and there's a potential return for Sol "But I'm Sol Campbel...

Premier League Preview Show: 30th December 2016

30 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Arsenal host Big Sam's Crystal Palace in the return of #arscry, West Ham visit the wounded foxes of Leicester, Liverpool and Man City have a ding dong...

Premier League Preview Show: 23rd December 2016

23 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea rouse the players who didn't get themselves banned over Christmas for a visit from Bournemouth, Swansea host West Ham in a game with huge comi...

Superclup

19 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The London Stadium starts to pay off with excellent work from its posts, the highlight of the footballing year - the World Club Cup - comes to and end...

Premier League Preview Show: 16th December 2016

16 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Two thigh rubbers with Man City hosting Arsenal and the Merseyside derby, West Brom square up to Man United and Bournemouth host Southampton in easily...

Pardsmaths

12 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

A bad week for Bayern Munich as the absolute losers draw Arsenal in the Champions League, Leicester remember that they're champions and Alan Pardew mo...

Premier League Preview Show: 9th December 2016

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

European geniuses Arsenal host Stoke, Leicester welcome Guardiola's men to the home of the champions, West Brom attempt to spoil Chelsea's party at St...

Carry On Karius

05 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's fighting time! There were rucks everywhere this week, as well as moaning from Jose Mourinho and Chris Sutton - obviously. Elsewhere, Chelsea be h...

Premier League Preview Show: 2nd December 2016

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Southampton travel to Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace nightmare, Man City host Chelsea hoping they won't smash the place up with goals, Bournem...

Pete Soup

28 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Surrealist defending, managerial tantrums, battles of relegation, all the usual Premier League stuff is here. Elsewhere Owen Coyle makes his own rules...

Premier League Preview Show: 25th November 2016

25 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Chelsea invite Spurs to take it to the Bridge, Man City try to unpluck plucky Burnley, Man United host the wobbly cockneys of West Ham and S...

Unsolicited interferer

21 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We're back but more importantly so is Yaya! Great news for him is bad news for Alan Pardew and therefore Gareth Southgate. Elsewhere Peterborough have...

Premier League Preview Show: 18th November 2016

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Arsenal visit Man United to try to banish some ghosts, West Ham have a pop at Spurs at the Lane and Sunderland and Hull try to be the least ...

Tramampoline! Trambopoline!

14 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's international week so there's England chat, a number of digs at Thomas Muller, Hulk Hogan chat, a staggering achievement from that Neymar and the...

International Preview Show: 11th November 2016

11 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's England vs Scotland at Wembley! It's a classic... in theory. Elsewhere France take on Sweden, Wales invite Serbia in for a chat and mighty Liecht...

Badonkadonk

07 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a shellacking-heavy weekend of football and team Ramble purr over Liverpool and Chelsea, get creative with their own culinary inventions whi...

Premier League Preview Show: 4th November 2016

04 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The form vortex of the North London Derby looms, Chelsea host Everton in the Smurf Derby, Man United make a difficult trip to Swansea and Stoke face W...

Opinion Poll

31 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This Halloween we bring you terrifying tales of Alan Pardew, David Moyes, Yaya Toure and, of course, some rogue appendages. As if that isn't frighteni...

Premier League Preview Show: 28th October 2016

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Man City are invited to West Brom's party, Spurs hope to face this season's Leicester rather than last, Man United see if they've got what i...

The Football Ramble Penguin Podcast Takeover

26 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate the release of our first book, Penguin handed us the keys to their podcast studio and let us takeover the Penguin Podcast.Expect talk of ...

Decided by lottery

24 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week's show features some innovative ideas to revive flagging Premier League viewing figures, the strangeness of the Scottish League Cup is picke...

Premier League Preview Show: 21st October 2016

20 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Chelsea have their ex over as Jose Mourinho's Man United visit Stamford Bridge. Liverpool invite Tony Pulis over for a party, which he hates...

The Charlton Canyon

17 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Pulis making wine with his fists, Eddie Howe legitimising the gilet, Coventry and Charlton making pigs fly... This episode has it all, including ...

Premier League Preview Show: 14th October 2016

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea and Leicester square off to see who will be the least wobbly, Crystal Palace welcome fighty West Ham and Arsenal take on bogey team Swansea. T...

East Bruce, West Bruce

10 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's the international break and England Englanded all over Malta, Wales and Scotland must try harder and the Faroe Islands march on. Elsewhere aviati...

International Preview Show: 7th October 2016

06 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

England take on the mighty Malta, Scotland invite Lithuania to a fair go, emboldened Wales host Georgia and Germany see what the Czech Republic can th...

Steve Bruce

03 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week an impressive Spurs blunt Pep's charge, a former Villa boss throws his hat back into the ring now the job's available and we hear of the Nev...

Premier League Preview Show: 30th September 2016

29 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Big... Big Sam! What?! Elsewhere, Spurs and Man City taking swings at each other, Leicester welcome Southampton into their difficult second season, Ma...

Are yao a jowdie?

26 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jim's grin is audible following Arsenal's win over Chelsea, FIFA fix an age old problem and Pards dramatically arrests a slide. Elsewhere, a...

Premier League Preview Show: 23rd September 2016

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Swansea host Man City as Wawa Toure gets upset again, Man United take on Leicester following a car park training session, Arsenal look to beat Chelsea...

Droning on

19 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Klopp's got the tails in the Kop wagging as his heavy metal brand of fußball makes mincemeat of Conte's Chelsea. Things are looking pretty rosy over...

Premier League Preview Show: 16th September 2016

15 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week David Luiz makes his second Chelsea debut as Liverpool visit Stamford Bridge, European heavyweights Leicester host Burnley and Pards and Mar...

The Minstrel of the Syllable

12 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Manchester derby was a brilliant explosion of fun, Mark Hughes is under pressure at Stoke and Scotland hits back after some recent digs. Elsewhere...

Premier League Preview Show: 9th September 2016

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Manchester derby hype train is almost at the platform, Leicester rock up to a newly bouncy Anfield to take on Liverpool and Arsenal's new boys hos...

Bus for sale

05 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Big Sam era has begun and the world cowers, starkly aware that the future is England's. Elsewhere a Scottish hat trick appears in the wild, Pete s...

International Preview Show: 2nd September 2016

02 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this preview show we look back at a transfer deadline day that saw players we've never heard of sold for huge wads of cash, while finding time to l...

Dinosaurs and geniuses

29 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We're back and it's that time of the year where British managers complain about not being given a chance! Elsewhere Leighton Baines missed a penalty h...

Premier League Preview Show: 26th August 2016

26 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week Spurs host confused and confusing Liverpool, Everton invite Stoke to bring it and Leicester look to get their foxy teeth into Swansea's swan...

Fido Dido vs Cool Spot

22 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Big things this week as we talk niche quiz knowledge, Wings - restaurant not band - and Zlatan. Elsewhere,Moorestradamus makes an official prediction....

Premier League Preview Show: 19th August 2016

19 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Premier League rumbles in to week two with some red hot Friday night action as Pogba readies himself for debut II in the Man Utd v Southampton gam...

There's not mush-room for football chat

15 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Premier League starts as unpredictably as it ended as Hull City prove players and a manager are unnecessary in the modern game. Arsenal continue t...

Premier League Preview Show: 12th August 2016

12 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Premier League is back as champions Leicester start their title defence at disheveled Hull. Pep Guardiola's Man City step out at Sunderland, Evert...

What we did this summer

08 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! There's pre-season tournament chat, Community Shield chat, Zlat-chat, Edmundo chat and the story of why Pete isn't a vet. Find us online a...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

22 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

We have big news, exclusively revealed in this SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Has Marcus revealed who he supports? Will we finally tell you what happened to Pe...

Fin

10 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Despite the best efforts of the Parisian moth community the final of Euro 2016 went ahead and it was a scintillating triumph for Mark Clattenburg. We ...

Cockerel chests

08 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It's France vs Portugal in the final and we look at what this means for Michel Platini, discuss a worrying Harry Redknapp related wording and hear abo...