The Football Ramble is a global podcasting institution. Since 2007, the Ramble has provided entertainment, analysis and coverage of the Premier League and beyond for football fans who don't take the world's biggest sport too seriously.In 2026, the takes are as strong as ever, the jokes are as funny as ever and the Ramble remains as essential as it ever was for football fans everywhere. Join them for the final weeks of the Premier League season and every day throughout the World Cup this summer...
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My Biddy Aunt: Football media men (Feat. James Allcott)

Aug 14th, 2026 3:18 PM

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. Enter, James Allcott - or Allcôte d'Ivoire - who will square off against Jimbabwe in another pre-season fixture of the Ramble Summer Series. Let the games commence! (Please win, Jim.)Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** 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.

Francesco Potti

Aug 14th, 2026 11:26 AM

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 Manchester United. Plus, there has been another football-adjacent narcotics scandal in South America. Happy Friday!Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** 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.

Summer Series: Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete Pete (feat. James Allcott)

Aug 13th, 2026 1:31 PM

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, Marcus is giddy because Kyle Walker could be returning to the Premier League and we’ve got news of a footballing marijuana scandal in South America.Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** 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 the pocket of big trouser

Aug 12th, 2026 11:35 AM

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 Emery’s quest to win the UEFA Super Cup goes on.Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** 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 Film Club: Golden Shoes

Aug 11th, 2026 4:00 AM

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 football scenes almost as bad as the war scenes. Never let not knowing anything about football stop you from making a football film.So sit back and enjoy the final film of this summer’s edition of Pete’s Film Club.Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** 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.

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