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Mailbag: Do we put too much pressure on football managers?
36:43|We've seen Pep Guardiola and Ange Postecoglou both talk about the extreme pressures of being an elite-level football manager recently. Do us impatient football fans make their jobs harder?Plus, are 'goal shows' which actually show the goals the way to solve the 3pm black-out? And what have been our favourite football moments of 2024?Join Pete, Andy & Luke as they answer your questions.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 Preview Show: Purple Pickford
01:01:50|When does excessive gurning become unsportsmanlike conduct? Is there a worse person to see on Boxing Day than Jason Tindall? And which budget horror movie director does Antony remind us of most?Pete, Andy and Luke tackle the big questions after a big ol’ day of Boxing Day football. Plus, the Intercontinental belt is on the line!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!***Best of the Football Ramble 2024: Part 2
38:17|Pete’s back with a sack full of clips highlighting some of the most significant Ramble moments from the second half of 2024. Including, Big Mama UEFA, Noni Madueke’s infamous trip to Wolverhampton, Haystacks Peace’s pesky prattling parrot and David Coote’s afterparty tape.We also said goodbye to the great man, Sven-Göran Eriksson.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!***Jack's Encyclopaedia Xmas Special!
25:29|Anybody fancy a Christmas game? Bloody Nora that's right, it's a big Jack's Encyclopaedia bonanza coming your way for Christmas Day!Join Marcus, Luke, Jim, and Pete for a six-round special of the game that Jack Grealish simply cannot wrap his head around.Put down that gravy boat, switch off Mrs Brown's Boys, and get your ears plugged into 25 minutes of unfiltered Christmas chaos. Happy holidays everyone!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!***Best of the Football Ramble 2024: Part 1
31:05|Featuring Dean Gaffney, a naked Jürgen Klopp, Jack’s Encyclopaedia celebrations, a naughty Dutch referee’s celebrations, Sean Connery, and what Mark Lawrenson really thinks about… Mossad.Come join your master of ceremonies, Pete Donaldson, for the Football Ramble’s Best of 2024: Part 1! 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!***Don’t panic Postecoglou
58:55|After a week of sweet juicy Carabao, the Barclays has returned to prove why it's still the boss. Today, Jim tells Pete and Andy why Spurs shouldn’t panic just yet. Spurs fans, we’ll let you decide if you want to take that advice from an Arsenal fan…Elsewhere, a Tranmere Rovers defender loses his shorts and Pete has his say on why the Arsenal players’ partners are all getting pregnant.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!***Mailbag: Is this the end of the one-club man?
39:51|Marcus Rashford has been all over the headlines this week – but does his deteriorating relationship with Man United tell us anything about the ‘one-club man’?Pete, Luke and Jim drill down into one of football’s most hailed archetypes – and then Pete promptly torches the entire show with his answer to our second question. Just like the owner of a nightclub in Hartlepool, I suppose.Plus, we prepare a Christmas gift for different Premier League managers and boy is Pep Guardiola in for a treat from Jim…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 Preview Show: A Christmas ding dong
55:33|Man United and Tottenham handed out an early Christmas present of delicious Carabao last night. A special mention goes to Fraser Forster for doing his best Pete Donaldson impression…Pete’s joined by Luke and Jim to learn Jamie Vardy’s latest technique in sh*thousery. Plus, the Intercontinental belt is on the line in Jack’s Encyclopaedia!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!***Ramble Reacts: Three gifts from Jesus
34:58|It was Gabriel Jesus' turn to deliver three gifts as his hat-trick helped Arsenal reach the Carabao Cup semi-final.Pete and Luke are here to discuss the evening's Carabao action. Plus, we hear about Keir Starmer's 5-a-side exploits and plucky little Real Madrid win the Intercontinental Cup in Qatar. Of course Richard Keys was involved...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!***