Football Ramble

The season's nearly here everybody! The Community Chest has been cracked open and we're ready for the return of Mama Premier League. So, who might put the cat among the pigeons this season?Marcus, Jim & Vish take a look at that and – after another marquee signing – discuss whether the Saudi Pro League will ever be taken seriously. Plus, who's the biggest prat of the 2020s?Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025**Get 15% off annual subscriptions to the Football Ramble Patreon until the end of August! Don't delay!**Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord throughout the Premier League season and the 2026 World Cup for just $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***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!***

Liverpool took Crystal Palace to penalties. Vithushan Ehantharajah, aka the Football Ramble’s official Rat Correspondent, thinks that Liverpool will be pleased with the outcome.He’s joined by Marcus and Jim to look back on what was a “good game, good game” - although it might have been even better if Dean Henderson swapped his cap for an Oasis bucket hat. Elsewhere, Jim finally tells us about the time he was bitten by a deer and Nathan Jones had a lovely time on his return to the Championship this weekend.Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025Get 15% off annual subscriptions to our Patreon until the end of August! Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord for $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble

Crystal Palace are off to Wembley again! Is the promise of a first Community Shield victory for Palace enough to bring a bit of needle to Sunday’s curtain-raiser? Marcus, Jim and Vish certainly hope so as we gather for our annual preview of the community chest.Elsewhere, we kick-start our campaign for Scott McTominay to win the Ballon d’Or and Arsenal have already given Jim reason to be depressed. Would anyone like to give him a hug?Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025Get 15% off annual subscriptions to our Patreon until the end of August! Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord for $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble

With the Premier League still a week away, it's time for the Championship to take centre stage!Second Tier is the UK’s number one podcast for all things Championship, and the perfect place to get your fix of the glorious chaos that is England's second tier.Today, we're bringing you their final Championship league table predictions. Who’s going up? Who’s falling short? And who’s definitely going to make them look silly come May?If you like what you hear, just search Second Tier wherever you get your podcasts to subscribe now. You’ll be in safe hands.Sign up to their Patreon here!Watch this episode on YouTube here!Follow them on X, Instagram and email secondtierpod@gmail.com.Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025**Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!**

All football clubs and fans rejoice, the Chelsea summer catalogue is open for business. With a host of Chelsea players now available to buy or loan, Jim is once again trying to ensure Nicolas Jackson gets his move.Elsewhere, Pete tells Luke and Jim that he is baffled that Benjamin Šeško would choose Man United over Newcastle in the year 2025. Plus, a forgotten Barcelona star was bitten on the “genitals” by a dog...Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025Get 15% off annual subscriptions to our Patreon until the end of August! Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord for $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***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!***

Just ten more sleeps until the Premier League returns! But which top flight club has the most on the line this season?Pete, Luke & Jim tuck into that, and also a speciality dish cooked up by a Premier League manager - but who would do it best? Plus, does Son Heung-min deserve a statue at Tottenham to go alongside one for Harry Kane?**Get 15% off annual subscriptions to the Football Ramble Patreon until the end of August! Don't delay!**Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord throughout the Premier League season and the 2026 World Cup for just $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***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!***

Only one place for Pete, Jim and Luke to start. Who had the better weekend: Luke and Jim screaming their heads off at Oasis, or Pete getting heartburn after excessive prosecco at a bottomless brunch? Answers on a postcard.There is time for some football post-Oasis though, as Son Heung-min calls time on an esteemed Spurs career and Aaron Ramsdale helps to rearrange the deck chairs on the Tynetanic. Plus, Callum Wilson stops taking the piss out of West Ham long enough to sign for them and proper football returns! Russell Martin’s already having a proper moan about it.Please fill out Stak's listener survey! It'll help us learn more about the content you love so we can bring you even more - you'll also be entered into a competition to win one of five PlayStation 5's! Click here: https://bit.ly/staksurvey2025Get 15% off annual subscriptions to our Patreon until the end of August! Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord for $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***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!***

It's official: Alexander Isak has been labelled "a rat". But surely there needs to be a new animal for the Newcastle United fanbase? Pete, Luke and Jim Bernie Campbell are on the case...The lads discuss Spurs winning the first North London derby outside the UK (with thanks to Frontier Pets) and Man United's new hire, who fittingly seems to be an FBI agent from a screwball comedy. Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney begins hatching a plan to bring down High Performance's Tom Brady. Mr. Brady, you ever heard of Walkabout?**15% off Football Ramble Patreon annual subscriptions until the end of August!**Sign up for ad-free shows, bonus content every Wednesday and access to our Discord for $51 a year or $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.***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!***

**NEW Football Ramble Patreon offer! If you get an annual subscription before the end of August, you'll get 15% off - so that’s just over $50 for ad-free episodes, Discord access and bonus content across an entire Premier League season AND the 2026 World Cup!? Just head to patreon.com/footballramble to subscribe now!**Today's episode is a special teaser of what you can expect every week on the Football Ramble Patreon!On this week's agenda, it's Josh Brownhill's loving ode to Wayne Rooney, our experiences with Oasis tickets, and Luke's 'Buzz Rightyear' find on Temu.As a Patreon subscriber, you'll get access to this bonus Football Ramble episode released every Wednesday, plus ad-free episodes and a special invite to the Football Ramble Discord. And don't forget, if you get an annual subscription to the Football Ramble Patreon, you’ll get 15% off - so don't delay!