Please Sir Alex, can I have some milk?
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Darren Fletcher, the new Manchester United interim manager, is the latest former player to suckle on the teat of Sir Alex Ferguson. There's nothing like tradition; they are Manchester United after all.
Today, Marcus, Pete and David honour that. Plus, Liam Rosenior solidifies his position as 'a proud BlueCo man' and things get so bad at West Ham that Marcus, sincerely, suggests bringing back Big Sam...
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| 0:00.0 | I sit here contented with his cheese on toast, everybody. |
| 0:03.2 | Welcome to the Football Rumble. |
| 0:05.5 | Forrest's got a huge win, and Liam Razignas are blue. |
| 0:07.9 | It's Wednesday, 7th the Jan. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Marcus Speller. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm David Cartledge. |
| 0:10.8 | And I'm Pete Donaldson. |
| 0:26.7 | Well, well, well, well, well, it's Wednesday. |
| 0:30.5 | What was the well, well, well, the song, the intro line, bro. Oh, I see, sorry. |
| 0:32.8 | Witness your fitness. |
| 0:34.6 | I will. |
| 0:35.0 | Dear me, thanks to Friend of the Ramble, Hank, Hank, for giving us that intro line. One from the Hank Bank. Yeah, wow. That's a good start, Nate. Hey, the Hank of England. Probably not English with the name like that, let's be honest. You'd immediately assume he was American, wouldn't you? That's what you've done. Or hungry? Hank Marvin. |
| 0:54.9 | No, yeah, okay. |
| 0:57.6 | American or hungry? |
| 0:59.0 | He's from America or hungry. |
| 0:59.5 | There you go. |
| 1:00.8 | We've sussed him out. |
| 1:05.1 | If you want to submit an intro line for a future episode and get slagged off and also get an extended edition of today's show, |
| 1:08.3 | then become a friend of the ramble on Patreon, Peter. |
| 1:11.6 | Become a hank of the hank hank. |
| 1:12.8 | There you are, you see. |
| 1:14.0 | Now, and remember, we're offering 15% off all annual memberships. |
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