The BIG World Cup Preview
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Just two more sleeps until the World Cup is back in town! If you've not been infected by the World Cup fever yet, don't fret. We've got the pathogen for you, ladies and gents.
Marcus, Luke, Jim & Pete are here to preview the tournament, with plenty of chat on the host nations, the favourites, and of course the minnows. Plus, the German sax guy is back, Romário continues to fancy himself a bit too much, and we start the campaign for the return of Colombia's 'Birdman'.
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| 0:00.0 | Just slide behind the wheel. |
| 0:01.8 | How does it feel, everybody? |
| 0:03.3 | Welcome to the Football Rumble. |
| 0:05.3 | Just two more sleeps until the big kickoff. |
| 0:07.4 | It's Tuesday night of June. |
| 0:08.3 | I'm Marcus Speller. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Luke Moore. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Jim Campbell. |
| 0:10.6 | And I'm Pete Donaldson. |
| 0:26.4 | Hello, everybody. Hello everybody, you better believe it. |
| 0:30.9 | We've got World Cup fever and there's only one cure for that and it's listening to new episodes of the Football Rumble every single day throughout the tournament. |
| 0:34.4 | That's right, we'll be here every single day through the World Cup or the Cup of the World, as they say in Spanish, all the tournament. That's right. We'll be here every single day through the World Cup, or the Cup of the World, as they say in Spanish, all the way to the day after the final on the 20th of July. So hit subscribe to make sure you never miss a thing. Pete Donaldson, you're back in the chair. Couplement. Check it out. Don't bring other languages in, mate. Not in a World Cup, you. I'm sorry. |
| 1:13.3 | Okay, I'm so sorry. If English is good enough for the official language of the World Cup is good enough for you, Peter. Exactly. Japanese or nothing, please. I am fresh from Japan and the Samurai Blue Love is in full effect out there. I've got World Cup fever, but it's an Asian variant. It's so much World Cup fever You left your camera in your hotel room |
| 1:14.6 | I did lose. I did. I know. And trying to work with the time. I'll tell you what. Well, don't find out what's on that fucking camera reel. That camera role is going to be hot property, baby. The dog and Zach a police will never let me back in the country. |
| 1:28.5 | Hi, Peter. |
| 1:29.2 | It messers from Japan. |
| 1:30.1 | Can you pop back here? |
| 1:31.3 | Can you pop back here? |
| 1:32.4 | Oh, no. |
| 1:32.9 | No, thank you. |
| 1:33.9 | Not going to fall for that one. |
| 1:37.6 | So yes. |
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