The Midfield Centipede | 2026 FIFA World Cup
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Hang up your wall chart, the World Cup is here! Marcus, Luke and Jim are giddy for it all to begin.
Today, we look ahead to tonight’s huge opener featuring Mexico, South Africa and Shakira. It’s a classic line-up. Plus, England give us reason to be a bit more excited, partly thanks to our midfield centipede.
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| 0:00.0 | Here we go again, everybody. |
| 0:02.5 | Welcome to the Football Rambul. |
| 0:04.7 | The bloody World Cup starts today. |
| 0:07.3 | It's Thursday, 11th of June. |
| 0:08.7 | I'm Marcus Speller. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm Jim Campbell. |
| 0:10.5 | And I'm Luke Moore. |
| 0:26.6 | Here's It's today! It's today! Yes! |
| 0:27.6 | We need peter to do his noddy holder. |
| 0:30.6 | Make him do his noddy holder. |
| 0:32.6 | It's free fun! |
| 0:34.6 | That's actually very good. Really good, too. |
| 0:36.6 | Very good. That's as good as Pete's. There we go, then. Really good, very good. |
| 0:37.7 | That's as good as Pete's. |
| 0:39.2 | There we go, then. We didn't need him. Pete's USP gone. I'll tell you, bloody what. Yeah. It is today. It's sort of like an adult's Christmas, isn't it? Yeah, it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Although that makes Christmas sound like a sexy Christmas. Well, I mean, let's be honest. |
| 0:53.7 | It kind of is. |
| 0:54.7 | There's a lot of leg on show. |
| 0:57.7 | And hopefully that makes Christmas sound like a sexy Christmas. Well, I mean, let's be honest. It kind of is. |
| 0:54.7 | There's a lot of leg on show. |
| 0:57.7 | And hopefully some presents. |
| 1:03.3 | Very nice. |
| 1:04.2 | Before we get started with today's show, |
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