Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks

FC podcast. Hello, R Rank Squad and welcome to Ranks FC.

It's your favourite football podcast back to preview the new Premier League season,

which starts in just two days.

On Friday night, things get underway with Manchester United taking on our beloved

Fulham over at Old Trafford. My name's Jack Collins, and I'll be your host today and joining me

from across the pond all the way from San Diego, Mr Dean Jones. How you doing, mate?

Hello, mate. Yeah, happy new season, everybody. Here we go. This is where the proper stuff really begins. I know we've

had like almost a full start because you get a few leagues kicking off in the weekend just gone.

And that's all fine. But this is the real stuff. And I'm obviously excited, Jack. Full of Man United

will be a midday kickoff out here.

So that'll be slightly strange.

I'm going to feel detached.

I've actually been messaging one of our listeners, TJ, who is a big part of

full America out here.

He got in touch as soon as I moved to say, look, mate, if you want to, you know, stay in touch with Fulham fans, we're the place to be out here. He got in touch as soon as I moved to say, look, mate, if you want to, um,

you know, stay in touch with the place to be out here. Um, so I've been making sure I speak

to him, like, how am I following this season? What channels do I need? What's, what's my go to

stream? Like, how am I going to get by here? Am I the only Fulham fan in the hold of San Diego?

I might be, to be fair, apart from Dylan.

So, yeah, I could set out.

I think if I get five people together, Jack,

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