The President Strikes Back
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
David Ornstein and NASA, are they the last bastions of normality as we head towards the failure of modern society? And why are we asking? Well, one reason is because FIFA are selling tickets to stand in the car park outside the World Cup final for $16,000.
Marcus, Jim and David try to get their heads around that on today’s show. And if that’s not enough, we also discuss José Mourinho’s likely return to Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez’s remarkable press conference and the news that Southampton could be kicked out of the play-offs…
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know why you mean to me when I call on the telephone everybody. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome to the Football Rumble. |
| 0:05.9 | Southampton are in the play of final, or are they? |
| 0:08.2 | It's Wednesday 13th May. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Marcus Speller. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Jim Campbell. |
| 0:11.2 | And I'm David Carledge. |
| 0:26.1 | Hello, everybody. Hello everybody, good to have you with us. |
| 0:30.2 | And thanks to Friend of the Ramble, Jonathan Parsons, for giving us that intro line. |
| 0:34.7 | If you want to submit an intro line for a future episode and get an extended edition of today's show, |
| 0:36.8 | then become a friend of the Ramble on our Patreon. Just head to patreon.com |
| 0:38.1 | forward slash football ramble to get involved now. Gentlemen, before we talk about the managerial |
| 0:43.9 | Merigo round, Salampton Football Club and all that stuff, we've got some very exciting news to share. |
| 0:50.9 | Now, ladies and gentlemen, you might have heard that we're doing a watch-along for England's opening World Cup game against Croatia on the 17th of June. Well, people have |
| 0:57.9 | been asking for more. And Jim, we often get asked for more, don't we? And what do we do |
| 1:02.8 | when we get asked for more? We reiterate that one of our favorite things is more, and we agree |
| 1:08.2 | to it. Yes, more with one-o. Yes, not Luke Moore. |
| 1:12.6 | But he will be. |
| 1:13.2 | But he will be there. |
| 1:13.8 | He will be along for the ride, of course. |
| 1:15.8 | You've asked for more, we've listened, and once again, we've delivered. |
| 1:19.2 | We will be hosting watchalongs for England's other two group games as well. |
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