The Super League Madness & Ranking Clubs We Can Believe In

Ranks FC - A Football Podcast

Big Pond Podcasts

Soccer, News, Sports

4.9 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Well, no such thing as a quiet week in football, but I don't think we've ever had 72 hours quite as mad as the last 3 days have been. With the announcement, the fallout, the breakdown and the backdown of an entire organisation in such a short time period, we try to make sense of just what went down regarding The Super League. We take stock of the full timeline of Tuesday's wild events up to recording, react to the seeming death of the Super League at this point and discuss Ed Woodward's resignation and what that might mean for Manchester United going forward (especially in terms of the Glazer ownership). Then we look to the future, opening up the can of worms which relates to the punishments of the "Big Six" - points deduction? relegation? Is that fair on the players or the fans who were the best outlet in this fight against the ESL? Is Juventus' demotion during Calciopoli our closest reference point? And can we use this swell of on-the-ground energy for good moving forward; to tackle racism, elevate the women's game and take back clubs into the hands of fans, with the same ferocity? Finally, we raise some love for the clubs who have been steadfast during this - the clubs that if you're feeling disillusioned with the game right now, that you might be able to draw some inspiration from. We talk the upstart rebels Atalanta in Italy, the young pretenders in France who have set this year's title race alight - Lille; and the mighty conveyor belt that is the backbone of Ajax. We also talk about supporting grassroots football local to you, with Dean waxing lyrical over Walton & Hersham, and Jack calling up his beloved Hanwell Town FC; before we pour out some love for the model of German football and the Bundesliga's commitment to fan investment and ownership. Finally, Sam talks about why he got angry on his first visit to Crystal Palace in a Gibberish, and Dean picks a non-ESL-related Melon of the Week. It's Ranks! See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

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1:22.1	Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.
1:48.9	Hello, Ranks Squad and welcome to Ranks FC.
1:53.6	It is 9.30pm UK time on a Tuesday night.
1:59.3	And I tell you that, because 12 hours ago, we sat down to record this Ranks FFC podcast. It started with 25 minutes about how angry we were, about the concept of the European
2:04.4	Super League, about how it had come to pass, about the reasons why these clubs were pursuing
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