Mailbag: Has the 48-team World Cup been a success? | 2026 FIFA World Cup

Mailbag: Has the 48-team World Cup been a success? | 2026 FIFA World Cup

With dozens of hours of sleep lost to the sheer chaos of the World Cup schedule over the past month, perhaps a one night break from the football wasn’t the worst thing in the world. And now we’re well rested, it seems like the ideal time to reflect on some of the joy, heartbreak, and downright bafflement the World Cup has offered us so far. Marcus, Luke & Vish are here to answer your World Cup Mailbag questions ahead of the quarter-finals kicking off tonight! Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here [https://footballramblestore.com/]. Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/footballramble.bsky.social], X [https://x.com/FootballRamble], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/footballramble/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@footballramble?lang=en] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/FootballRamble/videos], and email us here: show@footballramble.com [show@footballramble.com]. Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble [https://www.patreon.com/footballramble]. ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Wait, are they the good guys? | 2026 FIFA World Cup

Egypt were on the cusp of an era-defining result, but then… Argentina gonna Argentina. Marcus, Luke and Vish try to work out if the good guys won that outrageous match out in ATL or if THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT IS MASSIVELY RIGGED. In less goal-happy matters, Charlie lost out to the Chocolate Factory and so Switzerland’s quest to stink out the latter stages continues. Plus, some Mariah Carey-based mind games from Thomas Tuchel leave Tony Baz utterly bemused. Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here [https://footballramblestore.com/]. Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/footballramble.bsky.social], X [https://x.com/FootballRamble], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/footballramble/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@footballramble?lang=en] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/FootballRamble/videos], and email us here: show@footballramble.com [show@footballramble.com]. Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble [https://www.patreon.com/footballramble]. ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

An "official" FIFA World Cup "flesh spot" | 2026 FIFA World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo is out of the World Cup! A lesson to everybody that we all get to a point in life where we simply become nothing more than a nuisance to everyone around us. Cristiano, it's time to call it a day old son. Marcus, Vish & Pete are here to dwell on the downfall of one of football's all-time great players. Plus, the frankly baffling situation that arose from Folarin Balogun's red card against Bosnia, and an "official" FIFA World Cup "flesh spot" as Peter so eloquently put it. Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here [https://footballramblestore.com/]. Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/footballramble.bsky.social], X [https://x.com/FootballRamble], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/footballramble/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@footballramble?lang=en] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/FootballRamble/videos], and email us here: show@footballramble.com [show@footballramble.com]. Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble [https://www.patreon.com/footballramble]. ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

England sink the Azteca | 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Azteca, one of football's mystic powers, has been conquered by Thomas Tuchel and his merry band of fine England men. Today, Marcus, Luke and Vish are here alongside their giddy aunts to relive last night’s action. It was a joyous evening where Jude Bellingham went full Zinedine Zidane and Harry Kane went full Darren Cann. Jump in, the water’s warm. Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here [https://footballramblestore.com/]. Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/footballramble.bsky.social], X [https://x.com/FootballRamble], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/footballramble/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@footballramble?lang=en] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/FootballRamble/videos], and email us here: show@footballramble.com [show@footballramble.com]. Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble [https://www.patreon.com/footballramble]. ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

England vs Mexico Preview: Tuchel is activated | 2026 FIFA World Cup

After a long 40 years, England are heading back to the Azteca! Has anyone mentioned the altitude yet? On today’s preview show, Marcus and Vish are on hand to discuss team selection, game approach and little tumescence-assisting blue pills. Plus, we've got questions about the security measures around England’s hotel and gravitational time dilation in high-up places. Could Tommy Tuchel’s lads be facing a team of Benjamin Buttons? Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here [https://footballramblestore.com/]. Find us on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/footballramble.bsky.social], X [https://x.com/FootballRamble], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/footballramble/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@footballramble?lang=en] and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/FootballRamble/videos], and email us here: show@footballramble.com [show@footballramble.com]. Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble [https://www.patreon.com/footballramble]. ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.