Best of 2025/26: Part 1

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3:13Individual results may vary. Hello, everybody. Pete Donelson here. Just enjoying a mini milk because it's unseasonably warm here in Essex. Now, the new season is bearing down on us at a frankly alarming rate, but before it gets here, we wanted to take some time to reflect on the very best of last season. So I've once again been rifling through the archives, the data tubes and the memory hubs, and I've selected some of my favourite Football Ramble moments from 2025-26. So we start part one of the Best of Football Ramble 25-26 with a big worm from Wearside.

4:01Luke Moore: When, Pete Donaldson, those people, the good people of the North East, fill that stadium and it's bouncing and rocking. Best support in the league, it has to be said. Best support in possibly the entire 72 below it as well. Already a little dig at Newcastle. I'm not saying. Wow. I will stick by my guns and say that they're still going to go down at the end of the season. This feels very much like, you were talking about Mortal Kombat before we started this is like the start you know the ladder of Mortal Kombat when you start and you're fighting all the easy characters you know once you get up to Liu Kang and stuff is the championships Scorpio yes Scorpio at the end and he's just going over here pulls him back down Rade and all the slightly lame characters so in this case was West Ham Kramer yeah you know like sometimes they're just putting characters from other shows when he was fighting himself yeah it's like oh look it's Kramer from Seinfeld yeah Yeah It's late to see that Well I'm intrigued That you've gone on An enormous charm Offensive saying They have the best support In professional They do Away and home They do have the best support I mean You've just stunned me With that Well Some of the fans Drink that in Because Peter's a man They're a big T4 They brought a big T4 What about that T4-ish Did you see it With the Was it a knight Spearing a dragon Oh that one Yes Yeah Marcus Oh that one Marcus you sorry bastard what?

5:23that was the Lampton fucking worm show some respect yeah

5:25Luke Moore: of course it was the Lampton are you familiar with the Lampton worm story? yeah but tell people who don't know like me and me right Lampton some little lad right why did you call me a sorry bastard? because you don't respect our forktails yeah sorry sorry Marcus are being ridiculous go on Pete tell us about the mythical worm little boy he finds a salamander in the river weir not a worm go on he's only chucked it down the well oh no he goes the fuck off for fighting the crusades right and comes back this bloody salamander has taken over his entire estate his entire manor he's gonna have to sort it out he's gonna have to slay it he's gonna have to slay it right and so before he starts to slay it he talks an owl witch and this witch tells him that after he slayed the lantern worm did you say owl witch an owl an owl witch an old witch she's our witch an old witch she talks to an old witch and the witch says you've got to slay the first living thing you see after you've killed the lampton worm or therefore bad luck will follow you so he briefs his dad he said dad as soon as I kill this fucking worm can you release the dog that I've got and I'm going to kill my dog which is tragic don't worry if it's all made up he kills the salamander slash worm slash whatever it is not a dragon and then he and then his dad gets so excited he runs out and celebrates with his son and his son goes, you idiot!

6:55You forgot to release the dog I'll have to kill you now and he kills his dad. And the moral of the story is don't skip church to go fishing in the weir. Right. So why are they called the Black Cats? I don't know. I don't know why they didn't make a Black Cat T4. I believe they did last season. Maybe it was in the wash. Why is this a celebrated story about a man who killed his dad?

7:14Luke Moore: Well, I'm going to have to do it now. What? He sided with the witch. With the witch over his dad. You've got, you just have to trust the voodoo. Having fought in the Crusades. Where is his moral compass? Where is his faith? He's got a thirst for it, clearly. Anyway. Well. So it wasn't a dragon. It was the lantern worm. Show some fucking respect. I, yeah. Yeah. I apologise to all. Of the worms. Well, I would say the whole population. So there you go, Sunderland. What did he tell his mum? Where's Dad? Well, you're not going to believe this. Killed him, haven't I? Yeah. We've had a lot of follow-up.

7:48Yeah. And that really does warm the heart because I'll tell you what, we can do 10, 15 minutes on what I think is a really well-researched, thoughtful bit on, you know, on a Champions League game.

7:59Luke Moore: The James Tarkovsky penalty decision. Yeah, yeah, that kind of stuff. Everyone's like, yeah, fine. Nothing. It's dead. It's absolutely dead. You mentioned the Lambton worm and you get the story wrong. Inundated. Can I kick off the clarifications with this, which came immediately after we released the episode and it was a comment from Nicholas Wilson on X who said, he called him some little lad. It was Lord Lambton.

8:22Little lad.

8:24Luke Moore: So yeah, after Pete's story, a lot of people, Stipsart on YouTube got in touch to tell us that Pete got the story wrong. The boy didn't kill his dad. He killed the dog and the family got 10 years of bad luck. So he did kill the dog apparently. Yeah, but he saw his dad first, which is why having not... He couldn't go through with killing his dad. That's the point. Indeed, which is a massive point. The whole point is the bad luck. But what is the point of any of it? Because that's the one thing I'm not sure about. Folktales have normally got some kind of moral to the story. Don't go fishing in the River Weir.

8:57That's what it is. Don't get your lantern caught.

9:03Yeah. Do you understand what I mean, though? There's normally a moral to the story. Yeah. You know, and there's not a moral to this. It's weird that in the retelling of a story, Pete left out the morals.

9:16Luke Moore: Yeah. Yeah, he did. By staying loyal to your family, you're going to get bad luck. Well, Solomon on YouTube, incredibly, said, Pete missed a part about the worm wrapping itself around the hill in Penshaw. That's why the hill has those distinct grooves. A detail, perhaps, that wasn't necessary in the story, but good to know that, Solomon. It's good to know the number of things that Pete missed out. Yes. Vinyl Horror on YouTube replied, I prefer the way it was told in the episode. The dad definitely had it coming. My favourite was, we got a listener called Mimi on X, drew her own comic strip of Pete's version of the Lambton Worm story.

9:56This is what I'm saying. People really go the extra mile when it comes to this type of stuff. They're not interested in the football stuff. And that's why we'll never get anywhere. But the comic strip appears to display, well, I say it's like an interpretation of Pete's, but it's basically a sequel, an imagined sequel to Pete's Lambton Worm story. so it's got Marcus in it but he was originally called in the story because she's screenshot of the pencil drawings I like the fact that she's got Marcus in it but she labelled him initially as little Marcus and then scrubbed out the little because you were a boy in the story Pete's the worm which is great that's a big twist and Marcus watches Pete the worm go into the well the well then transforms into a fully operational castle because in the real story and the Pete story he takes over the manor.

10:46You know by the way

10:47Luke Moore: that all these details that we're stumbling upon now there will be some people listening to this going oh you're getting it wrong. You fucked it again. I don't mind that. Yeah we'll get in touch. That's more content for next week. Then like a witch appears with a poster in her hand that says kill Pete on it. It's not the first time that's happened. No I don't think so. And then the witch also says to Marcus you must kill what you see first after slaying Pete. Marcus you then in the story think about killing Vish who for some reason is a small dog in the comic. Right. I'm not killing him. Based on Mimi's Chihuahua, which is a rescue.

11:16She's not as a photo of the Chihuahua. Okay, so the short kings are dominating this. Marcus then slays... Easier to draw. Marcus then kills Pete, which I've actually seen him closer to in the past. Then Jim pops up out of nowhere, which then means that Marcus has to kill Jim. You'll do. But the final square of the cartoon is just Vish has a dog eating popcorn. Yeah, with a crown, yeah. You're the king. Yeah. You're the king. The short king.

11:37Luke Moore: The dog king. Chelsea player Cole Palmer has mentioned before that he may want to trademark his shivering goal celebration. He also apparently wants to trademark his nickname Cold Palmer. Which was given to him by Maduweke. Is that right? Yeah. Okay. But as we know, the cold celebration, Morgan Rogers also claims this as well. Well, Morgan Rogers started it. Apparently. Cold Palmer liked it, took it on. Right. And then he got the nickname independently of Cold Palmer. Yeah. And so it's shivers and yeah. Yeah. Is this like when Kim Kardashian tried to trademark the word kimono? and the Japanese went, fuck off.

12:15Luke Moore: Is it up for the... Is it up for the trademark? You should get in on that. You've trademarked something before, haven't you? Yeah, the infant chipball helmet. Look, I left out that detail to show you some respect. Right, okay. Because the disrespect shown to you, Peter, is proportional and I just wanted to try and... Yeah, that's fair. Thank you. So, what is the process? Hold on, is that why you have a daughter? What do you mean? Do you have a child just because you want to Yeah she was helping me with my R &D Just got Adopted How vigorous is the process What adoption Pretty stringent I tried What do you want to do with Just like What do you want to do with an adopted child I've never adopted before What do you want to do What would you like from a child?

13:12Someone to love? Strong. Just strong child to work in the farm. Put here. You've asked for measurements of the size of her head. What's that? What's that bowl you got in your arm? Oh, did you cycle in? Is that why you've got the helmet under your arm? No. It's just a train. Oh, God. I mean, are you allowed to shiver now? Because, like, are you allowed to be called? Well, I don't know. Because I've seen, like, Lord, whenever a video game... The government talking to old people. You're charging for that. Charging for the shivering. Yeah, that's how they're going to get them. Make the old people called and then take their money.

13:46That British gas advert. Cold Palmer. Boo.

13:52Luke Moore: He could be the new face of British gas. He's moved over into cricket. There are a few cricketers who do the cold celebration. Well, maybe that's why he's had enough. But apparently, though, with regard to the nickname Cold Palmer, he has faced opposition from French vineyard Chateau Parma yeah weirdly I'm on called Parma's side here because I mean again Chateau Parma they've got a drink yeah but they don't call anything called Parma so they shouldn't have it well we should say it's a 750 pound a bottle winery that's what he's up against can I just say now that I've thought of it I'm actually on the side of Chateau Parma right why well just you know anyone from Chateau Parma listening he doesn't have children and he loves the finer things in life.

14:35Luke Moore: Whose side is he going to be on? Okay, fine, fair. If Chateau Palmer are listening, I will put it on my head. Pour it on your head. Yeah. Just put a bottle on my head and tip it over to pour into someone's glass. Yeah, it's the new ice bucket challenge. Yes. Pouring booze. The wine firm was founded in 1814 when British Army officer Charles Palmer acquired the estate. So they've got me back on board. He's one of our own. He's one of our own. Chateau Palmer they're one of our own one player left out of the England squad though through injury is Cole Palmer but the good news for Cole is it's been confirmed that he's now successfully trademarked the term Cold Palmer with the UK government's intellectual property office, it means no one can use Palmer's Cold nickname for commercial purposes without his permission so a bit more detail on this because it genuinely is absolutely incredible Palmer's application includes a list of products he intends to sell using the trademarked term, including, but not limited to, soaps, bath salts, food snacks, razor blades, mobile phone covers, drones.

15:45Luke Moore: Drones is amazing. Underwater vehicles, stationery, toys, Christmas crackers and teddy bears. Now, before we bring you guys in, I'm going to give him teddy bears, toys, stationery, mobile phone covers seems fine food snacks at a stretch seems fine I think we have to depart at drones and underwater vehicles given the state of the world at the moment yeah soaps and bath salts are also quite weird I'm presuming that's not the drug bath salts but who knows because Carl Palmer I don't think there's ever been a footballer who's sort of more like a side character in Arrested Development just baffling decisions left right and centre and all of them kind of really funny underwater vehicles what is that about?

16:29Luke Moore: I don't know does he mean like tiny sort of remote control submarines sort of like an underwater version of a drone that's kind of the that's where my mind goes on that it feels to me that they've just said to Cole what do you want to do with this Cole and he's just gone submarine yeah absolutely what haven't I got submarine food I like food cool but you know what Razorblaze where does where does that come in? I watched it's the best a man can get hang on he was just on the phone in his bathroom wasn't he just looking around when this happened and he likes Christmas little toy submarine in his bath oh my teddy bears a lot of this is bath related you know what lads I've got a little bit of news before we hit the break oh go on what's happening I'm going to become a influencer a soccer boot influencer okay he's going to become a soccer boot influencer I've become a poor start Yeah, you're not even convinced yourself of this.

17:28Luke Moore: Yeah, it's a really poor start. I regarded, I need a pair of football boots. Yeah, we all do. The great thing about playing veterans football is no one really cares about what, they care about the colour of the boot, but they don't really care about what kind of boots you're wearing. You're not going to get criticised for not wearing a Nike or an Adidas. Also, you don't really get on, do you? No, exactly. I'm the best, I'll be the best booted linesman in the town. I want to just clarify for those who perhaps from overseas don't understand this, when he says he plays veterans football it's just over 35 he's not some war hero no stolen valour Donaldson that's what they call me but I take your bag take your ribbons and medals off I need to yeah is that little Victoria Cross did you get that invented well I I I required a new pair of football boots because it's getting a bit cold I saw this I saw you post it in the group so I I require comfort I require style yes I require a boot that says look at me and look at what I'm doing Have you gone for the old Harry Kane sketches?

18:26Luke Moore: No I went onto Amazon and I found Here we go This is the first Football Ramble football boot unboxing that we've ever done Hopefully the last Yeah hopefully the last I've gone for the brand We'll put it on the screen on the YouTube It's Botemans Botemans Not Botemans I've pronounced it Botemans Guess how much they were £23 Peter send me the link Here they are are they hold them up to the camera hold them up to the camera are they looking like a fake Nike swoosh on them that is 23 knots come on that's a bit like that's a bit like saying I've got these new football boots they're four strokes you know that is so close to a 90 it's the colour of lust it is the colour of blood Pete I looked them up and bear in mind you are a man not of inadequate means you're not a poor man no I wouldn't say dress like one yeah but I looked a 1950s poor man I looked up the boatman shoes that you bought, football boots you bought, and you appear to have bought a pair of football boots off Amazon with the following product description.

19:31Boatman men's football shoes, breathable boys, girls, soccer trainers, cleats, professional football boots, unisex. And that's them saying that. That's just the SEO. But yeah, I'm going to find out what these are like at the weekend. Put them on now. Put them on the ad break. I'll put them on now, but I'll wear them for the rest of the show. I'll wear them for the rest of the show. Now,

19:48Luke Moore: wear them for Jack's later. Yeah. Okay. Right. Bottom-ons. The boys. Do the tagline to the camera. Are you a bottom-on boy? Have you got the balls to become a bottom-on boy? Bottom-on men's football shoes, breathable boys, girls, soccer trainers, cleats, professional football boots, unisex. Back to bottom-on journey now.

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22:20Luke Moore: Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy! Easy peeps, ma 'am! Easy peeps, ma 'am! In the words of Scott McTominay, mamma mia! We haven't done it easy for a while. We've never done one for Scotland. They've earned it. It was so easy. Oh my goodness. Not a pitfall in sight. Not at all. Not at all. Ah, Scotland 4, Denmark 2. Three world-class goals. A victory in a crunch match against a higher-ranked... It's classic Scotland, Peter. It is classic Scotland, yeah. It was a real Rolls Royce of a performance. So typical of them. If it did that, Rolls Royce had no wheels and inexplicably managed to get to where it needed to be.

23:06It was... I went through an entire bottle of Indian tonic water through stress during this match. and I do not do that lightly. My bum will suffer from it, I'm sure. But my God, that must be the highest bicycle kick on record. Even higher than Ronaldo's. It's up there, isn't it? It was huge. Quite literally up there, yeah.

23:23Luke Moore: Oh my goodness. I mean, we said in their previous game against Greece, you know, what a mad game it was. Even though Scotland lost, you know, from a sort of, I suppose, if you like, sort of neutral-ish point of view, it was still quite enjoyable. It was a ride. This one, I mean, if that was if that was a rollercoaster this was like Space Mountain times the 100 it's just ridiculous wasn't it absolutely unreal I think because of the stakes because of the circumstances I think it's one of the best games I've ever seen honestly it was so entertaining it was so much fun and obviously you get the ending the goals the quality of the goals unbelievable Kieran Tierney's is the third best it's a worthy match winner for most games like ever and it's the third best I sort of I fully planned on getting into the studio just talking about John McGinn's curler in the top corner that just missed.

24:15Oh, yeah. And I was like, look, if that's what they're taking on, I mean, and they probably would have taken at the start of qualification, you know, 20 minutes to qualify for the World Cup. Sure. They probably would have taken that.

24:26Luke Moore: Find a winning goal against 10 men. Exactly. So they probably would have taken that. But I mean, for them to get there in such spectacular fashion. Bloody hell. Yeah. Oh my goodness. I mean, it's all the better for having nearly lost it, right? Yes, yeah, I think so. I mean, obviously, Scott McTominay's goal was brilliant. We were all sort of out of our seats, I would imagine, at that point. But we all thought it was way too early for that to happen. Yeah, absolutely, because that's how it started to play out, wasn't it? And obviously, they were very unlucky with young Ben Ganondowick being stretched off, which has sort of been forgotten a little bit in the aftermath of it because he was their outlet, right?

25:00Luke Moore: And while he was on, the plan was kind of get it to him. He'll help us kind of seize some territory. when he went off it kind of became defence versus attack and we're all thinking are Scotland going to be able to kind of see this out if the pattern of the game continues in this way and obviously it was relentless it was it really really was although Denmark I'm not sure they had a shot on target they weren't particularly good with the possession that they had in the first half yeah in the first half Hoyland spent a lot of time with the ball in the box which you don't want to see whether he's shitting himself inside that one or not absolutely he's a very tidy player and I think anyone McTominay and him you know leave Man United and you just live forever don't you look what you can do yeah what man you'd have to be particularly hard-hearted not to enjoy the scenes of Steve Clarke just going mad because again like he just he is like properly like we don't celebrate until he's absolutely done everybody can't but that fourth goal goes in he's just like yep it's my time job is higher than Scott McTominay oh my goodness he admitted to cooking in that lasagna for everyone.

26:09I like McGinn complaining about his drug test as well. I've got to go and do a drug test. It's always me. It's always me.

26:17Luke Moore: Oh man, incredible. Incredible. Well, they're there. And that's the thing, you know, with what Ireland did in Hungary, which was incredible as well. They've obviously got the whole playoff thing. I keep sort of going, oh no, no, Scotland are there. This is not like, oh, there it is. I know the playoff was guaranteed. It's like, top the group, as you say, Peter. 32 teams, 48 teams at the World Cup. doesn't matter 24 teams doesn't matter you go back a few years there a three team World Cup they might not make it well you'd just have the three hosts wouldn't you be very boring after Arna Slott's arrival last season giving Liverpool the super new manager bounce by running away with the league it's a hell of a bounce that we've seen a number of new managers failing to get their teams going Amorim United Postacore Gloo Nuno Potter Lobotegui three West Ham ones yeah three West Ham ones Dice with Forrest losing to Bournemouth over the weekend have we seen the end of the new manager bounce, Marcus?

27:11Luke Moore: Well. Well. How long can a bounce be? Yeah. Well, clearly all season with Arna Slott. Yeah. Three West Ham managers, one current, two former. Yeah, I would. There are some clubs where you just go and you part that. Man United are another one. Yeah. Well, do you feel at West Ham, it's kind of like there's a new manager bounce, there's a new head coach bounce. bounce and with West Ham they buy they never buy players for the current manager that they've got they always buy players for some future manager they just buy players because they're cheap or they're that's it they're affordable they're cheap there's no plan the future manager has to be unemployed he has to be someone who's recently failed exactly so they kind of you know line the nest for him and so there's no transfer chest available for a new West Ham manager for example yes because you're the head coach you're just kind of like a guy who just deals you know you just deal with the squad you've been given.

28:02Luke Moore: What they need is a new owner belt. Yes. That's what they need. That's the new thing, a new owner belt, right? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I think it's... Saudi's in. I mean, you know, you absolute rotter. Shocked at the amount of dildos around the place. My goodness. They're absolutely everywhere. They're in the walls. They're holding the stadium up. They're in the walls. This, this right here is the reason why we run a pretty tight ship back home. We can't have this many load-bearing dildos. This is so much worse than we thought. Oh, dear. Better than swords lying around the place, though. Yeah.

28:39Luke Moore: I suppose so. But anyway, I would say that, wouldn't I? You would. Neither is ideal. You'd prefer a dildo than a bone saw, one would say. Yeah, I would agree. Yeah? Yeah. I don't know what you get up to in the bedroom, Marcus. Lopping off limbs. Lovers of lovers. Lopping off lovers' limbs. You simply can't have limbs. Oh, you've been a naughty journalist. Fuck you, though. Jim Campbell. You're not usually the one to step over the line. To dance over the swords. You put the grot in play. You did, yeah. I'm just yes-ending. That's a good point, actually, yeah. Good on you. And good on you. Right.

29:21Luke Moore: League leaders Arsenal beat Brighton 2-1. Well, of course, they weren't leading the league when they went into that match after Man City beat Forest. But my goodness, they blasted their way to the top of the table once again with a conservative 2-1 victory at home to Brighton. A late scare, Pete Donaldson. Yes. But David Raya mugging you off again. What a save that was, by the way. With one of the saves of the season. Marcus, as you know, I didn't question his shot-stopping ability. It was how much pressure he invites on himself at his feet. The problem is, Pete... But I will concede that that was stunning.

29:53The problem, Pete, is you never commit to these takes. he does Van Dijk I do I do Van Dijk Bruno he always feels the need to explain himself which makes it gives him a position of weakness that is exactly if you come to me with one that I've said before I just say fuck you right so that's better exactly you've got to double down and I did listen to the last show actually thank you Luke Moor that was very unwelcome good I slag you off off air I slag you off on air I slag you off when you're here I slag you off when you're not here you know where you are with it yeah no Schrodinger no it's not

30:28Luke Moore: mind there you go on your wedding day Peter if you decide to go down that road Pete's not going to get married he can't I won't please your button down world that's not the only reason I was just trying to give you some advice but there we are he's been struck off the marriage register through his behaviour in several different counties if he wants to get married he will literally have to go to Lincolnshire the only one he can get married in is that right yeah and he's not prepared to do that is that right Peter yeah it's the only place that will allow me to do it with 15-year-olds.

31:00Luke Moore: He pleased himself for that one. And that's Lincolnshire. And that's Lincolnshire. Oi, shame on them. Shame on them. Here's a little hot topic. Pete, let me show you how to do it. Lincolnshire have done nothing wrong. Right, okay, that's how you do it. Go on. You do it. What about this? Go on. I think Arsenal are rapidly running out of steam. Are they, do you think that they're... Is that a big take? Or have you just been watching a bit of Arsenal? Do you think they're jobbing the bed? I wouldn't go that far but I think they're running out of steam. Well we're going to find out tomorrow night are we not?

31:32Big time. Well I mean you've got next three matches Aston Villa at home Bournemouth away then Liverpool at home and Liverpool are looking better. Bournemouth aren't though are they? I was about to say Peter really you should have just kept it to tomorrow night really. Yeah. Alright fine. On the 8th of January they're playing Liverpool alright Marcus? Is that alright? I just think it's interesting how a lot of the takes around Arsenal have been they'll do it this season because they've strengthened really well and they've got depth. Yet, as soon as they start to pick up injuries, which they have, particularly at the back.

32:02Luke Moore: Gabriel Cabrerault was a big plus. Yeah, they've started to look vulnerable, haven't they? Come on then. Arsenal 4, Aston Villa 1. I was talking to... Didn't see it. Watch the darts. Next. I was talking to a friend. I was talking to a friend of mine a couple of days ago and my friend said this. I think Arsenal are rapidly running out of steam. Eh? Do you like I referred to as a friend there? Yeah. It doesn't soften it for me. Rapidly running out of steam. Can I just say to producer Finn? I mean, to be fair, they conceded late on. They looked exhausted after they went 4-0 up. Yeah, yeah. He never does these little sound clips for any other presenter.

32:38Luke Moore: Well, he can't find them, that's why. No, probably not. He'd have to tango and cash it, which is a lovely old reference. I'll tell you what, if this had been Pete, I'd have had Pete in my WhatsApps all night last night having a meltdown. What are they going to say about me? Pathetic. Don't try and deflect it on Peter. he was watching Southend last night he was a cold night at Southend that would have been well it shows you how committed he is but anyway we digress Arsenal they got their revenge on Unai Emery and Aston Villa they ended Villa's 11 match winning run Villa were just one away weren't they from a new club record of course which showed you how well they've been doing but Arsenal they did it without Declan Rice as well and they were in that second half scintillating alright what about this then to finish off from George on X.

33:24Which Premier League manager would you most like to be your dad? Eddie Hell. He'd never be in the house. He wouldn't, no, he wouldn't. Daniel Farker, get all the subscriptions. Get all the naughty subscriptions. You'd be well popular. Stop this. Stop this. He's in the shower again. Pete's telling you to stop it. He'll never be clean. the wallpaper you'd have mould you'd have black mould oh dear the shout is just always going

33:56Luke Moore: I think I think Nuno is not a bad shout just because he looks like he could play the part I think he might be intense really intense I think I think I think I think the answer really is David Moyes and I think that goes for everybody I don't think so no I think it is no because you need I think he's a good man but you need a little bit discipline let's go through in alphabetical order right okay it's very quick go on then do it Arteta, no. No, we're not. Emery, Emery wouldn't be too bad. I think, yeah, for a bit. Iriola would be good. You'd have great holidays in Europe with Emery. Iriola, he'd be, I think he'd be really nice.

34:32I think he'd be okay. Keith Andrews, younger than me, he's a bit odd. Well, yeah, Hurtzley, younger than me. Scott Parker, more of a brother. Young, sexy dads. Parker's more of a brother. I think Parker would be okay. Vareska, absolutely not.

34:47Luke Moore: No. Glasner? Yeah. Glasner's not too bad. yeah it's solid Moyes old school Moyes I would say Moyes you don't want a Sunday lunch chat with Moyes I think you're surprised I think Moyes is I think he's the answer Farker would be great for the reasons I've said Marco Silva yeah not bad yeah I think he's a bit aloof you wouldn't get much out of him yeah he's I think he's quite a bit of a realist though doesn't smile enough no okay Arnisslot same reason as Farker can I have last season's Arnisslot so dirty yeah Pep Guardiola no way I don't know he's chilled out now you'd stumble upon a dungeon you'd be like what the hell too much emo music you'd be listening to Evanescence every day and he'd hate you as well as he once said he would hate you Eddie Howe again Sean Dyche embarrassing man just the most embarrassing he's probably more like my dad than all of them the most dad like I know he's gone now but what would you say to Big Ang yeah I think he'd be alright potential to be a good dad yeah I think he'd be alright bring him in Roger Debris literally don't know who he is Thomas Frank Frank I think would be good I think he'd be a good dad yeah I think he'd be alright by the way when I say good dad I'm sure these men aren't good dads we're specifically talking about dead feats the lot of them Nuno we've done him I think Nuno would be okay and then Wolverhampton Wanderers in this list I've got here he's quite poetically he's just listed as vacant yeah but even if it was Vitor Pereira no way he's never around I don't want to take a punch from me dad I managed to win so he went out for some milk never came back yeah so who are you choosing come on I would probably I think I might well go for Glasner oh yeah I think I'd go for Glasner but I totally agree with Pete Sean Dyche is the most dad man yeah and you wouldn't want like a hurt because he'd be too handsome then Peter would be going well why are you so ugly when your father's so handsome and why is he younger than you yeah why is he younger than you what's going on here do I need to call someone yeah social services to get him on why is he not pitching for the team yeah okay Peter could I have an answer from you You're going Dychey, surely.

36:47Yeah, I'll go Dychey. You've got to. You've got to. You've got to. Send politics, send WhatsApp forwards. Lovely. If you've got to go to a family function with your dad, Dyche is going to fill that role very well. He's going to outdrink you. You're going to stand at the bar at a wedding, right, having a couple of beers with your mates, and you're going to see Dyche walking over as your dad from behind. You think, right, I'm now about to take a load of pelters. He's going to say something about woke towards the end, people being woke.

37:11Luke Moore: But you know what, though? And I think this is where Pete was thinking. in this. He'll take all that on the chin, absolutely. But Daish will be there at 2am at the Indie Club. He will, would you? Yes, he will. He will, absolutely. He will. You'll be cutting some rug with your old man who's Sean Daish to a pop B-side at 2am in Nottingham and you've never been happier. Yeah, he'll be giving you a clip round the air and telling you that your kebab order was shockingly bad. But you're not alone. Daddy Daish, just imagine it. I bet he walks around the house in his pants and a long black t-shirt, complains about everyone making too much noise while he's on nights.

37:46That was just my dad but I can see Dish doing that too. Thank you for joining me today on the Football Ramble but this isn't the end of the best ofs. Don't you worry about that sunshine. Part two covering the second half of the season is going to be dropping tomorrow so do keep your eyes peeled for that and can you peel ears? Poke through the wax and enjoy. In the meantime if you've enjoyed this trip down Ramble memory lane then do give us a five star review wherever you get your podcasts. It makes a huge difference and quite frankly We bloody deserve it. We'll see you tomorrow for part two.

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