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24 Jul 2026 · 28m · 11 chapters

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Jack's Encyclopaedia: Everything but the World Cup (feat. Adam Clery)

In short

Football Ramble “Jack’s Encyclopaedia” quiz themed “Everything but the World Cup,” using timed category answers.

Guests

Adam Clery (guest; co-host/regular on The Best One Yet; football writer/comedian). Main hosts: Marcus Speller, Jim Campbell, Pete Donaldson (plus Jack’s Encyclopaedia host persona).

Key claims

Adam wins the episode’s final round and overall (score ends Adam 1, Jim 0, Marcus 0). The quiz is framed as “things you might have missed because the World Cup was on.”

Notable examples

Names Premier League managers (e.g., Enzo Maresca, Mikel Arteta, Eddie Howe, Unai Emery, Michael Carrick, Alvaro Abeloa, Regi Lerbry, Fabian Hürzeler). Premier League transfers “from an English side to a Premier League club” (e.g., Chelsea→Man United: Andy Robertson?; also Harry Wilson, Elliot Anderson, Sandro Tonali). Europe teams from Great Britain/Ireland (e.g., Arsenal, Man City, Celtic, Rangers, Shamrock Rovers, Aberdeen). Liverpool 2023-24 scorers (e.g., Salah, van Dijk, Gakpo, Mac Allister, Canate; tiebreaker: 2026-27 shirt sponsors like Fly Emirates, Standard Chartered, Visit Rwanda, Chevrolet).

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Chapters

3:23

Starting the Game: Jackson's Encyclopedia

Hosts introduce the game format and rules for the episode.

“Yeah, we're playing Jackson Encyclopedia.”
4:40

Premier League Managers Challenge

Participants take turns naming current Premier League managers.

“Adam, as guests, you're going to say Gris.”
8:49

Transfer Window Discussion

Discussion on players moving during the transfer window.

“I can think of two off the top of my head.”
14:00

Discussion on Match Debut and Performance

Insights into a player's debut match and performance highlights.

“Honestly, if you'd given me a position to go with, I would have picked third because we talked about three of them previously.”
16:52

Discussion on Upcoming Matches

Analyzing the pressure and expectations for an upcoming match.

“That's S-E-R-V-A-L dot com slash tickets.”
17:43

Teams from Great Britain and Ireland in Europe

A game to name all teams from Great Britain and Ireland participating in European competitions.

“Every team from Great Britain and Ireland that are playing in Europe in the 26-27 season, including those in qualifying.”
21:42

Guessing Game: Manchester United Players

Participants guess players in Manchester United's matchday squad.

“You've helped me there, because I assume Luke Shaw is in it as well then.”
24:48

Scoring Players for Liverpool in Premier League

Identifying all players who scored for Liverpool in the previous season.

“So the best Jim and I can hope for is that we take it to a tiebreaker.”
28:01

Premier League Shirt Sponsors Trivia

Listen as the hosts discuss and guess the shirt sponsors for various Premier League clubs.

“I had Kirk down, didn't have, like everybody else on this game, Dominic's fleeting.”
30:00

Adam Cleary's Victory Celebration

The hosts celebrate Adam Cleary's trivia win and reflect on the game.

“Oh of course Eddie had Airways of course at Man City Who else?”
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Adam Cleary's Victory Celebration

The hosts celebrate Adam Cleary's trivia win and reflect on the game.

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3:11Pete Donaldson: Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Football Ramble. It's Jack's Encyclopedia. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Jim Campbell. I'm Pete Donaldson. And I'm still Adam Cleary. Hey!

3:36Yeah! Jackson Encyclopedia. Host document. Date. Yeah, we're playing Jackson Encyclopedia. It's Friday, baby. It's Friday. The keys to the weekend. We're there. Yeah. Do we get the keys the weekend after these?

3:50Pete Donaldson: Oh, it's the summer. The gate to the weekend's open permanently. I thought Adam Cleary could bring his own keys and he could open the, like, it's a black rod who opens Parliament. Yes. He could be the black rod of the weekend. That's what they call me. Pop your keys in the bowl and we'll see how we get on. Yeah, we'll see how we get on. Yes, this is Jackson's Tachyopedia. If you don't look at the rules, they're really simple. It's a game of categories. I'll give you a category and then we'll go around each of you to see if you can give me a valid answer. If you go to your slot, I will press a countdown timer leaving six seconds to answer.

4:21Do you want to hear the countdown timer, Adam? Because obviously you're not familiar with any of them. I've heard it before. You've heard it before. Today's theme is...

4:29Pete Donaldson: Go on. Anything but the World Cup. I'm screwed. I'm absolutely screwed. A.K.A. things you might have missed because the World Cup was on. Adam, as guests, you're going to say Gris. Okay. And you're also going to go first. Okay. All right. we're going to kick off with you Adam and we're going to go in this direction to Marcus and then you Jim and then back to Adam every I know I've got nothing this is going to be a serious embarrassment for the champ can I can I just I'm so pleased that I've made it onto the football ramble before this quiz finished me professionally yeah exactly yeah we're going to start with you Adam and we're going to go with every current Premier League manager oh every current Premier League manager it's a simple and as an alloy does that.

5:18That's so easy and great. I'm going to start with Enzo Maresca. Correct. I'll go for Mikel Arteta. You can have Mikel Arteta unless... Can we check the BBC website? Yeah. He's been sacked!

5:36Pete Donaldson: I'll go for Andoni Areola. Nice one. Oh, lovely. Eddie Howe. Eddie Howe. Roberto De Zerbe. is he still there I got that right yeah he did he did stay he did stay he kept them up a couple of you are a bit like oh man I'll go for Jabby Alonso yeah that's good I can have Oliver Glassner you can weird move weird move running low I am running low surely David Moyes is still in the job and I will go for Marco Rosa oh Oh, getting a bit fancy, are we? That was my ace card. Look at you, special bro. Adam? Unai Emery, please. Michael Carrick. Oh, nice. Correct. Can you slow down? It's a nice, easy start.

6:29Can you slow it down? Alvaro Abeloa. Yeah. Oh, great shout. Regi Lerbry. Damn, that's my last one, s 'il vous plaît, s 'il vous plaît. Yes. Marcus, can we have a Premier League manager, please? Yeah, of course you can. Of course you can. Of course you can. Yeah. How many have we had? We've got one, two, three, four, five, six left. Seven. Seven left. Seven? Seven left.

6:56Pete Donaldson: I'll have... You couldn't even name me a Premier League team at this point. Yeah, I'm genuinely... This is ludicrous behaviour.

7:04Pete Donaldson: Daniel Farker? Is he still there? Oh, I like it. Oh, no. With that finish? I honestly thought he'd gone, hadn't he? Gary O 'Neal. Ah, I named him earlier. Lovely.

7:19I can't even name any teams. No, I can't. You've forgotten all the teams in the Premier League. This is... No, no. I'm going to... I've got this completely wrong because I know he left... Kieran McKenna didn't get another job, did he? No. Oh! He left Ipswich. He left Ipswich. Frank Lampard. Yeah. Lovely. Of course he is. I think Jim's got something, though. I hope you're excited for me to say, of course to every single answer that comes out now.

7:47Pete Donaldson: Keith Andrews. Wanker! Keith Andrews. Wanker! Germany.

7:56Marcus, who have you got? Nothing. You've got nothing. It's not difficult to beat Marcus or Pete.

8:05Pete Donaldson: Come on.

8:10Pete Donaldson: Peter Reid. One word to describe. I was trying to think of who else got promoted. I know, I know. Jim, we need one from you. Fabian Herzler. Oh, flipping. Well done. Well done. Well done. So Jim gets that one. Who did we miss? Jim, you missed Piesage and you missed Sergei Yakirovich. Were they the only two? They're the only two left. I thought we did okay there, to be fair. Jim needed to get Herzler. I had a terrible system there. I started writing down all the clubs we had said instead of what I should have done, which is write down all the clubs we hadn't said. Yeah, I guess, yeah. First time First time First time First time First time So it's currently Marcus 0 Jim 1 And Adam 0 Marcus You're going to Kick things off In this round Here we go Round number 2 Every senior player Full stop Every senior player To move from An English side To a Premier League Club This transfer window So what Prem to prem So any signings From the EFL or the Premier League.

9:11I can think of two off the top of my head. Yeah, there's definitely two I've got. I can do two.

9:15Pete Donaldson: This is where I'm like, I'm really glad I'm going first because I won't draw a blank. So any player to go from an English side to another English side. Yes. Okay, I'll have... 25 players on the list. 25? I'll have Morgan Rogers. Are you going to work backwards for the price? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that completed? Can we get him on a technicality there? They officially announced that. Where's the shirt? Oh, I've been announced that. Where's the shirt? Megan Rogers. That would be spectacular. Up yours, Jim. That would be spectacular. Up yours are the rusty one. Yeah, they've completed it. Have they?

9:48Pete Donaldson: We're fine. Is there a photo of him with the shirt? Yes, there is. Yes, there is. Okay. Bing X. Is that their new... Is it me now? Sorry. Look at it. Handsome Morgan Rogers. They've got more handsome Chelsea now, haven't they? Well done, them. Right, Jim, who have you got? Elliot Anderson. Elliot Anderson. Seems like a long time ago now. It really does. Adam. I'll have Sandro Tonali, please. He's got little teeth. Nice one. And then I hope it... My plan here is that it just doesn't get back to me. Yeah, exactly. Hope that Jim tanks it. I'll have Yuri Tielimor. Oh, you sod. Not bad. Not bad. I thought you were going to go, he hasn't been announced yet.

10:28Pete Donaldson: I'll have Andre Santos. Nicely done, Jim. Chelsea to Manchester United, correct. I can think of several Of these 25 It's a total Jim loves transfers It's a big lie Who did The two What do you call them The two boys The two boys The two fellow What do you call them The two princes Skin out of the heap You know he went to that He went to that team Oh god Which team was it And what was his name I don't know I've been in a bubble man It's been so nice in there. He's a special Easton failure. Oh, unlucky, Adam. Unlucky. Paul Van Hecker. Oh, very good. Oh, Van Hecker. Is he on my list here? Oh, I've remembered one.

11:13Can I? No, it's not. Is he on my list here? There he is. I'll thank goodness for that.

11:18Pete Donaldson: There we go. I was going to say, surely. Yeah, he went to Brighton. From Brighton to Spurs. Andy Robertson. Oh, well played. Well done. Liverpool to Spurs. What were you going to say there, Adam? Well, it's an answer. So I'm not going to do it. Please don't Marcus Come on Who have I got here Some of these are proper like God I completely missed that one They're the best though I've got one Do you not want it? Harry Wilson Sell it Harry Wilson Very good Harry Wilson Full up to Leeds Well done Tyric George Was that done in this window? It was Chelsea to Everton Jim loves his transfers And Jim's loving is good today Business is good The lad Charles From Sheffield Wednesday To Man City The lad Charles Do you mean Pierce Charles Of course Of course you do I'm giving you it Because I'm being I'm being charitable And hospitable The one I'm thinking of Is so obvious The fact nobody said it Is making me think It didn't happen Well done Marcus Sheffield Wednesday To Man City Jim Who have we got This is getting Trickier now Oh dear Oh dear I'm drawing a blank here Again, I can't think of teams One word to describe him Pure class That's the one Well done Well done Yeah, Bournemouth to Spurs You could have had Abdul Fattahou Leicester to switch Callum Wilson went to Brentford I completely missed that Did he?

12:53Yeah Frank Onyeka Hayden Hackney went Ilya Neslia Jean Anthony Jeremy Mongo went from Leicester City to Manchester City Jao Gomez went from Wolves to Villa Oh Jao Gomez Karl Dallor is going to be shoring up the goalkeeping options at Manchester United Is he gone? I am trusting the Never pull up the fibres There's a Karl Dallor in a Manchester United shirt photo that I've not seen Surely at that point in your career you don't take pictures with a kit Yeah Chonat, Coventry Voscovic Spurs to Brighton Martin Dubravka Burnley to Spurs Matias I thought he was going to Fernandez Matias Fernandez Matias Fernandez Let's have Spurs Stroik from Leeds to Brighton and that's your lot so well done it's much easier when you know I think I was I think I was aware of maybe 30 % of those yeah Dubravka's always gone somewhere I always think yeah so it's Marcus won Jim won and I think I think that was

13:55Pete Donaldson: that was a round you didn't want to go third on. Get your feet under the fence. Honestly, if you'd given me a position to go with, I would have picked third because we talked about three of them previously. They were going to come up. Yeah, it's a good point actually. I'm in there, then it's on them. No, fair play. Fair play. I know nowt. It's a good round. You've got a really strong showing. But look, I think the first match you play, we were interviewing, I don't know whether this, will you have heard the Benmi interview before this show or not? Benmi's professional debut, I think it was at Man City, he conceded two penalties.

14:29Yes.

14:30Pete Donaldson: He insists the second one wasn't a pen, which I also would do. Exactly.

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17:36So look, the first match is, it's a free hit, to be honest, Adams, but the next one you really have to turn up. Okay. Jim, it's your turn. Round number three. Every team from Great Britain and Ireland that are playing in Europe in the 26-27 season, including those in qualifying. We're doing it right now.

17:54Pete Donaldson: Okay. I'm going to start with an obscure one. Arsenal. Not out of them. Can I get Heart of Midlothian? Oh, he's gone there. He's brought up. It's the only niche one I can think of without panicking. Yes. So I'll just take it off the table. Get out of the way. Get it off the table. Yeah, fair enough. Spelsy would mention it because they got beaten this week. They did, yeah. I'll go for Man City. Man City. Man City. I'll go for Man United. Man United. A great club. Liverpool. Liverpool. They're in there. Sunderland. Oh, yes. That's a difficult one. Stomach, isn't it? Eston Ballard. What? Aston Villa.

18:37Pete Donaldson: Should have marked him down for that. I know. Sicko. Can I have Celtic, please? Yes, you can. I'll have Shamrock Rovers They're always in there That was my That was my They're always in there My guess as well They're always in there How many are there? Crystal Palace There are 26 teams There's 26 teams 26 teams That's mad That seems That seems a lot High There's a Yeah Yeah Yeah that is high That's too much Anyway Crystal Palace Anyway You can have Crystal Palace I forgot about Palace I mean I can have them You can have them I forgot about that I've got a sweat on here Bournemouth Bournemouth are in there It's hard to remember The last few weeks It was a long time ago Yeah Aberdeen Aber fucking dope mate That's an absolute nightmare I thought Aberdeen won the cup What was I thinking This is a Oh god I'm Kind of guessing a bit here Cove Ramblers He's looking for that oh my god oh my god oh my god come on Adam let's have one I've got one that's very obvious but I just can't remember if we've said it or not right and I've not made any notes the whole way round so if I if I say this and we've said it then you're wrong you're tossed you're toasted but then if I go for something else and it's wrong and I had an obvious one and just panic this is play the countdown no it's fine he's explaining he's not thinking is it oh I don't know look I've got look I've got two one's mad one's obvious but I just think we might have said the obvious one he's the guest he's allowed to wear shoes in the house here we go Rangers yeah I just assumed that they wouldn't have qualified for some stupid reason you've all got a win can I check the mad answer I had what was your mad answer the new Saints they were they used to be total network solutions I was thinking of them I couldn't remember their real name I was not sure I almost wish I had won it on the new Saints yeah that would have been did Brighton get in Brighton got in We didn't say it Who's left?

20:43You've got Bohemians Of Ireland obviously Carnarvon Town You could have had Coleraine Conor's Key Nomads Is Dundalk in there? No they're not Derry City They're in there Glentoran Glentoran Glentoran Sorry Glentoran That's the bloke I think it's people who follow The Northern Irish League Going that's ridiculous now How many teams qualify for Europe Half the bloody league He qualified for Europe now. So we're Brighton the only English team we missed. Your friend and our, yes, your friend and our is Hibernian. Larn, Linfield, you could have had Motherwell, Scotland obviously.

21:19Pete Donaldson: How have we got about five Scottish teams and Aberdeen weren't in there? How have I gone for Aberdeen there? I always, I always screw this one up. Penbont, Penbont, Shelburne, and like you said, How is this still going? Yeah, there's a lot of like nice little teams like around us, around the English, we're having a lovely time point to Adam first one point to Adam here we go so Adam you're going to be giving us the star turn in the first bit of the fourth round if that's alright with you players in the Man United matchday squad for their pre-season friendly against Wrexham on Saturday lovely players in the Man United matchday squad for their pre-season friendly against Wrexham on Saturday a game I did not know had taken place I know right Harry Maguire, please.

22:10You can have Harry Maguire.

22:12Pete Donaldson: You've helped me there, because I assume Luke Shaw is in it as well then. He is. Right. I had nothing until you unlocked. This is a foul round. A really foul round. Shrek-y one. Stinky round. Shedo Obi Martin. Get out. Get out. Piss off, Jim. Yes!

22:36Aidan Heaven please Just like heaven There we go

22:42Pete Donaldson: So presumably we're on They won't be back For a million pounds name a Man United player I'm not going to say the one that Thomas Tuchel doesn't play

22:58Pete Donaldson: Carl Darlow Continuing his rehabilitation Continuing his rehabilitation. But unfortunately there's no rehabilitation for Marcus Pella. We're going to move on to Jim. Benjamin Sesko? Oh, that would have been an obvious one. Yeah, really obvious one. That's wrong. Continuing his rehabilitation. I've seen one tweet. That's yours. Adam, we're on there. He's in the lead. Genuinely, she's very overwhelmed by all of this. The way that Adam started this whole game. It was a ruse. He's rope-a-dope. Jim and Ari. We're always falling for ruse. Who would you have gone for? I was going to go Lenny Yorro next.

23:35Lenny Yorro. And you would have been right. So it's double good.

23:39Pete Donaldson: Instead of Cesco, I should have said Brian and Bumo, right? He was in there. Yeah. I nearly went for Cesco. And I couldn't remember his name. Any more for any more? This is what this game does for you. Buy in, dear. Yeah, I wondered about him, but was he away with Turkey? Yeah, he's not in there. Is he not there? Could have been Andre Santos. Could have been Ethan Williams. Boy more like you said. Dan Arma. Dan Gore. Dermot Mee. Ethan Wheatley. You could have had Harry Amass The big hitters Jack Fletcher Jacob Devaney You could have had Jadon Camerson Jim Freitz Joshua Zerksi Lenny Yorow Mason Mount Patrick Dogu Fradek Vitek You could have had Shea Lacey Toby Collier Tom Heaton Oh, Heaton I should have gone in Tyler Fletcher Do you know what?

24:22Can you imagine the nights out Tom Heaton and Carl Darlow Are going to have As long as Fourth choice Man United goal This is what this game Every night

24:29Pete Donaldson: This is what this game Does to you though I thought Scott McTominay and they went through my head and I went no he played at the World Cup for Scotland oh and he doesn't play for the better another thing I thought of Toby Collier and just ignored the thought it wasn't like I it wasn't like I that sounds fine chose not to write it down it just yeah that's what it does that's what Jack's going to do to you Adam's in the lead he is yeah he's with a match point I'm going to wake up on Adam too I'm going to wake up on the tube in the minute with my phone in my hand and dribble on me shouting at the thing Marcus here we go you're going to kick these off in the fifth round, final round.

25:03Drink your water. Get hydrated. So the best Jim and I can hope for is that we take it to a tiebreaker.

25:09Pete Donaldson: Only one of us could do that. Every player that scored for Liverpool last season in the Premier League. Every player that scored for Liverpool last season in the Premier League. Alexander Rezac. Just about. Teehee. Hugo Eketike. Yeah, just a couple. Mohamed Salah.

25:37Pete Donaldson: Alexis McAllister. He did. Virgil van Dijk. He did. Colsy Gakpo. Yeah, he was the one I couldn't remember. Krap-a-po. I'm pretty sure he's got on the front floor in the third. One, I think. Just one? Yeah.

26:01Adam sees the whole team from above on his big telly they're just little circles you're like a little god

26:12Pete Donaldson: surely Ibrahima Canate got a goal he did well done, good work everyone got that written down doesn't matter if you've written it down you've got to say it haven't you Federico Chiesa Open day of the season In the Prem, did he? Open day of the season You shocked him You shocked him Jeremy Frimpong Little Jezza Did he get one? I didn't He didn't But, Paul, look You named a Liverpool player And that's all he can ask How many are left? One, two, three, four, five Wow, that's more than I thought The same number that Premier League goals that Vert's got in Premier League goals. Okay, classy. A Premier League goal.

27:03I'm going to stab this in the dark and it's going to be wrong, but I am going to say Andy Robertson. That's right, Adam! Thank you, thank you.

27:14Pete Donaldson: Rio and Gamora. Oh, it's a pressing game. I mean, he's sitting on that. You've got three players left. Three left. Three left, Adam. Definitely wasn't Joe Gomez Famously wasn't Joe Gomez I'm literally running out of Liverpool players You could possibly name Connor Bradley

27:38We're at the tiebreaker guys Time to the tiebreaker We're at the tiebreaker You could have had Have you got one Jim? Yeah You know how this happens immediately Surely Curtis Jones got a goal Curtis Jones did get a goal Shoboslai got one Oh my god Oh! What?

27:56Pete Donaldson: Dominic's a buzz light. Did Kirk actually get one? Kirk actually get one as well. That's your lot. That's your lot. I had Kirk down, didn't have, like everybody else on this game, Dominic's fleeting. Famously just a buzz light. Pinging in free kicks for fun. Jesus wept. Absolutely outrageous. Because you know what happens though is you're thinking, right, we've got the forwards, who was in the midfield? And then you say Gravenberg. But, McAllister. McAllister, one, two, and you go, no, no, no, no. And everyone you name, your brain goes, you can stop this soon. You've nearly done this. But you go, yeah, no, Fabinho hasn't played there for a while.

28:28Pete Donaldson: Who is it? Who is it? No. Sick. Dominic Saboslow. Are you ready for the tiebreaker? Yeah. Every Premier League shirt sponsor. Oh, bugger off. So why is it a tiebreaker? That's so shit. You brought us to this point, you two. Yeah, I regret not losing in the previous round. Every Premier League shirt sponsor For the 2026-27 season Four clubs have not yet announced theirs At the time of recording So you've got 16 to choose from This is the chest sponsor by the way The chest sponsor None of your arm mock None of the shit you see at the training ground Or on the bus Chest sponsor Let's start with you Adam I will take a cool tall glass of Nox hydration please Yes please Newcastle United finally landed that big South African fish.

29:18Pete Donaldson: See, the Fulham one, I can see it and I can't even pronounce it. Pizza Hut.

29:24Pete Donaldson: Say Pizza Hut. Come on. Harrods. Thriller. I've honestly got nothing. The Michael Jackson movie. Yeah. You've got to remember this is the chess sponsor. Some of them have not announced. Absolutely nothing.

29:43I've gone very late on the countdown because it is a tiebreaker I want an answer

29:52Pete Donaldson: what was AXA or something I've got nothing nothing it's ridiculous Adam Cleary wins yeah it's as simple as an online that he's coming he's taking your lunch he's taking your lunch he's taking the listeners lunch and he's going on with it and he's going to eat it on the bus go on what was the Arsenal one Fly Emirates and standard charted for Liverpool as well standard charted have been at Liverpool for ages haven't they how long has that been well done Adam well done Adam well played mate well played come on what was the Fulham one visit Rwanda famously for Aston Villa as well well Fulham was Clickhouse Clickhouse they've changed it then Clickhouse it's a hard summer to get that question because they've just booted out all the gambling sponsors haven't they so it's been a lot of people I was going who's 888 this season yeah Emirates, Arsenal, Visit Rwanda They've taken on the arm sponsor of the Arsenal one I thought Visit Rwanda was an arm one Yeah For Arsenal specifically Vitality, Bournemouth Is that the little dog?

30:53Indeed, Brentford Is that Indeed.com? No way What do they do? Is it a job search thing? Has anyone got JVC? No one's got JVC American Express, obviously for Brighton They've been here for a while The young upstarts of Monzo at Cov Coventry in the Premier League That's got to be good Lovely Temporal For Crystal Palace Not sure what they do CMC Markets Everton Halo Service Solutions Oh they don't have This is genuinely

31:20Pete Donaldson: Like Did you have any others? So you had Arsenal And Liverpool Yeah Okay If you'd have come out Arsenal I should have got it If you'd have had Fly Emirates I could have hit you back With Standard Chartered Yeah you would have won that But if you'd have Won after that I'd have been Could I have Red Bullet leads? Oh of course Eddie had Airways of course at Man City Who else? Snapdragon, Man United Snapdragon They make great processes The Man United one I was really trying to And I was like no I still had the car sponsorship in mind And I can't even remember the name of the car So I would have fallen on my face on that one Chrysler, that was a while ago Chrysler How about Tottenham's?

31:56Pete Donaldson: It's an acronym AIA Is it still AIA? AIA That's what I got wrong That's what I went for AXA And I went AXA And sadly it's AIA Sadly, it's both spelt and pronounced differently. It is. It is. So close. And yet so far. And it wasn't Chrysler. It was Chevrolet. Chevrolet. Chevrolet. Well, look, Adam Cleary. First, what a fine performance. It's a debut victory on Jackson's soccer. Can I just say what an absolute pleasure it is to be sat here with fellow FSA award winners. It's so, so rare. I saw it when I came in. So rare to be breathing that air. Yours more recent than ours. It's like Real Madrid's team of the late 90s.

32:35It's just like that.

32:36Pete Donaldson: The FSA Galacticos. Well, there we are, everybody. What a match. Well done to Adam Cleary. He's 1-0. You're doing this all summer? I hope not. I must apologise. I must apologise for we're in the same top two podcasts in a row. I haven't done my washers since I got back from New York. We're all in the same boat. It's an absolute pleasure. Well, it is Friday, everybody, so get out there. Enjoy the weekend. but thank you for listening to the Ramble part of the Agar's Creator Network he's got a bit he's won a bit he's come back a few two pounds heavy oh dear pre-season yeah we need some more World Cup in the next Jackson Saracepeda please otherwise I cannot operate thank you Pete Donaldson bye bye thank you Jim Campbell thank you thank you and well done Adam Cleary thank you so much for having me get your pitbull on everybody it is the weekend because I'm a fireball baby

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With the World Cup fading away into the distance, we crash back down to earth with a test of all the news away from the tournament which, frankly, we've not been paying much attention to.


Adam Clery joins Marcus, Jim and Pete once again for a Jack's Encyclopaedia special.


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