Jack's Encyclopaedia: Mo Salah's favourite teammates, a Newcastle vs Sunderland throwback, and Andy Brassell's Instagram

0:02The last 16 permanent Swansea City managers Oh, blood. What? Why?

0:12I'll have Brendan Rodgers. You can have him. I've got nothing. Can I win this with Graham Potter? Oh, I think you have. Yes!

0:25Dean Smith also says you're an encyclopedia of football. A what? An encyclopedia of football. I don't know what that means. Hello everybody, welcome to the Football Ramble It's Jack's Encyclopedia I'm Marcus Feller I'm Luke Moore And I'm Pete Donaldson

0:58Welcome back to another round of Jack's Encyclopedia That clip of Vish, Marcus That was just after he said that if he wins this game of Jackson's Encyclopedia, the Ashes are going to call England's way. And I believe it hasn't gone their way. No, they've not showered themselves in glory. It's early days. That's the episode where I got producer Tom to send me in a private YouTube. I'm so desperate to see it because I really want Marcus to win before Vish went away. And ending Vish's reign of terror, and it is a reign of terror, was a service you did for the whole of the Ramble Nation. Very important.

1:34You know, as we should probably announce, Luke Nation has opened up some fairly early but promising diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Spelgium based on that performance that he did for the good of humanity. Tariff, thanks. And so we will be enjoying tariff-free trade going forward. Happy to announce that. But today the gloves are off and it will be a competitive affair. Everyone's got their own interests. They have, of course. Absolutely. All right. Well, Marcus is the lineal Jackson Encyclopedia champion, as we heard and Luke has the belt for My Biddy Ants which is over there which is over there it's a chance to sort of unify the belt quickly give me a belt while I've still got it I can't wear the My Biddy Ant one because we're on a Jackson Encyclopedia episode but it's over there everyone you want my belt?

2:11I don't often wear the belt because it's actually a belt for the whole of the Luke Nation right everyone gets it for a weekend everyone gets it for a weekend exactly yeah well if Luke wins it as he said he's going to be unifying both belts if Marcus wins he keeps the sacred Jackson Encyclopedia belt for the kingdom of Spelgium I'm your referee today Pete Donico Donaldson and it's 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 a slot, I'll press a countdown timer. It sounds a bit like that.

2:40It sounds like the bit in Stranger Things when Vecna comes to visit them and there's a clock on the wall. Right, okay. It's quite chilling. Yes. Quite chilling. It will put me off my game today. So Marcus, that's a little... Do you know what Stranger Things? Stranger Things? Stranger Things. See, Marcus, I was encouraging... He sportified Stranger Things. I was encouraging. I nodded along I've never seen any of Stranger Things but I encouraged Luke but when we talk about Game of Thrones you're quite obstructive obstructive? I would say more dismissive more kind of arrogant have you seen Stranger Things?

3:14never seen I'd assume you would have done pizza because everyone talks about it I find 80s retro stuff a bit unless it's an old camcorder you would think so to look at you I know outrageous disrespectful to a fine host it is oh here we go the game's ever gone love it absolutely love it careful mate his trousers will not allow a prayer looks like you enjoyed that compliment though in a minute he's going to make more work for producer Finn because he's going to start crying about who goes first and he's going to have to edit it out no it's up to Peter who usually goes first I always go on my left hand side to be honest oh do you I usually go on my left hand side you do what you want mate it's your game I don't mind I'm going to start with Marcus because I can't handle the abuse so Pete is very avant-garde when it comes to who goes first but he's also very lenient answers.

3:57Exactly. He doesn't insist on the full name. Whatever he does, I think he does it excellently well. Marcus, let's kick things off. You're kicking things off. Come on. The top 20 outfield players who have played the most minutes in this year's Premier League. Outfield players is good. Get right in. Get right in. Because you'd list off all the keepers, wouldn't you? Yeah. Not all of them. But yeah, that does... Virgil van Dijk, surely. Yeah. Got to be. Correct. Okay. Bruno Fernandes? He seems to always play. Ooh. Yeah, he's in there.

4:38Suddenly you're like... It is because you just think even if they'd miss one game through injury... It's going to matter. That might see it off, yeah. There's a few names here. What do I go for? Which teams have gone to massive amounts of injury time? That might put the foot on the scale a bit. oh this is so annoying because I'm suddenly racking my brain no he was injured Declan Rice he's got to be isn't he I would have guessed it that's a shocker it's a good guess it's a good guess I've got to guess one you've got to guess one that's a shocker the only one I had in my locker which makes me feel I'm a bit nervous about now because I would have I would have guessed that yeah is Morgan Rogers seems to always play

5:22came off the bench last night but he's in there the others I had was Dominic Sabozlay in there? yes he was in there anyone else? Seth Vandenberg seems to always play as well yes Seth Vandenberg is in there so I thought I couldn't remember if like Jared Bowen because he would always play oh I had Bowen as well I had Bowen as well yes he was in there Jared Bowen Mark Gay was he in there? Mark Gay no that makes me feel slightly better Chris Richards as you said Sabozlay you had Elliot Anderson Granit Xhaka at his age Xhaka would have been James Garner Tarkovsky Van Hecker Jared Bowen Joe Rodden Kyle Walker Matty Cash Maxence Lacroix you had Maxime Esteve is it Esteve Esteve Necker Williams Nikola Milenkovic Sepp Van Der Berg as you said and Tariq Mitchell there's your 20 there was a few Palace ones but the one I had done was Mark Gane it was wrong it's a tricky one it's a tricky one wow it's a good start for the Luke Nation I wasn't really confident about that I didn't have many answers I didn't get to play my full countdown as well which is very disappointing because I am quite liberal that sort of thing but we have retired the old Gary Neville countdown noise obviously if you've got a better countdown that you want to stick in there send it to shortfootballramble.com or if you're a friend of the Ramble drop them in the Discord right round number two Luke you are leading with one round good the top 20 players Luke who have played alongside more Salah than most at Liverpool on first right yeah the top 20 players who have played alongside more Salah than most at Liverpool okay Those have been on the pitch at the same time as Salah Oh man Okay I feel strangely confident about this one The late great Diogo Jota He's in there Virgil van Dijk He's in there He's my go-to guy Yeah Both answers We're doing Dutch captains next Trent Alexander-Arnold Trent Alexander-Arnold Yes Jimmy Carragher is not involved No Alison Correct Oh, loud keepers for this one Oh, jeez Oh, jeez-y peeps, man Jeez-y peeps

7:36Sadio Mane

7:39Correct

7:43Jordan Henderson Oh, got to be, good answer Good answer I thought you were going to go for the one I'm about to go for Because they kind of came over as a three Roberto Firmino it's a good shout very successful for some reason I was throuple yeah Andy Robertson oh you absolute slag dirty that was my last answer damn damn damn how many other 20 and we've done 8 according to my notes you don't need to note up the notes no but I write them down so I don't repeat them er okay

8:19goodness me goodness me you know he's a specialist in failure he's done got him out the funny noise knocked you out there a little bit I started concentrating on that I know you might have got one Marcus you need to get one James Milner oh great shout well done well done you could have had the Ox you could have had Cody Gakpaw Curtis Jones Darwin Nunes Fabinho Gini Wijnaldum I had Wijnaldum down but again he left Ibrahim McEnate you could have had Joe Gomez Joel Matip Luis Diaz and Naby Keita and that's your lot well done Marcus that was poor by me I was going to say oh god it's a third round I like it Naby Keita a player I haven't thought of for a single second I know I know alright then ooh this gets me excited and I didn't error check any of the other rounds but I did concentrate on this one when I saw this you've got people to do that for you Peter love it love it Marcus yeah every player to start in the last Premier League game between Sunderland and Newcastle.

9:22Sunderland and Newcastle. Yeah, in the 2015-2016 season. There are some absolute forgotten cult classics in this one. Why is it so difficult? 2015-2016, Sunderland and Newcastle. Who started? Why are the starting 11 ones so difficult? I hate them. I cannot tell you how much I hate them. I cannot remember the year. I cannot remember the game. And the teams in question, any of these players could have been on the subs bench. Yeah, exactly. in anything but the thing I can't see how much I'm struggling with this when you get to our age anything that's happened in the last 10 years could have happened at any time totally do you know what's really annoying you know there's 22 answers if I get three correct answers I'll be happy with this you'd be delighted massively you'd be beside yourself alright let's kick it off let's kick it off I think he might have scored Jermaine Defoe he's right right you've done me a solid there because I thought the first name you're going to say which is the only one I'm confident about is Alexander Mitrovic oh blimey I'd forgotten about old Mick that's literally the only one I felt confident about it's like the end of Indiana Jones where he's stepping on all of the flagstones that are going to kill him flipping heck the pen man shall pass Jamal LaSalle oh great answer not good enough though it's good enough yes you're good enough you are good enough Marcus that feels like a goal an extra time to me you are good enough you went first didn't you it's worth mentioning that Jumendor Fo and Mitrovic both scored in a one all draw oh it was a one all draw that's right I forgot both are scorers we obviously know what we're doing we obviously know what we're doing for some reason this name has popped into my head it's vaguely the right era for eventos I think I think I think you played a lot you're like you're like me saying this right Chancellor Mbember oh if that's right yeah is it right yes a high five very nice very nice Still kicking a ball.

11:19Is he? Good on him. Is Pevonese, I think? Is that right? I could be having an absolute shocker here. Simon Mignolet, was he in goal for Sunderland? He was at Liverpool one then, surely. No, I think he'd have left, would he? You've absolutely thrown this round. He hasn't, because I haven't got any. That's a good point, actually, yeah. But you've put me on to keepers. And I thank you for that. Chancellor Mbembe plays for Lille. Does he? Good on him. Thank you, producer Finn. Stop stalling. Okay. Come on. Newcastle, Sunderland, both absolute... That's all the clues. Shit all teams. 2015, 2016, a mess.

11:57That's enough. Come on. Andros Townsend. Oh, no. Don't be like that.

12:06Yes! Oh, no. Got him with... I can't believe it. Got him with his own supply, haven't I? One of his brave boys. Up yours, brother. The nation are taking this. What was I thinking of, didn't you like? And what I'm happy about is that I get to say all these players' names now and you guys have barely got any. This is going to annoy me enormously. Ayosa Perez. Yeah. Daryl Yanmat. Fine. He was mad. You're never going to guess that. Listen. He punched a wall, Luke. Pete, we could play this game in any category for the next 10 years and no one's ever going to come close to saying the words Daryl Yanmat.

12:36I agree with you. Trust me. Totally agree with you. It's never happening. How about DeAndre? Fucking Yedlin. No, he wouldn't have said him. Sexy man. Ginny Wijnaldum. He's been in two rounds so far. Yeah. Jack Colback. Jack Rodwell the very similar looking guys you should have guessed Virgil van Dijk I should have done Jan Kirkhoff John Joe Shelby of course oh that's a sick name Moussa Sissoko Moussa Sissoko he didn't get Shelby he's got it that's even worse than Townsend Lumin Kornay you could have had Patrick van Arn Holt he was an ever present wasn't he yeah he probably not Rob Elliott the goalkeeper I'll get on with it come on Vito Manone Wabi Kazri Jan Manvilla and Yunus Kabul Jan Manvilla who's ever going to get that play for Suns for about 15 minutes no one's ever going to get that bloody hell do you know what production team thank you whenever you say anything like any Newcastle start at 11 pre-2020 I was like Stephen Taylor was he still there I was quite close to getting him for me Patrick van Aanholt was a Palace player for me in my mind well so is Townsend for me in my mind oh yeah and I got so excited about Rob Elliott I forgot Fabio Berini 2-1 to more and the nation I'm doing it for you guys it's a good lead yeah That was such a...

13:45That's a pig of a round. That was a shit off and Luke got it. No one wins there.

13:56Alright, number four. And we are kicking things off with Luke. Marcus. Luke. Yeah, it's me. Luke. Luke. Every European stadium that Andy Brassel has posted on his Instagram in 2025. Any European stadium. Any European stadium that Andy Brassel has posted on his Instagram in 2025. Can I ask a clarification question? Not reels. No. Luke stalks him. This is not fair. Does it count, guys? If they're in England, does that count because they're in Europe? Okay, so you can have English stadiums as well. Because I'm starting this off by going for Plough Lane. Do we have to mention the stadium? Can we mention the team?

14:34You can mention the team. I'll give you the team. AFC Wimbledon player. Over to you. Over to you, Marcus. Have a guess. St James' Park. He lives in Newcastle. Correct I'm honestly I have no idea It's just It's a speculation It's definitely been to Can I answer? No Alright Give me some more time to think You carry on Go on Marcus Say what you're going to say This is how I'm losing my belt If you don't be careful This is how I'm losing my belt Because I'll whip you with it Oh okay Can I hear more from people? I'm pretty sure He's been to the Spurs stadium this season The problem is Before you ding it all cross it out I'm not having problems thinking about stadiums he's gone to I'm having problems thinking about when the cut off was from August to now so he's definitely been to Spurs recently 2025 oh in which case definitely Spurs then correct why am I here surely why am I here surely he's been to bloody Bayern Munich in this time come on don't be like that give me the ding oh Luke's got the don't come on if he's not right I've won he has Oh no Move on Move on Move on Move on I have a few more as well It's a terrible way Can I give you a few more?

15:53Give me a few more Before you do The reason why I lost that Is because since he left us Dead to me Dark force I don't give a damn Good point Yeah Don't give a damn What that guy's doing That's poor on you Luke You've got the noble victory there I think I won the argument You did Free broadband for everyone I'm going to guess I think he's been to Leverkusen He has been to Leverkusen I think he's gone to Galatasaray as well. Of course he has. He has gone to... Yeah, it doesn't matter who he's been, but he's definitely taken a picture at Rams Park, yes. There we go. That's all I had. Is that what it's called now?

16:25Rams Park? Apparently so. He's been to Anfield. He's certainly focused on that on his Instagram. Besiktas. We could have had Brunton Park, Carlyle United, Dallymount Park, Bohemian FC, the New Balance Stadium, Atalanta, Ibrox he's been to, Old Trafford, Pitodri, Aberdeen. Oh, of course he had. invite me there I should have known that San Siro Milan Stamford Bridge he's been to the he's been to the city ground as well definitely Sorokoglu in Fenerbahce we've got Tallert Stadium Shamrock Rovers the Emirates the Etihad Villa Park and your friend and mine Wembley that would have been an easy one wouldn't it Marcus if you don't think think literally on that one I think Bayern Munich is a good guest to be fair to Marcus well I'm astonished at that one we think he's a fine journalist why has he not been to Bayern this year they won the time Does he really know as much as he says he does?

17:15Does he not care about Harry Kane? Or indeed Eric Dyer towards the end of last season. It would have been an easy round if it was ones I've put on Instagram because it basically just would have been frat apart. This last round, this counts for three? No, it's very much a consolation round for you, Marcus Speller. All right then, round number five. You get to go first again, Marcus, like you have more than me today. Enjoy it. Well, so far it's been... I'll be unifying the nation, don't worry about it. Don't worry about that. I might not even try this round. Yeah. Alright then Come on Every player Right To receive a red card In this season's Premier League I like these ones I am going to try Do you like these ones?

17:49Yeah Oh okay Every player Esri Konza Correct That's correct for sure Well done I will go for I've got a few of these To be fair I'll go for Robert Sanchez Oh shit was that the Premier League? Yeah it was Is it El Trafford? Moises Caicedo Don't help him Marcus I already said it. You fortified it. You put concrete in his boots. Now I'm starting to get worried about whether these are Premier League games or just games that I watched. Cup games as well. A player I've definitely seen get sent off this season is Lucas Pacitar. Yep. Arguing the ref. Yep.

18:32Oh, I can't remember who it was. That's annoying. That is very annoying.

18:41Bruno Fernandes, he's not been sent off. Like last season. Oh, dear. So I've got to get one of them. You do. I've got two to choose from. Oh, which one? Daily wink. So in the most recent Premier League game... Bruno Fernandes has never been sent off. I had nothing. I can't remember who they're playing, but Sunderland had Luko Nguyen sent off. Oh, it's a good one. And it's correct. Well done. Do you know what was so annoying? Is Wolves had a player sent off against Fulham. And I was like, who was it? Who was it? Who was it? I've taken up all my time. I'm just going to have to say a name yeah you focused on I was thinking like who which Wolves it was who was it T what's his name the Wolves player Totti Gomez Totti Gomez it was I've got I've got Leslie Uga Chukwu as well he also got sent off at Burnley you could have had Anthony Gordon you could have had Casemiro you could have had Dan Byrne Emmanuel Agbadou you could have had Idris Gea you could have had Louis Cook you could have had Lucas Pires Malagaster Ronaldo Mandava Thomas Suchek and your friend of mine Trevor Chalapar I was just thinking Chelsea players would have been good that would have been but guys we didn't talk about Dan Byrne's missing finger in the main show we said we were in and then we just heard him mentioned there exactly now's your chance Dan Byrne apparently because obviously Michael you weren't aware of this nor was I Dan Byrne was climbing a fence with a ring on and jumped off and the ring sheared his finger off his whole finger bloody Nora yeah he was showing it on a TV show with Jamie Redknapp When was this?

20:09To be fair to Jeremy... And Rednup did some tepid stuff. No, Rednup did a really good joke. He did do a really good joke. I thought it was great. Go on then, come on. Mark will like it. He said, that's a great story. Not my level. Nice one, Dan. High four? Come on, that's good. I can understand why you like it. I can understand why Pete doesn't. I can understand why Jamie Rednup loves it. Pete thinks he's above it. I say we're all in the same cesspit here. True. Fair enough. But I'd never noticed that before. When was that? How long ago? He didn't mention that. Well, he's like a kid. I think in his early career, I think.

20:39Bloody Nora. That's common knowledge in Newcastle, is it? Yeah. Okay. I've never once come across that. Well, there we are. There we are. I'd like to see him. But he was the correct answer in that round there. I'd like to see him lift the World Cup with those nine fingers. That'd be great. That would be great. Thank you for listening to the Football Ramble, part of the Acast Creator Network. We'll be back on Monday to react to all the weekend's football. Make sure you're following us on socials, at Football Ramble, and subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. So well done, Luke.

21:04Thank you very much. it's a sick nap would you like to put a message out to the Luke Nation perhaps as a respectful rival up yours I'm coming it's not the most respectful message he's bored in one of your oil tankers yeah he sounds like he might Luke is a fine player when it comes to these games it's that ordered mind he's got ice in the veins as you always say I'm very disappointed though there's no doubt about that will you bounce back from this? well I'm going to have to there's no choice because I'm a fine player myself off if I may say. And the Kingdom of Speller are right behind me. And there's something lovely about defending a belt, but there's something even better than taking one.

21:46There's something wonderful about taking one. Do you know what some of the people in the Luke Nation are starting to say? Not me. I'm merely a messenger. Come on, Brian. European Super League? They're saying he can do it against Jim. He can do it against Peter. He can occasionally even do it against Vish by the skin of his teeth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he can't do it against our boys. Well, I think that's... the recent form would suggest, but the levy's got to break at some point. DC. Get DC in. He'd be an interesting prospect, Cartlidge. He would be. Maybe we'll see Cartlidge here before long.

22:16Exactly, yeah. But I think what people also have to understand is there is a bit of fatigue in this game because I'm always here Friday. Luke ducks it and he takes little breaks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a good point, actually. Fix your congestion. Yeah, I think we want to see Luke stop pissing around and be here on Fridays to defend his belt every time. put the game on any day of the week you like I'll be here well it's Friday specifically I know yeah it is at the moment but what I'm saying is if you put it on any day I'll be here it's Friday you've got to be here Friday I'm here now right yeah and I'll take your belt home with me we'll have to go with another game to destroy Liquid but it's becoming increasingly difficult it is yeah it is with you the host what's going on right then it's pitbull time the weekend's open get out there hey it's pitbull time pitbull time uh Bidushan and Hantaraja win there you go no that's disrespectful start the weekend like that disrespectful to a good champion ha ha ha see you on Monday oh no

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