

25 Sep 2026 · 14m · 8 chapters

Football Ramble’s “Jack’s Encyclopaedia” game: Marcus and Jim answer football category questions to win the “Jacks Encyclopedia” belt, with banter and a rematch after Marcus lost 5-0 last week. Key claims/examples: Premier League “20 oldest players” list includes Jordan Henderson, Danny Welbeck, Pascal Groß, plus names like Bernd Leno, Harry Maguire, Virgil van Dijk, and Tim Krul/others; a second category asks “23 managers with best first-10-game starts” (answers include Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte, Pep Guardiola, Unai Emery, etc.); goalkeeper stat category: “goalkeepers with 2+ Premier League assists” includes Alisson and Edison; Nations League scoring: “players with 7+ goals” includes Romelu Lukaku, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, etc., while Harry Kane is claimed to have only 6.
No external guests; hosts are Marcus Speller, Jim Campbell, and Pete Donaldson (plus “Jack” referenced via the belt/game).
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Hosts discuss the format and rules of the Jackson Cyclopaedia game.
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Hosts discuss the format and rules of the Jackson Cyclopaedia game.
“You are in a little bit of a hole at this moment in time.”
A discussion on the 20 oldest players to feature in the Premier League.
“so today the Jackson Cyclopaedia belt is on the line.”
Hosts share insights on managers with the best starts in Premier League history.
“I'll give you a little bit longer than I usually do, because, you know, I'm nice.”
Trivia segment on goalkeepers in the Premier League with assists.
“So it's not as straightforward as you thought.”
Discussion about players starting in the 2024 Euros final between England and Spain.
“Let's hear them zero as three Chris Kirklander David James David Seaman Edwin van der Saar Jonas Lossel is it Lossel?”
A look at players with seven or more goals in Nations League history.
“Every player to start for both teams in the 2024 Euros final between England and Spain.”
The hosts discuss notable goal scorers in international football, including Harry Kane and others.
“He's got six goals Just on the cutoff Romelu Lukaku Yes, well done How many are there?”

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3:42Oh, Marcus. Oh, Marcus. You are in a little bit of a hole at this moment in time. Still got the Jacks belt. Yeah. Still got the Jacks belt. Oh, look at that grin. Can I hear the fire alarm? Yes, last week, Marcus Speller suffered a 5-0 gubbing in the hands of Jim. So for Marcus's benefit, we're going to be changing the game this week, the Jacks Encyclopedia. Thank you. It's like Cristiano Ronaldo. We're just having to sort of make him happy. Moving the goalposts, aren't we? Yes. and Jim has been gracious enough to grant him a rematch in a different chord. Jim demanded a rematch. He was like, I'm hammering this guy.
4:20Can I play you every week? Which is what he was chanting. It's worth noting that Marcus's belt from last season has carried over so today the Jackson Cyclopaedia belt is on the line. If you don't know the rules, they're simple. It's a game of categories. I will give a category and then we will go around each of you to see if you can give me a valid answer. If you go too slow, I'll press a countdown timer leaving six seconds to answer. Marcus, you're going to go first. Thank goodness. You want to basically right the wrongs from Biddy Biddy last week? Well, obviously we're not playing Biddy Ant, so I can't do that directly, but what I can do...
4:53Because you were quite regressive, would it be fair to say, opening? I can't really remember. I think you were quite soft. You applied a soft touch to the first one. You never really got it back. Never got it back. So you're going to come out the traps with aggression. I'm going to hit him. Very different game, isn't it? I'm going to punch him on the nose. It's a very, very different game. But the same opponent. We're going to start, Marcus, with... Okay, come on. Speller family members, please. The 20 oldest players to feature in the Premier League this season. The 20... You've got at least one round in you.
5:26The 20 oldest players to feature in the Premier League this season. Oh, God. Blimey. This is a really tricky one. It is a tricky one.
5:36Okay. The only oldest player. Let's start things off, Marcus. Jordan Henderson? Yes, he's in there. Jim Campbell. Danny Welbeck. Yeah, I thought you might. I thought you might. Yeah.
5:56Is it a feature? 20 oldest players.
6:06Tom Kearney? Ooh. No. Oh, he's not played. Oh, no. Oh, blimey. Bad start. Pascal Gross? Yeah, we're played. Correct. Well done. Nice, easy. Do you want to hear some players? Yes, please. Adam Smith, Alison, Bernd Leno, Callum Wilson, Chris Wood, Emiliano Martinez, Fabian Shah, Granit Jacker, Harry Maguire, it's in the top 20 all this place. James Tarkovsky, John Egan, Louis Dunk, Mark Abizzo, and Matt Sells, oh yes, and Thomas Mounier, Virgin Van Dijk, and Walter Benitez. Okay, so there's some younger players. Yeah, without a kind of age frame, that was quite difficult, isn't it? I've got a need to just come off.
6:58That's on our below, not me. Daniel Benitez is 33. is the Premier League getting younger or certainly ones who are featuring getting younger anyway right so it's Marcus 0-1 Jim we turn to you my friend in the lovely shacket thank you tis the season nearly the 23 managers who have made the best starts in Premier League history in their first 10 games after being appointed they have to have been there from the start of the season and answers can't be said twice the 23 managers who have made the best starts in Premier League history in the first 10 games after being appointed they have to have been there from the start of the season, answers can't be said twice.
7:36Okay. So I'm a think. I'll give you a little bit longer than I usually do, because, you know, I'm nice. On a slot. Yeah, well played.
7:45Jose Mourinho. Okay, Jose Mourinho's obviously a big one, isn't he? This is very tricky, because some really, really good managers took a little while to get going.
8:00Oh, dear. Carlo Ancelotti? Oh, good one. Yes.
8:16Surely Sir Alex Ferguson. No. One for the comments, in my opinion. Stick with the Chelsea-America round and go for Antonio Conte? Yeah, that was how I had him written down. Correct. I mean, that's madness. Dennis Ferguson. Dearie me. So who are the other ones? So, you could have gone for Andre Villas-Bosch, you could have had Ange Pascoglu, you could have had Ange down. Bobby Gould. Bobby Gould. Ah, Bruce Rioc. Wow. Claudio Ranieri, Eric Ten Hag, Frank Lampard, Jose Mourinho, Chelsea twice obviously, Luis Philippe Scolari, Manuel Pellegrini, Sarri, Walker, Mike Walker, was he Ipswich? No, who was Mike Walker?
8:59Norwich. Norwich. Pep Guardiola, Roberto Duterteo. Do you know what I thought about Pep? But it wasn't the funny season, didn't they? This is the problem, it's the first ten games. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Roberto Martinez, Ronald Koeman, Roy Hodgson, Slavin Belich, Sven, and Unai Emery. I thought about it. So it's not as straightforward as you thought. No. It's a really interesting one. What is straightforward? Was Jim battering me again? It's a straightforward battering. Marcus. Yes. You need to pick... I need something. You need something out of this one. I want to point for ages on this. If you think laterally, I think you might, yeah, I think you might get something out of this.
9:37Every goalkeeper, Marcus, in the Premier League to register two or more assists. Every goalkeeper in the Premier League. Of all time. Every goalkeeper in the Premier League to register two or more assists. Edison. Yep. Yeah, I'm very confident with that one. Yeah, I remember that happening. Allison? That's correct. I think Alison as well.
10:07David Reier.
10:12For crying out bloody loud. Marcus, Marcus, Marcus. That's pissed. That's Marcus. Come on. What? I just said think laterally. How has that thrown you? Go on. I wasn't saying like think laterally like a cross field ball or something. Think laterally. how can I throw someone like that I know you throw you that really a minute you might get back in here though Marcus because this is a really really difficult one so two assists or more in the Premier League okay let me have a little thinking about this
10:45he was there a long time Peter Schmeichel that's the one I had done yeah that's what I would have said but with your lateral bloody thinking I'm struggling to see Why me saying think laterally about something as in Think about goalkeepers who may have been in the Premier League for a long time. That's not lateral. That's obvious Anyways my fault. Let's hear them zero as three Chris Kirklander David James David Seaman Edwin van der Saar Jonas Lossel is it Lossel? Jordan Jorgen Pickford you see Yaskalainen Kevin Pressman, lovely to hear him on the show Lucas Fabianski Mark Crossley Mark Flecken Paul Robinson Pepe Reiner Petr Cech Scott Carson Shaka Hislop Shergiven Tim Flowers Tim Howard and Tim Kroll a lot of Tims in there that is so many that's so many more than you would have thought I'd have thought there'd have been about 12 of those right yeah it's just the ones that have been there for a while time to avoid the whitewash then right okay Jim from the Tims to the Jim Marcus said last week that I was an underrated bad winner right okay just an opportunity You need me to grow this, isn't it?
11:57It is. Don't think laterally, please, Jim. Okay. Yeah. You've thrown me there. Thrown me there. Right. Every player to start for both teams in the 2024 Euros final between England and Spain. Okay. Every player to start, and it's me to go first, is it? Jordan Pickford. Jordan Pickford. Yes. Carl Walker. Kyle Walker Yes Harry Kane He did
12:34Who should I go for? Luke Shaw That's correct Rodri Rodri Tecklin Rice Tecklin Rice Kaisaka Jude Bellingham Yep. Well, the joy is going to miss for you, Marcus. Sorry this question had come earlier. Really, really has. Snap in your pen. Nice final. Mikkel O 'Yazabal? Came on. Oh, did he? He scored, didn't he? Oh, Marcus, let's have one. Phil Foden. Phil Foden. Well done Marcus Got a point That's a foundation Got a point Last week was a whitewash You're back on track There we go He didn't think laterally Marcus's turn Every player With seven or more goals In Nations League History Every player With seven or more goals In Nations League history If only this round had come earlier If only it had Harry Kane Harry Kane Oh dear Really?
13:53Really? He's not a big game player He only wins in front He's against San Marino That is crazy He's got six goals Just on the cutoff Romelu Lukaku
14:12Yes, well done How many are there? I had Robert Lewandowski down as well because I know that he and Lukaku has got a phenomenal amount of international goals alongside Kane. Robert Lewandowski is not in there, Cristiano Ronaldo is. Alexander Mitrovic, Alexander Soloth, you could have had Bakasetas, Anastasios, Vendrjan Sesko, you could have had Christian Eriksen, Daniel Sinani, Edin Dzeko, Erling Haaland, Ferran Torres, Gerson Rodriguez, Harris Seferovic,
14:46Janis Iconyx, Kvichu Kfaric-Geria, you could have had Kylian Mbappe, Memphis Depay, Michy Bacuayi, Mikkel Ojazabal, Stefan Magosa, Timo Pukki, Timo Pukki! Timo Werner, Vedat Muraki, and Viktor Gyokeres. Wow, that's a comprehensive list. That's just really unlucky. You've been really unlucky there. How is Cain? How is Harry Kane? Let me down on scoring charts, but ultimately I can flap around. I've let myself down. Well Jim, the belt is yours. It is actually, isn't it? I forgot about that. Belt up! Luke had a go at me for touching it once when I wasn't about the holder of it. Flunk click every trick, Jim.
15:29Take advantage of that. Yes. What a lovely little belt. What a lovely little belt. Very sexy. I'll look after this for now. And I do mean for now. You've had it for a long time, Mark, hasn't it? Only because of the summer. Yeah. Well, I don't know what I'm going to do. I need to throw in the towel. Yep. Maybe think laterally. Maybe that's what it is. Start thinking laterally. Maybe that's what it is. Yeah, because Peter Schmeichel and David Seaman should have been lateral thinking. I mean, I think it's fairly lateral, isn't it? I still don't really understand the complaint, I'll be honest. I think I'm being too harsh on Peter and I apologise.
16:04And I apologise to everybody who believed in me. I don't think anybody does anymore. But Jim Campbell, your fan base is growing by the minute. No, don't worry, I'll get a battering of Luke Orvish immediately. Yeah, that's... Yeah. Well, you never know, Jim. Because I think you can take this kind of form into playing against them. I've not had to put many answers through at any point. With respect. I need to play Little Luke. That's what I need to do. I don't think we need to encourage Little Luke. No, I don't think Little Luke should be encouraged. That's where I am right now. I need Little Luke.
16:34Child... Child... What do you call it when you make children? work. Illegal? Illegal. It's illegal, guys. Is that right? Let's take it back to the Victorian times. Well, there we are. A shorter show because I've been shit again. You can go and have a drink quicker than you did before. If you are watching or listening to Jackson Cyclopedia or MyBidiant, are you allowed to have a drink in view of MyBidiant or Jackson Cyclopedia? Is that allowed? Quite possibly. I think so. I think if you can see a screen with it on, you can do what you want. within the realms of the law. Thank you very much for listening to the Football Ramble.
17:11It's been an absolute pleasure for Jim Campbell again. Have a lovely Friday. Get your pit bull on. It's the weekend. England are playing tomorrow. That's the big segue for me. Thank you very much, Jim. Thank you. Thank you, Peter. Very well. Lots of love, everybody.
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After Jimbabwe hit Spelgium for five last weekend, the Ramble Intercontinental Senate has been lobbied to change this week's game. Graciously, Jim has granted a rematch.
Let's see if Marcus can redeem himself. Get your lateral thinking caps on everyone, IT'S TIME TO PLAY JACK'S BABY!
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