Luke's Game Returns! English Football Hall of Fame Edition

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3:26That was the sound of a middle-aged man crushing a cow on his head. Check the YouTube version out if you didn't see it. It never makes the YouTube. The intros never make the YouTube. They never do. Because of things like that. Things like that. You just have to trust Marcus. Take Marcus's word for it. I tell you what, get a load of this. get a load of this get a load of this we're back baby now we've decided to change it up for the next few weeks everybody Jackson's Euclopedia is taking a well-owned break like Jack's career well hopefully he's going to be without a club soon so we can't do this game anymore Jackson's Euclopedia will be back at some point and hopefully Jack Grealish will as well but we can't just fill it with Pachuca versus RB Salzburg can we 2-1 from the club world no one else watched it I did Kennedy Solomon Rondo yes please so we know you love a game on a Friday so you're in luck This is why Marcus is the people's champion Because he's regularly in these cover fixtures Which are so dramatic Do you not put a bar near Marcus Speller?

4:19No, Burnham Now I need a number from you Do you know what I mean? 12 clubs One? I don't know Like three? I actually knew that Oh dear Too late, too late What are you to cry? Jim's face is lit up there Absolutely lit up Oh, bollocks That is the very definition Of fire in the belly Head in the freezer That's the example you need to set.

4:50This wise game is quite difficult to explain, but you'll get it as soon as you start playing. That's right. It's the return of Luke's game and Luke's intro to that game. We last played this game back in 2023. So for anyone who's not heard it before and how it works, it is super, super simple. Each round, I will name a player and each of you will offer me a bid for how many of their clubs you can name. Players can either keep increasing the bids or call out the previous player and get them to name the number of clubs he bid. No repetition or wrong answers will be accepted and they must have played a competitive game for the club to count.

5:25We'll play the best of five. And as always for this game, you will need your fire in the aforementioned belly. And you're head in the freezer. You're head in the freezer. Shall we get on with the game, gentlemen? Please. it's the it's the English football Hall of Fem edition oh enjoy it oh it's a little okay that's a clue you can give us the player name in a minute one thing we should also mention by the way if someone does do a wrong move in their guesses the other player gets the point automatically that's how brutal it is the standard is high it's dog eat dog baby competition is brutal you can win points and lose points you can go out all out of tackle you can Jose Mourinho this can I just let you in a little secret as well when we were chatting about what we could do for a game throughout the summer and I was absolutely supportive of bringing back Luke's game because I thought it would be me hosting it and it was less stress and it was less stress and then they flipped it on with the production team by saying oh yeah Pete's hosting the first one of course he is so I'm up against Speller again Speller again because he's a liability when he plays any of these games this person has played for eight clubs eight eight clubs speaking of dog eat dog he's the big dog he's the boss man he's Mr.

6:35Paul Ince Paul Ince Eight clubs Eight clubs Eight clubs He never played for eight clubs How many are you bidding Marcus? How many are you bidding Marcus? Are you sure? I'm relatively sure Oh my goodness When I thought to myself I thought I think I can get all No I will say one club he did play for them for five minutes So there's that one You better get that There's a little tip It's a massive advantage bidding first this game It's a massive advantage Yeah I thought that a minute ago I'm going to go five oh five five of it I was absolutely convinced the opening bid was going to be four really and I was going to go five do you want to bid or do you want to make him bid I can't do six I don't think hang on can I do six can I do six I can't believe he's played for eight I can do it's interesting isn't it I can definitely do five so the tactic for me is whether I go you go for your five which in this case I think is probably quite easy or I'll try and guess a sixth and just hope that what are you thinking in the words of beefy what are you thinking

7:43how confident are you with the five you don't have to tell me I'm very unconfident this game what are you going to do it's early days I'll go six yes play offensive are you going to go seven Marcus I can't do seven so you want me to name him I want you to name me six you've officially got to ask me name your six Name your six Okay I think you're more confident than you let it on I can't name six Let's have your say You know So we're going to go get the ones out of the way Okay so Inter Correct West Ham United Yep Manchester United Yep Wolves Yep Liverpool So that was my five Yeah so we all had the five I think you knew that Yeah you got the five But there's a few I was scanning thinking So he's played for three other clubs Three other clubs Yeah Come on then I'll be impressed if you get this you knew I had those five yeah I had to go for it yeah you did do you know I actually had four and then I was like oh yeah Liverpool yeah give them the floor Marcus okay I'll guess at for some reason I've got Blackpool in my head I get where you're going with that for some reason managed them I think he knows Blackburn didn't he go on who were the other clubs who were the other clubs you could have had Middlesbrough Oh, for fuck's sake.

9:05You could have had your friend of mine, Swindon Town. Didn't know that. And the one five-minute appearance in League Two in 2007. Macclesfield Town. Fucking Macclesfield. Do you know what? I was thinking to myself, did he play for MK Dons or something? Macclesfield. That feels right for me. I think he might have. I mean, this could be completely wildly wrong, but I think he went on to manage Macclesfield and MK Dons and Blackburn. There you go. That's 1-0 Marcus. Fuck's sake. Good performance. I think a bit of credit there you went for that because you thought to yourself his name's above the door he's got to you were going to concede that point if you didn't go for it so I admire that let's share the point shut up you ain't sharing this next one I'm about to win well let's step well let's step a little further into the annals of time okay with a goalkeeper ooh who played for it another it another it sides okay it sides his name is Peter Shelton oh Gordon okay so my first bid yeah your first bid oh man okay so a little bit older for you younger guys listening I can I can do I think I can do six whoa I think I can do six wow name your six hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on actually no no no you're right when you start to think about it do you know what I actually think I might better do seven you're right go bald or go home come on you're right you're right you're right you're right you're right I'm going to name six I'm going to name six Yeah, okay.

10:31You know, that was your official answer, name six. No, we were joking. Oh, here we go. No, how many are you bidding? What's your official bid? I'll bid six. You can do seven. Go on then. Go on, do your six. Okay. All right. I'll give you a seventh at the end. Please do. All right. So here we go. So I can name one of the obscure ones. So Derby County. Correct. Leicester City. Mm-hmm. Nottingham Forest. Mm-hmm. How many is that? Three. Stoke City. All well played. Good stuff. Southampton. Yep. And Plymouth. It's good stuff. I think he ended his career quite famously in the late 90s at Leyton Orient.

11:09He did. He did. He did indeed. And the only one you couldn't do was bottom wanderers. Mate, that was impressive. That was a really impressive performance. Don't sit there. I think I probably had five. Oddly, one of them was Lake Norent. Oh, right. Because he was quite famous when he came back so old. I think he's a thousandth game, I think, when I've been at Lake Norent. It was televised. I've watched the bloody thing. Right, OK. It's one-all. Every time the ball came near his goal, away! He just wanted the clean sheet, which he got. It's one all. We've got five rounds and it's one all. If it goes the distance.

11:36If it goes the distance. Tell you what, that's given me a bit of confidence. That's well played. I really did keep the fire in my belly, but my head in the freezer. Yeah, you did. That'll be stuff.

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14:59all right round number three marcus you're going to be bidding first on uh this one this um workman like striker played for nine football clubs nine football clubs his name is Teddy Sheringham Teddy that's harsh on Teddy tell us your story about Teddy he doesn't like you very much does he just got his name wrong several times kept calling him Terry kept calling him Terry Baxon I don't know why real really weird thing to do what are you bidding Marcus I'm going for hang on they just have a little scribble and that's absolutely fine that is within the game because failure to prepare crap for the listeners though isn't it we can shot on them but it's Marcus's bid isn't it okay Teddy's sharing how many nine yeah fucking no way you're getting near nine nine workman like according to Pete absolutely outrageous slur he was clever he was clever but I wouldn't say he was particularly expressive he was just absolutely can I just say for the first time because it will come up Marcus, no, you can't have England.

16:07This is annoying because I'm sure I could. Come on, Teddy. Come on, Teddy. Come to me. Come on, name. Come on, do your bid. Do your bid. Give us your bid. Think of the listeners. You're going to do more than this. Six. Oh, that's right at my sweet spot. Is it? Yeah. I was hoping, because I could definitely do six. You simply have to push the ball out again. I think he's got six written down from what I can see as well. Yeah, but I'm not. I think I'm going to have to go aggressive again. I think I'm going to have to go seven. You're going to go seven. Seven? Yeah. I'm annoyed with myself with this.

16:42All right. Okay.

16:47I mean, you're not going to do eight, are you? I'd love to see Marcus actually do something. He hasn't named any yet. Put your finger... You keep stealing my fire. Pull your finger out and put your finger in. Go on, do your eight. Come on. I'm going to open another can. I can't do eight. You do seven. Oh, I can't do seven. It's annoying because I can get a really obscure one as well. It's a bluff. All right. Okay, so I want to do seven. So I'm going to go for... Here we go. I'm going to go for Millwall. I'm going to go for Spurs. Correct. I'm going to go for Manchester United. That's three. I'm going to go Portsmouth, of course.

17:24That's four. He definitely played for West Ham. That's five. Yeah, I'd always do. Lovely. I think he played for Colchester. He did. Oh, well done. Lovely. And... I didn't have that. I mean, this is a total guess to get my seventh to... Oh, God. People will be screaming at their radio sets, won't they? Their transistor radio to listen to this. So I know he played for some obscure Scandinavian team, but I can't remember who it is. I think he went on loan to Scandinavia. Do you know about that? Is that one of yours? No, I thought he went on loan. Absolutely, Stonyfest. I'm not going to vote. I'm just going to go for like Helsingborgs.

18:08The answer you wanted was Duregarden. Duregarden, was it? He shook his head. He said he didn't have it. I laughed him, didn't I? You had Duregarden. It doesn't matter whether you had it on or didn't. But you only had six. You didn't have Colchester. Didn't have Colchester. Didn't have Colchester. Who else? What are the other ones? Two more. Aldershot. Do you know what? I thought Aldershot, but I wondered if they were semi-pro when we played for them. Nottingham Forest. Oh, of course. Of course he scored the first goal on Sky Sports. A big haul there. I think when he scored for Forrest, lovely one, he cut in on his right and rifled top corner.

18:36It might have been the first goal ever on Sky Sports. It's 2-1 for Spelldog. I feel like we're going on the journey on this one. And he's not done any work for it yet. Jose Mourinho. By the way, just so you know, as you heard in the intro there, you were the people's champion of Luke's game because you always got stuck right in and you had some really good ding-dongs. So people will be seeing you come out of retirement like a boxer and fighting very defensively and they're thinking, where's the knockouts? Yeah. Well, from... Where's the big power punches? People's champion to a populist champion.

19:03Shame. It's a real shame. You know what they say, Marcus? You're fighting Jetpollers, Saudi Arabia. A good right hand will take you around the block. Is that right? A good jab will take you around the world. At the moment, you're jabbing, and that's it. Everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the face. Round number four. Luke, you're going to be bidding first on this one. It's another striker. Ooh. Okay. Eight clubs in total. Fantastic moustache. It's Ian Rush. Oh, Rushy. Okay. Rushy. Okay. Okay. Just write them down, guys. Famous scaffolding company botherer, Ian Rush. Okay, I'm going to get right in that sweet spot.

19:39Go on, then. And I'm going to go five. Wanker. Yes! I think you'll probably do six. I'll just say, though, Marcus, this may or may not be a tactic, but I can definitely do five. I know you can. Yeah. But the listeners, the fans, they want to hear you try and do six. Can you do six, Marcus Pella? Pete, can I just point out, if you don't mind me saying, if he does bid six and he gets them he's won 3-1 it's an opening win so you don't want a defensive win would he rise to the pressure stand at the net and padel as boring as I actually can only do four okay do you want me to do five then I'd love you to do five okay for two all take us to a decider I like it okay I think he might have played for Liverpool I was doing a big yawn Juventus play for Juventus yeah Played for your friend and mine, Peter Newcastle United.

20:31Did indeed. Played for Leeds United. Was that the four that you had? I forgot Leeds. Did you? And I think, in quite a heartwarming story, as far as I remember, back before they became Hollywood heavyweights, he played for Wrexham. He did! So Wrexham, yeah, so Leeds. Go on then, one of the other ones. So we head into a final round. Marcus, would you like to know which ones you could have said and should have said, and should have got involved, to be quite honest? Love that. Sheffield United didn't know that Chester that was quite well known you had that relationship with Chester and finally for now Sydney Olympic not getting that no not getting that I love the idea of typically 90s of Rushy in his speedos knocking about on Bondi B we all like that idea his tash glistening with oil I only had four I should have had five I definitely wouldn't have got six there's two all two all as we end in the final round beautiful for round five.

21:28Hope people are playing along at home by the way because you can do a nice little thing with a few people told me once in the pub that you can pause it and play your game. Oh nice. See if they would have won. Okay well this probably one of my favourite footballers growing up. Very talented. Marcus gets the beard as well. It's a fucking big advantage. It's not helped me really. Talented England footballer. Go on then. Marcus. Here we go. Peter Beardsley. Beardo. Peter bloody Beardsley. Can I just say that Marcus has got to 2-2 without naming a single club yet. Yeah, it's amazing. But look, that's how Luke's game works sometimes.

22:02Beardsley's not going to... I think I'm going to lose now. Oh, God. Eight, did you say? Eleven, sorry. Eleven clubs? Holy hell. Holy hell. Just plenty of opportunities, isn't it? I can see him playing in so many different team shirts, but I can't name him. Mate, I'm struggling with this. I am too. Probably one of the few rounds I probably would have won. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.

22:31Make him do a bid, Pete. Yeah. Let's have a bid, please, Marcus. No. Oh, this is poor. This is really poor. Oh, I've got to chuck this away. This is annoying. Come on. We've got a long, hot summer ahead of us. Do a bid, do a bid. Four. Oh, really? You can only do four? Yeah, I know. That's what I mean. Okay. Luke's romping this one. I've got a real question mark over one of them and I don't know whether to bid one number or the other. He's got it in his hand. He's got it in his hand. He can smell the cup. He's been very defensive today, so I don't know if he's going to push me up again. But I think I will go...

23:13Push up against the trivia wall. Do you know what? I think I will go with six. I could do five, but I think if he goes six, I'd be worried about it. Six of 11. So I'm going to bid for six. All right. Spells-y? Are you going to die on your knees or die on your shield, mate? I forgot about this part of the game. It's very enjoyable. Yeah, are you going to go out on your shield, Marcus, or are you going to go out on your knees? Absolutely horny for this. So you've done six, have you? I think I can do six. Of 11? You've got 11 opportunities there. I mean, statistically, he's played for the most amount of clubs, presumably, so you've got a bigger chance of getting one, I suppose.

23:48But my bid remains at six. Remains at six. There's a beautiful little morsel in here as well. Don't be giving any clues. He's going to do a bid in a minute. Nice wink, though. He rescued it with that. Are you going to go seven? Hey, Lukey. One appearance in the League Cup. Oh, nice. Come on. All right, I'll go seven. Oh! That's what the people want. Come on. Come on, Marcus. I'm not going to do it. Come on, Marcus. I respect it, but I don't respect it. Do you want ten seconds just to get your affairs in order? Hang on. I could bid. He could bid. Oh, you could go for it. I could bid. I could bid.

24:20All right, sorry. I wasn't going to bid, but... disrespect from the host and maybe reconsider. Come on then. Are you going to do eight? That would be huge if you do eight. I can, I think I can definitely do six. I think seven would be a stretch. Yeah. I don't, I think I respect the bid enough to not do eight. So I'll let you go for it. And also, you haven't named any clubs yet. I haven't named any clubs. Let him do seven for the win. Come on, I've got to do this. I've got to do this. The spirit of the game. Come on. Seven for the win. All right. So let's get the handful that I'm confident about.

24:49Newcastle United. That's one. That's one. Liverpool. Correct. Two. Everton.

24:58I really hope I've got this one right. Vancouver Whitecaps? I had that one. Classic. Classic. Now, this is where I actually start to struggle a little bit. So you've got four. I know. And this is why it was a foolish thing for me to do. You just need three more. I know, Peter. He's got a name for three football teams. That's it. Yeah.

25:18So this is where... Come on. He definitely signed for them. He definitely signed for them. Manchester United. Yeah, that's the League Cup. One appearance in the League Cup. That is the League Cup. That's lovely, Marcus. That's five. Two more to go. Come on, Marcus. Not confident with these ones. Come on. Keep your head in the freezer. Man City. Yes! Come on, Marcus. One more. One more. One more. You just need one more. I've written them down. It could be wrong. Norwich City. Oh, looky. I mean, good God. Yeah, I mean, yeah. You could have had Hartlepool United You could have had Your dear own Fulham As well obviously He was following Keegan around Won't he Drembo Man City Fulham Of course he played For flipping Fulham Carlisle United Bolton as well And The Australian adventure That every player In the 90s went on Melbourne Knights Did he Do you know I thought about Hartlepool And I thought No I don't think You used to talk about Was it Scott Sellers Fulham was the one Scott Sellers Never played for Hartlepool Oh okay No we did I had Hartlepool Written down some would say and there's been haters out there that aren't going to enjoy me saying this right but I've won that game 3-2 there it's been a ding dong to open proceedings for the summer of Luke's game tactically I've reeled you in there haven't I I've gone bang bang bang and I've pulled back and said why don't you have a go and you let yourself down well whatever you did I should have got it because I should have had Fulham in there yeah true it's a gamble there we are you did really well both of you I think good game strong performance a strong game and a great return for Luke's game bloody enjoyed it thanks very much Peter and thank you for listening to the Football Ramble part of the ACAST creator network we will be releasing episodes of Luke's game every Friday afternoon until the start of the new Premier League season with the mailbag moving to Tuesdays as you'll have seen earlier this week make sure you're following us on socials at Football Ramble and get on over to our YouTube channel where you can watch full episodes and bonus chats in crisp delicious high definition there you are everybody have a marvellous Friday get your pitbull on see you on Monday see ya

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