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21 Nov 2025 · 20m

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My Biddy Aunt: North London Derby Legends

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In this episode of Football Ramble, the team engages in a playful competition called "My Biddy Aunt," with a focus on legends from the North London Derby, featuring a trivia style that tests the participants' knowledge of football clubs associated with famous players.

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0:27Hello everybody, welcome to the Football Ramble. It's Friday. It's my video. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Luke Moore. And I am Pete Donaldson.

0:50My video. Oh, it's my video. My video. Sound a bit like that Welsh guy does what they're drinking. What I drinking today. it's my biddy ant it is it is of course I beat Vish last week Vish and Jim he was there yeah as well that was in Jack's though right that was in Jack's so I have that belt and that's safe that's in the bag it's nice for you to have that safe it really is but I'll be taking on old Goliath over there Luke Aaron Moore I've been absolutely touched with the support I've received from the Luke Nation since I lost the belt to Vish yeah they've rallied around me and I thought it's very good to be a big member of the Luke Nation when it's easy.

1:31Yeah. But if you do it when it's hard as well, you're all right by me. Absolutely. And I'd like to reiterate what I said earlier today to you. That performance was top draw. Thank you. It was in the top three performances of the season because I just felt like you were struggling badly for four. Yeah, yeah. And to go behind and to come back like that was, I thought, very, very good. Yeah. This is a very different mind game you're playing with me now. No, Mike, no, listen. I'm enjoying it. Very generous, I think. I think it says a lot about my personality that when I'm trying to be sincere, people instantly think it's a mind game.

1:59Yeah, so it's going to be good today though. I was saying to you guys before we came on, I was saying that I feel like, set myself up for a fall here, but I feel like my Billy Arn is much more suited to my skill set than the other one. Right. So I think I'd be more annoyed if I lost the my Billy Arn belt than I had been with the Jacks. Because Vish is capable of that type of performance in Jacks. He is. I don't think, I think when he hits his heights, you can't live with him. Well, I mean, the previous, so when he whitewashed us both. Previous week he didn't get anything and then boom. Yeah, that's what I mean.

2:27Out it came. So you just can't take your eyes off it, Pete Donovan. You really, really can't, Marcus. Biddy, biddy, biddy, biddy. What a bummer. Biddy, biddy, biddy. My biddy aunt. What a bummer. What a bummer. So it's over to you. Tookie from Buck Rogers. Yes. It's time for biddy aunt. If you don't know the rules, they're simple. Each round, biddy, biddy, biddy, I'll name a footballer. One of you will biddy, biddy, biddy, however many of them. It's going to get annoying, isn't it? one of you will bid how many of your clubs you can name your opponent can then raise the bid or challenge you to list them bitty bitty bitty only professional clubs get the t-shirts made up bitty bitty bitty only professional clubs count and the player must have made a competitive appearance for that team if you fail to meet your bitty bitty your opponent scores first of three points wins oh today's theme due to what's going to be happening in the Premier League this weekend yes North London and Derby legends.

3:21Got a pretty good idea of some of the clubs then. Good, yeah. Jim's like, damn, why would I want to do this? Yeah. Lukey, we'll have you bidding first. Oh. Love it. Speller gets vexed about that. Always to my left. Yeah. I get done in over this. You do. Every time. Okay. Yeah. Let's have the first player then please, Peter. Disco David Bentley. Oh. Seven clubs. Oh. Disco David Bentley. Oh. Seven in total, yeah? Yes. Oh, benters. Oh. Oh, I'll tell you what. I was very confident when I first heard the name. Yeah. Okay. I really want to do more than this, but I don't know if I can. Climb inside the David Bentley database.

4:01I'm going to have a little guess as well. I need to put the pressure on Marcus early, so I'm going to put a little guess in there as well. I'll go five. Oh, I like it. That's strong. That is strong. You've only got two you're not confident on. It is strong. It is strong, isn't it? It's a bit strong. Do you know what, Pete? I would sincerely love to hear Marcus do six. I would love to. He's an Englishman. Let's not forget. Did you have a couple of caps? I think he did. Yeah, he did. Yeah, Marcus can't rely on that. He pulled out the squad that time, didn't he? To kick balls into bins over Charing Cross Road.

4:29He did, didn't he? He kicked a big ball off a towel, brought into a skip. Is that right? I think it was across Charing Cross Road. Was it real? Yeah, I mean, it wasn't that impressive, I seem to recall. But the Beckham one where he's spinning one into the bin on the beach. That was CGI. Yeah, that's not real. Come on, get a bit off him. Come on, let's have a bitty-bitty. This is annoying. because I had five I was fairly confident with and I reckon Luke's got five but I just I have nothing for the sixth you've got nothing right that's the problem I'm reasonably confident with five I'm just there's not even the slightest tickle I think you might be kicking yourself here Lukey Moore so you want me to name my five can you name your five please you happy with that yeah I think he knows Luke's got this Arsenal Spurs played for both obviously yes he played for Blackburn I think he did a lot now three times I think he ended his career at FC Rostov in Russia he did yes did you have that did you yeah it was quite a famous move wasn't it and the final one which is a bit of an educated guess and a gamble is Norwich did he play for Norwich they were my five yeah he was on loan yes they were my five you matched each other quite well then any speculations I had nothing think about the sort of player he was and the sort of teams QPR good guess West Ham did he play for West Ham West Ham on lawn in 2011 and Birmingham City in the same year so great time so the problem I have with David Bentley and I'm going to say this because he's not going to come up because he didn't play for Arsenal Spurs so I presume he's not going to be in there I always get mixed up with David Dunn and David Dunn played for Blackburn and Birmingham City and I was getting a bit clouded with my judgment so I didn't go near I had a feeling he might have done that but I didn't go near it because I thought I might be playing He scored at the opener for Spurs in a four-hole thriller.

6:16I remember that game. It was a volley for 40 yards out. Brilliant game. It was not a Robona. It was a brilliant game. No, yeah. David Dunn obviously was the opener, was it? I thought it was a winner, wasn't it? I thought it was the late equaliser. Oh, was it? There we go. Who knows? There you go. All right. Round number two. Yep. Marcus Speller. Come on then. Aaron Ramsey. How many clubs, please? Seven. Another seven. Another seven. Another magic seven. Aaron Ruddy Ramsey. Seven. yeah that is surprising oh I'm struggling here come on guys let's have you let's have you five oh that's a lot that's good yeah that's what I wanted that's a strong one that's what I wanted to bid I wanted to bid five ah that's annoying that is annoying now can we have six from Luke you're one up yeah one up yeah you can cost this for me comes down to how confident I think Marcus is on five hmm I've got five definitely but I think I've got a couple two I'm missing I think are probably quite obvious and I can't think of them he's not English Luke I know he's not English so that works in my favour doesn't it yeah it works in my favour okay okay go on do your five do your five okay yeah let's I think you might be bluffing a little bit one of them is a bit of a punt you've got to be able to read the other player yes okay it's not about the knowledge It's about the knowledge of the other person.

7:42Yes. Okay. Come on then. Let's have your five. Right, well, Arsenal. That's what I had. Juventus. Yeah, I had that one. Yes. Cardiff. Yeah. Rangers. Oh, I forgot that one. Oh, I like it. I like it. I forgot that he was a good old-fashioned Rangers man. And this is annoying because suddenly my mind is like, oh, hang on. You just need one more. Yeah, I do need one more. You just need one more, Marcus. And my mind is torn between two. because I know, so I can say this obviously because I can show him obviously I won't name the clubs because that would be I'm not going to get a chance to match it.

8:17But I know he played briefly in Mexico Right, okay. And he played in France. Yes. And I have a Mexican club which I'm not I've got the French club. I'm slightly more confident with the French club. So did he play for Nice? He did. Well done, mate. He did. Did he play for Pumas? He did play for Pumas. You had six. So I had six. You had six. Any speculation on the last one? What's the last one? Nottingham Forest. Oh, of course it is. I completely forgot about Rangers. So Pumas I was pretty confident with because they got quite a nice, very open bowl type stadium, almost like a university stadium.

8:53Well, it was widely reported that he was there. Yeah, but I was suddenly like, but you know when you do it and you suddenly other Mexican clubs go, and you go, hang on, have I? But then I was, yeah, slightly more confident with these, but they're both there. In the 2015-16 season, and Ramsey scored the opening goal in a clash at White Hart Lane, a cheeky flick past Hugo Lloris. good on him I remember him scoring probably during Covid actually for Arsenal of course in North London I think he was at home and he was going this is my house or this is my yeah he was like giving it and you can hear it because there's no crowd yeah right I think that was it well the scores if I ask the yeah score computer to tie it all up it's one all quite a lot of process of power there for that bitty bitty super computer the bitty bitty super computer you can't argue with that computer can you no you really can't thanks to our sponsors at Opta for providing us Round number three.

9:42We're going to go with you once again, Luke, for your bid. Robert Perez, six clubs. Robert Perez, six clubs. Okay. Robbie Perez. Yes. I could do five, I think. I'm pretty sure I could do five. Yeah, I could bid five. Oh, I like it. That's strong, isn't it? That is strong. That is a very strong bid. I mean, the tone of your voice speaks volumes, Marcus. If you can do all six Robert Pires clubs, I'll be chuffed. Yeah. It would be a Robert Pires style, classy performance. It would. Indeed it would. Yeah, I can't do six. I'm impressed with that. Pass the penalty. I've just got to hope that he slaps up.

10:22Part of the trick is to look confident. Yeah. So that you'll outbid me. Okay. Four of them I've got. Okay. Okay. So I think he may have played for Arsenal. Yeah, just a bit. Yeah. Just a touch. And I think they signed him from, I think they signed for Marseille. Correct. Did you know that? I did. He's played for Aston Villa, definitely. And I think towards the end of his career, he went to Villarreal. Correct. Did you have that as well? I had those four. The fifth one is basically, the fifth one is basically trying to plot who he signed for Marseille from. Yeah. Because he didn't start at Marseille.

11:02No. And I'm presuming, because I'm pretty sure he ended his career at Villarreal, so I'm pretty sure there must have been two French clubs before Marseille suddenly we're into the guesswork I think don't ask me I know this but just because he's a very well covered player and we you know he's a legend so I guess I've seen it through osmosis or something I think he played for Mets I had Mets in the back of my mind did you? it's a great alcohol pop and it's correct yes did he have a club before that as well? Ram Ram okay I see funnily enough actually I had Marseille Mets with question marks around them both but I was more confident in Marseille so that's certainly when I've had the 6 guys it's a good competition that's a great example of when the bid is key because you're not going to there's no way on that if you're going to be able to do all of them letting the champ go first in the 2004-2005 season Robert Piran scored what ended up being the decisive goal and a 5-4 win for Arsene Wenger's side oh what a game that was free scoring

11:58it's 2-1 to Luke at this moment in time Marcus hello you owe it to the Spelgium Spelgium Yeah, do the amount of clubs first and do the big reveal of the player. Right. So do how many clubs first, build up to it, and then do the big reveal of the player. It's more exciting for me. I prefer it the other way around. Just fan service for Luke then, isn't it? Seven clubs. Seven. RVD, it's Raphael van der Vaart. Actually, can I change my mind? Piss. Did you say seven, yeah? Yeah, seven clubs. Okay. Bloody hell. Bloody Nora. This one's not... I don't think you're going to get fives on these ones, to be honest.

12:36bloody ramping up the quality ramping up the difficulty this is a Dark Souls boss of a round yeah this is tough seven bloody hell three three three that feels manageable for Luke Moore I'm confident with three but beyond that I've got three definites but I'm going to go four I need to go four I can't let him have three it's too easy come on Marcus You have to. If you go five, I'll give you my word I'm not going six. I wasn't even that confident with three, so he can do his four. For the win. I know that's poor, but I just... For the win, Marcus. I'll tell you why, because I know this. There's pitfalls in some of my answers.

13:20I'm getting him mixed up with another player. Yeah. And I immediately went, oh, no, it's not. Okay, so four, you want me to name? To retain your belt. I was fairly confident he's probably played in Turkey at some point, but I don't know what club, so I'm going to come to that later if I need to. Okay. He definitely played for Ajax. And his North London Derby link is that he clearly played for Spurs. Mm-hmm. And he also played for Hamburg, definitely. Yep. Fucking hell, shit myself up. You done well, I didn't have Hamburg. Yeah. Now. Now. This is a guess, but it's an educated guess. I think... To retain the belt.

13:56Yeah, the pressure. Whether I go for a Turkish club or another club that I've got a little fee in the back of my mind that he definitely plays for. You get the tickle. You get the tickle. It's a Turkish tickle. A tricky Turkish tickle. And it's not as nice as it sounds. No. You've been out there with Brassel, haven't you? Yeah. This is an educated guess. I think he played for FC Midgilland. Oh, if he's got that, he deserves the belt, to be fair. Oh, no. Well played. Well played. Pretty solid stuff from Luke Moe. Well played. It should have to be said. There's probably more obvious stuff that he played for as well.

14:31Just a bit. Real Madrid. Real Madrid was one I wasn't Real Betis and Esbjörg in Denmark So I was I could not differentiate between him and Wesley Schneider So I had I had Ajax and Spurs which I was confident with Real Madrid and then I was like PSV? Do you know what I mean? I couldn't remove Wesley Schneider and when you said Turkish I was like oh it's Galatasaray and I was like no that was Schneider as well and I was so I had the three and I thought well it's worth just remembering that Snyder was slimmer and better there are differences between them well Van de Waart's highlight of his sort of Northland derby exploits was when he nutmegged Jack Wilshere twice within a few seconds Spurs fans probably celebrate that every year he said it was his best moment than Spurs shirt one of his best well fair play to you I mean look it was all you know we all held serve but then you broke me at the end should we do the last one should we do the last one let me have a little bit let me have another go It's me first again, isn't it?

15:33It's you first again. Don't worry. Me first in the gimme gimme's. Biddy bidi. Right. Fuck's sake. Your friend. Your small friend. How many clubs? Six clubs. Thank you. Six. Why are you writing six clubs? Because I have to remind myself. I'll just write number six down. You can just write it after I say the word Danny Rose. Ooh. Danny Rose. Little Danny Rose. Okay. Runs through your legs. Climbs through a sewer pipe. I'm trying to think Danny Rose could do Four clubs Four clubs Out of six Yeah Blimey Blimey Is he getting a blimey out of that I don't know who deserves a blimey I can't This isn't a feat Marcus I can't think of The trick here Is to not be confused With the Danny Rose At play for Portsmouth Because they're not the same player You brought him in there I'm really not confused He didn't need that No I'm not confused But that's all He's through a spin Six clubs I mean I've got three Are you confusing it With the English Rose To be honest to be honest I'm surprised given that he's played so much for England and that he's been so private in the Premier League that you can't do more than three I know that's poor of me that is it's probably the one round I could probably do what's the point in me just letting him do four I'll have five come on let's have five come on five nice swing for the fences that's the spirit there we go good on you man there's a difference between a 4-1 loss or a 3-2 loss okay do you know what then while we're on it Marcus yeah You go for a six.

17:01I'll go all six. A little flex from the champ. See, if you'd had a bit more of this at the start of the competition. See what I've done? I've bluffed it. Exactly. I think I could do all six, guys. Go on then, big boys. Hubris. Go on then. The hubris of the man. My hands are tied. I could have done seven if he'd have done seven. Let me try and do all six. Six clubs. Danny Ross. Let's have it. So, he played for Spurs. He did. And a lesser player than Marcus or I would say he played for Leeds, but he didn't. He never actually played for them, even though he's from there. Leeds is a pitfall here but I don't think it's the right answer this is an unbelievable amount of hubris from me he played for Watford for sure and he played for both Sunderland and Newcastle so there's your four right Spires, Watford Sunderland, Newcastle now he went on loan to a number of different clubs of which Watford was one I think he went on loan to Peterborough United oh if he's got that he did fair play now you've been studying this he either went on loan as well he either went on loan as well to either Bristol City or Bristol Rovers.

18:03Oh, I tell you what. Come on, get it wrong. I can tell by the producer's faces. Don't look at that! No, look at their faces! Don't look at them! Don't look at their faces! We need to get a veil over there. We need a veil. You're behind a curtain. Yeah. Bristol City. Go on. Very impressive. And that is blockbusters. Well, I've got to hand it to you. He didn't actually play for Leeds, did he? Second. He didn't play for Leeds at all then, obviously, because the six are there. No, he started his green, at least didn't make a competitive appearance. Pitfall, I would have fallen down. Would you have gone Leeds?

18:36Yeah. He marked his debut for Spurs and he volleyed in the opener for his team. Remember it? It was a great left-footed volley. It was like on the pivot. It flew from miles out. It was a brilliant goal. I thought he was going to really do something for Newcastle. I liked Danny Riddler a lot. Yeah, I think he had some mental health problems. Yeah, he did. So, yeah, so I had Spurs, Newcastle, well Leeds obviously was incorrect what were the other ones so I had oh Sunderland was one I had a sort of yeah Spurs Watford Sunderland Newcastle Peterborough United and Bristol City I've got to remember Peterborough and Bristol City fair play to you mate that's my Adriano that well done I think that's a that's a fantastic bit of play from Luke there you showed me some mutual appreciation knowing that you would get it at the end of this game and here it comes I can't argue with that I think I think the earlier rounds might I say you benefited going first but look you broke me there take it up with the authority it's a 4-1 victory I can't I can't stand here and say that I was the better man but I am still the belt holder at Jackson Cyclepedia let's not forget Clash of the Titans very good point anyway well played Luke thank you and what a weekend it is for you ahead thank you everybody for listening to the Football Ramble part of the Acast Creator Network we'll be back on Monday to react to all the weekends football make sure you're following us on socials at Football Ramble and subscribe on YouTube Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your pods it's Pitbull time everybody the weekend's here thank you very much to Pete, Luke and that man Pitbull have a lovely one see you Monday

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After a barn burning round of Jack's Encyclopaedia last week, it's My Biddy Aunt's turn to step up and provide the goods.


Marcus has a chance to unify the belts, but he'll need to get past the ever-growing Luke Nation and his army of goons if he's to do so. Pete's ready to officiate with his many, many buttons.


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