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Ranks FC - A Football Podcast
Welcome to Ranks FC - the show that takes football and puts it in the right order. Join Jack, Dean & friends every Wednesday for rankings that discuss the best of football across Europe, from the Premier League to Serie A, La Liga to the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 to the Primeira Liga and beyond!If you're here to hear about the best players on the planet, the next generation coming through, the biggest transfer deals and the under-the-radar steals, you've come to the right place - all with a positive…
Episodes
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Liverpool's Kuyt Crash, More Real Escapology, Como Hit NINE & Everthing Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Four of this season's League Stage, and we finish up ahead of the international break with…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: United's Redemption Half, PSG Go Supersonic, Barça Squeeze Villa and Everything Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Four of this season's League Stage, and we returned to plenty of stories and redemption tales…
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Sacking or Saving Europe's Under-Fire Managers (v6)
Hello Rank Squad! We're in the heart of an onslaught of Champions League weeks, but on the one breather we have, we decided it was time to bring back a Ranks…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Thriller: Spoils Shared in Munich, Real Madrid Settling, Another Carrick Catastrophe, Five Perfect Sides & Everything Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Three of this season's League Stage, to look back at all of Wednesday's action from across…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Thriller: A Party in Paris, Another Liverpool Thriller, Big Wins for City and Roma, and Everything Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Three of this season's League Stage, and we returned to plenty of goals and fun across all…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: An Old-School Real Comeback, Liverpool and Villa Hit Six, PSG's Perfect 45, Betis Rising & Everything Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Two of this season's League Stage, and if Tuesday was fun, Wednesday was an absolute…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: More Pain for United, Bayern Raided by Viking, Lamine Shining, Arsenal Cruising, Inter in Trouble & Everything Else
Hello Rank Squad! Champions League Takeaway returns for Matchweek Two of this season's League Stage, and we returned to plenty of chaos and action across all…
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Ranking the Return of Club Football
Hello Rank Squad! After the thrills and spills of the international break, and after plenty of fun and excitement both on and off the pitch, top flight club…
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The Big Questions After Manchester City are Charged by the Premier League
Hello Rank Squad! In all truth, this isn't really an episode we wanted to be doing this week - we love talking about the beautiful game, and seeing the best…
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Ranking the Best Storylines of the International Break
Hello Rank Squad! It's the beginning of the first ever three week international break in the middle of a season, so it felt like a good time to give you the…
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Ranking Our Standout Players of the Season So Far
Hello Rank Squad! There's a lot of negativity being thrown around at the moment in the football space (and much of it justifiably so), but today we thought…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: United hit Four, Bayern hit Five, Como Arrive, Thriller in Prague & Everything Else!
Hello Rank Squad! Three days of Champions League action are now all wrapped up, and what an night we had on Thursday to pull it to a close for around a month -…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Another Five for Brilliant Barça, Liverpool's Atleti Revenge, Ødegaard Inspires Gunners & Everything Else!
Hello Rank Squad! It's time for your second helping of Champions League Takeaway this week, in what will be a three course meal. Wednesday's action brought a…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Madrid Best Inter at the Bernabeu, Haaland Puts Away Porto, Troy the Betico Boy & Everything Else!
Hello Rank Squad! It's the return of Champions League Takeaway for a new season - your midnight feast of all the action from the Champions League. As the…
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Ranking the Biggest Stories of Transfer Deadline Day
Hello Rank Squad! After a very chaotic Deadline Day, we thought it was for the best that we discussed all of the biggest stories to come out of the window…
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Ranking the Final Week of the Transfer Window
Hello Rank Squad! We have under seven days until the summer transfer window SLAMS SHUT and there is plenty left to do for a whole host of the world's biggest…
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The Big Premier League Preview Show 26/27
Hello Rank Squad! Here we go again in the Premier League, with the competition kicking off this Friday as Champions Arsenal host newly-promoted Coventry City…
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The Big La Liga Preview Show 26/27
Hello Rank Squad! La Liga returns this weekend, and thus it's time for our big preview - even if it feels like mere days since the World Cup ended! We start in…
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The Big Deals Remaining for the Premier League Big Six
Hello Rank Squad! Jack's taken a much-needed breather before the season gets going again, so the Guru's at the controls and today Dean's cutting through the…
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Ranking the Biggest Transfer Deals of Summer So Far
Hello Rank Squad! It's time to bring the Transfer Guru firmly back into play with the World Cup done and dusted - and Dean's been keeping an eye on the biggest…
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Ranking the Complete World Cup Experience with Casey Settleman
Hello Rank Squad! We've got a special guest for you today, as we're joined by the man who covered the World Cup like no other - Casey Settleman of Snapback…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastPostbox Extract: Sublime Spain Champions Again, Argentina Go Missing & The World Cup Legacy
Hello Rank Squad! Here's a little bit of a bonus episode looking back at the World Cup final, where Spain triumphed 1-0 over Argentina thanks to a Ferran…
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Ranking the World Cup Final: Argentina vs Spain
Hello Rank Squad! We're back with our final show from within the 2026 World Cup, looking ahead to the final on Sunday between Spain and Argentina. We take each…
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Ranking the Biggest Letdowns of the World Cup
Hello Ultras! There are just eight teams remaining in this World Cup, so with that, there are some teams that are going to be deeply disappointed in their…
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Ranking the World Cup Round of 32
Hello Rank Squad! Welcome back to another World Cup episode of the show, where we take a look back at the Round of 32. First we say a fond farewell to some of…
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Ranking the US & England at the World Cup: The Good, The Bad & The Questions
Hello Rank Squad! We decided, given the schedule is a bit mad these days, to try and bring some shorter fun to life here on Ranks FC. Now, we know that the…
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Ranking World Cup Players Shaking Up the Transfer Market
Hello Rank Squad! Now that the second round of games is done and dusted, we're back to examine what we've seen - from both a team and an individual…
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Ranking the First Round of the World Cup
Hello Rank Squad! A slightly delayed main episode this week because we wanted to see all 48 nations play at least once in the World Cup before making any…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe World Cup Preview: Groups J - L
Hello Rank Squad! Here's the final editions of our four World Cup preview shows, where we look through the final three groups and give our thoughts on each of…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe World Cup Preview: Groups G - I
Hello Rank Squad! Here's the third of our four World Cup preview shows, where we look through the next three groups and give our thoughts on each of the four…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe World Cup Preview: Groups D - F
Hello Rank Squad! Here's the second of our four World Cup preview shows, where we look through the next three groups and give our thoughts on each of the four…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe World Cup Preview: Groups A-C
Hello Rank Squad! With the domestic season in Europe all wrapped up, it's time to completely lock in to World Cup mode - and so here's the first of our four…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastPostbox Excerpt: PSG Beat Arsenal to Conquer Europe Again
Hello Rank Squad! We thought with the Champions League done and dusted, after PSG beat Arsenal on penalties to retain their crown and become just the second…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Early Summer Transfers to Watch
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together for one final time to take a look at the first names off the rumour mill this summer which have…
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Champions League Final Preview: Arsenal vs PSG
Hello Rank Squad! With the Champions League Final now just around the corner, we take a deep dive into the European football's showpiece event in Budapest…
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Examining Managers on the Move: Pep, Alonso & Mourinho
Hello Rank Squad! Dougie's in for Dean today and with all the managerial news over the last few days it felt like a very good time to maybe take some stock of…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: What Has Been the Comeback of the Season?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together in the studio to take a look at those players who have had a bounceback in a big way this season…
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Ranking Routes to the World Cup Final
Hello Rank Squad! We're under a month from the World Cup, and the big showpiece is starting to occupy serious mental space for so many of us. There are only a…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Shock Transfers Ahead of This Summer
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together to take a look at some potential moves this summer which could come out of left field to shock the…
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Champions League Takeaway: Arsenal & PSG Will Meet in Budapest
Hello Rank Squad! You know we've got to the business end of the competition when there's only one Champions League Takeaway a week, so here's your big double…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Who Should Manage Chelsea & Manchester United Next?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together to take a look at two different clubs in very different situations, but who both do have decisions to…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Nine Goal Thriller in Paris & Penalty Controversy in Madrid
Hello Rank Squad! You know we've got to the business end of the competition when there's only one Champions League Takeaway a week, so here's your big double…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Who Should Be Manager of the Season?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together to take a look at the big debate that's beginning to rage on social media, that of who is going to be…
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Ranking Narratives To Watch This Season
Hello Rank Squad! With just a few games remaining in this season, there's still plenty to play for in so many different places - not just geographically, but…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Why is Arsenal's Attack Faltering?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together in the studio to take a look at what's going on with Arsenal's creation and goalscoring numbers…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Bayern Win Barnstormer & Arsenal Shut Out Sporting
Hello Rank Squad! It's the second Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Wednesday's action from the Second Legs of the Quarter Finals - where…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Atleti See Off Barça Storm & Champions PSG Roll Onwards
Hello Rank Squad! It's the first Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Tuesday's action from the Second Legs of the Quarter Finals - where…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Are Bayern Munich the Best Team in Europe?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back together (although sadly not in the studio) to take a look at just how well things are going at Bayern Munich…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: PSG Pummel Liverpool & Atleti Stun Barça
Hello Rank Squad! It's the first Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Wednesday's action from the First Legs of the Quarter Finals - where…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Bayern Finally Win at the Bernabeu & Arsenal's Smash and Grab on Sporting
Hello Rank Squad! It's the first Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Tuesday's action from the First Legs of the Quarter Finals - where both…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: How Do You Replace These Outgoing Club Legends?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back in the studio to take a look at a number of big stars and stalwarts who are departing their clubs this summer…
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Ranking the Completed World Cup Groups
Hello Rank Squad! This international break gave us what we've been waiting for - the final names locked in for this summer's World Cup field. 48 nations have…
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Ranking Players Under Pressure for the Rest of the Season
Hello Rank Squad! As we head into the last international break of the season, we're about to hit crunch time for 2025/26 in all of Europe's biggest leagues…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Who Should Be Player of the Season?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back in the studio to take a look at the big debate that's beginning to rage on social media, that of who is going…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Barça’s 7th Heaven, 50 Up for Harry and Mo, Spurs’ New Grit & Liverpool Spark Into Life
Hello Rank Squad! It's the second Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Wednesday's action from the Second Legs of the Round of 16 - where the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Madrid March On, Chelsea’s Bridge Too Far, Arsenal’s Flow Show & Sporting Smash the Fairytale
Hello Rank Squad! It's the first Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Tuesday's action from the Second Legs of the Round of 16 - where our…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Who Are The Most Improved Players This Season?
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back in the studio for more of a positive episode - looking at some of the players who have made a major step…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Valverde Conquers City, PSG's Late Show, Leverkusen Hold Arsenal & Bodø/Glimt's Fairytale Continues
Hello Rank Squad! It's the second Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Wednesday's action from the First Legs of the Round of 16 - where…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastChampions League Takeaway: Atleti Spin Sorry Spurs, Newcastle Hit By Late Barça Sting, Liverpool's Sorry Istanbul Return & Brilliant Bayern Hit Atalanta For Six
Hello Rank Squad! It's the first Champions League Takeaway of the week, looking back at Tuesday's action from the First Legs of the Round of 16 - where there…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Truth: Teams with Seasons on the Brink
It's time for The Truth! Sam and Dougie are back in the studio to look at three sides who had relatively lofty expectations for the season back in August, and…