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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 PodcastRanking the World Cup Semi-Finals
...and then there were four! Hello Rank Squad! We have got down to our final quadrant of Nations left in this year's international piece de resistance, with…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the World Cup Quarter-Finalists
Hello Rank Squad! We're now 56 games into this World Cup, and eight teams remain in the competition as Quarter-Finalists. We have the bracket, we have the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Interesting Football Trends at the World Cup
Hello Rank Squad! We're over half way through the 64 games of the World Cup now, and after two rounds in the Group Stages, there are some things of note that…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking England vs. USMNT at the World Cup (with Taylor Rockwell of Total Soccer Show)
Hello Rank Squad! We're now into the bulk of the World Cup, and we've seen our fair share of spills and thrills already, but this Friday brings us the Ranks…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big World Cup Preview: Groups A-D
Hello Rank Squad! The World Cup is nearly upon us, so it's time to get into the depths of what we can expect from every team at the World Cup ahead of the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big World Cup Preview: Groups E-H
Hello Rank Squad! The World Cup is nearly upon us, so it's time to get into the depths of what we can expect from every team at the World Cup ahead of the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Teams Who Do & Don't Want the World Cup Break
With domestic football (mostly) stopping in just a few days time, we take a look at some of the teams who just can't hold back their excitement for a month…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking MLS Cup Final
MLS Cup takes place this weekend, and we couldn't let that slide without giving you the lowdown on what was happening in the big one across the pond. So, we…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Players Having Comeback Seasons
Hello Rank Squad! Every year, there are certain players who shake off a bad season, or even a bad reputation, to finally hit their heights and shine brightly…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Next Season's Golden Boy Contenders
Hello Rank Squad! We're back with one of our favourite episodes, discussing some of the best young footballers in the game on the back of the Golden Boy award…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Next Season's Ballon d'Or Contenders
Hello Rank Squad! With Karim Benzema locking down his first Ballon d'Or trophy (and deservedly so) on Monday night, we wanted to use that as a springboard for…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Carnage So Far in Europe's Top Leagues
Hello Rank Squad! It's time to look back at the first quarter of the season, or as we like to call it, the end of the start. So, with so much ground to cover…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastSacking or Saving Europe's Under-Fire Managers (v2)
(Firstly, apologies for the audio quality, Jack's gone AWOL to Sicily and tried to continue with the day job) Managerial careers are a bloodbath. You can win a…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking World Cup Selection Surprises
Hello Rank Squad! It's been a window full of intrigue, but some players have used it to devastating effect, to make the jump from squad players to locked in…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Biggest International Selection Dilemmas Ahead of the World Cup
It's under two months to the World Cup, but which positions for which teams are giving their managers headaches? We discuss the biggest logjam positions in the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Best Teenagers in World Football
Teenagers are fleeting - one minute past their 20th birthday, and they're gone into the big wide world of everyday footballers - so we have to give them their…
Ranks FC - A Football Podcast5x5: Predicting the Top Five in Each of Europe's Top Five Leagues
The transfer window has closed and we've had a couple of games in each league, so whilst pre-season predictions are fun, this feels like a good time to lock…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking The Best Transfers of the Window
Hello Rank Squad! Welcome to our third and final episode of this week, this time looking back at the transfer window as a whole and working out where we think…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking The Biggest Transfer Stories Ahead Of Deadline Day
Hello Rank Squad! Deadline Day will soon be upon us, and we've set DJ to work in order to line up TEN of the biggest stories and sagas that will look to go…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Postbox: Liverpool Roar Into Life, Comeback City, Barca in Control, Serie A Summit Specialties, Sommertime Gladness, Chelsea's Character, The Big Ø & Draw Reaction
Hello Ultras! Happy Bank Holiday to those who are enjoying it! And to those who aren’t: Perhaps this podcast will help you through the day. We covered all of…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking PL Teams With The Most Left To Do in the Transfer Window
Hello Rank Squad! It's creeping towards the end of the transfer window and certain teams are still desperately in need of reinforcements - as we prepare for…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Players Who Desperately Need A Move
Hello Rank Squad! We're back to normal programming after the madness of Preview season, and it's nice to be back on home ground. With that in mind, we return…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big Serie A 22/23 Preview Show
Hello Rank Squad! Welcome to the sixth and final episode of our Big Season Preview Series - as we culminate in the casa di calcio, Italy! With Milan holding…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big La Liga 22/23 Preview Show (with Football España's Alan Feehely)
Preview season continues here on Ranks FC, moving over the Iberian Peninsula from Portugal to Spain! La Liga is back, and there's brilliant battles up and down…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big Primeira Liga 22/23 Preview Show
Hello Rank Squad! It's time for our fourth episode of our Big Season Preview Series - this time, a slightly shorter one on the Portuguese Primeira, and the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big Ligue 1 22/23 Preview Show (with Football Per 90's Alex Collings)
When everything comes at once, everything drops at once! Moving from England across the Channel, we take to France to look at life in Ligue 1 this season - and…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big Premier League 22/23 Preview Show
Hello Rank Squad! The summer has passed, the international tournaments have been concluded, and the return of domestic league action is just round the corner…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastThe Big Bundesliga 22/23 Preview Show (with Tifo's Jon Mackenzie)
It's all systems go this week as we head into full preview mode! First up, the Bundesliga! We're joined by Jon Mackenzie of the mighty Tifo Football to work…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Best Players Still on the Transfer Market this Summer
Hello Rank Squad! We've seen some massive movers and shakers in the market this window, but as we settle in the 'deep breath before the plunge' with less than…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Three Burning Questions Ahead of Next Season
Hello Rank Squad! With pre-season firmly in full swing and the transfer merry-go-round showing no signs of stopping, we wanted to take a look at some of the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Season-Defining PL Transfers Yet To Come
Dean Jones is back, Rank Squad! And on that note, we wanted to give you a transfer ranking to match - so we did. We talked five Premier League teams who have…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking FPL Dilemmas To Help You Beat Your Mates with Gianni Butticè
Pre-season has begun, and with it comes a new rake of questions about how you're going to set up your FPL team for the upcoming season, so we're here to help…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking New Managers Taking Clubs in New Directions
We're edging closer to the new season and there are plenty of clubs with a lot of work to do over the course of the next month. We look at five new managers…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Controversial Takes Ahead of Next Season with Harry Brooks
It's time to start making some bold predictions ahead of next season, and so we brought in the best man for the job - football coach, agent and Twitter…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastGrading the Big-Money Moves Made This Summer So Far
So, the transfer window is open, and nobody has hung around wasting any time! We take a look at the five most expensive deals done so far and give them a…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking The Biggest Rebuilds In Football This Summer
What’s up Rank Squad! Jack’s away enjoying some well-earned rest, so Dean and Sam tackle this week’s pod as a duo—and it’s a big ‘un! It’s the long-promised…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the MVP of Each League Champion
Hello Rank Squad! The domestic season is pretty much all done in Europe, and we're here to take a look back. Originally this was supposed to be a Ballon d'Or…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Champions League Final
As the last (and biggest) annual game of the European football calendar comes hurtling towards us once again, it's one which we've seen before - a repeat of…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Biggest Disappointments of the Season
Every season has its glorious moments, but for every positive, there's a negative. We like to focus on the good stuff here on Ranks, but ultimately there are…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Big Transfers to Be Wary Of This Summer
Every transfer season there's deals that don't work out, and whilst some are impossible to predict, there's others where the warning signs are truly there - we…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking This Season's Most Exciting Endings
There are just a couple of matches left in most domestic leagues in Europe, meaning that it's now or never for a lot of things. Title races, relegation scraps…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Biggest Transfers This Summer
What’s happening Rank Squad! It’s getting scarily close to silly season, so it’s time for our first big transfer ranking of the 2022 summer window - our first…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Last Four in the Champions League, Europa League & Conference League
We've come to the sharp end of the European competitions, and there's everything to play for in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Most Exciting Teams for Next Season
I know what you're going to say! This season hasn't even finished yet and you're already thinking about the next one! But this game never stops, and the best…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Interesting Under-the-Radar Players This Season
It's that time of year where conversations start happening about Players of the Season and the like, but we wanted to dig under the surface before we get to…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Why World Cup Qualification for Canada Means So Much
The wait is finally over for the Maple Leafs - for just the second time in their history, and for the first time since 1986, Canada are going to the Men's…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Roma and the Derby della Capitale
Hello Rank Squad! Welcome to a very special episode of Ranks, in association with New Balance! This weekend we headed off to Rome to experience one of the most…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Ballon d'Or Contenders for 2021/22
France Football have finally moved their glittering Golden Ball award to a sensible position in the football calendar - given out after the season is over…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Best Defensive Midfielders in the Game
The No. 6. The pivot. The volante. The trinco. Defensive midfielders come in many shapes and sizes, but they've become perhaps the hottest property in the game…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Leeds United Under Marcelo Bielsa: The Good, the Bad & the Future
Hello Rank Squad! This week, Leeds finally ended what has been a glorious time in the club's history - the stewardship of Marcelo Bielsa - with the club…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Europe's Best Title Races
We're heading towards the final stretch of the domestic seasons, with just under three months to go until it's all wrapped up - which means that title races…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Porto vs. Sporting & The Primeira Title Race
Hello Rank Squad! Welcome to a very special episode of Ranks, in association with New Balance! This weekend we ventured to Porto to take in O Classico at the…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking Every Champions League Team Before the Last 16
Welcome back to the Champions League, which returns with a vengeance next Tuesday! Ahead of a massive two weeks of fixtures, we take a stock check of every…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Best Transfers of the January Window
Hello Rank Squad! In our traditional first episode post any window we're taking a look at our five favourite deals of the window, which in this particular…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Biggest Deadline Day Storylines
We're coming to the end of the transfer window, Rank Squad; and so we're taking a look at the biggest names and clubs who still have plenty of work to do. We…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking the Best Things About Football
To paraphrase Patrice Evra, We Love This Game here at Ranks FC. And with Sam dropping out last minute, we had to spin things on a sixpence for today's ranking…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastPicking Our 2021 Team of the Year with EA Sports
Picking a Ballon d'Or winner is always tricky because it's done on a year-by-year basis - so we decided to make it 11 times more difficult and pick our Team of…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking AFCON 2022: Favourites, Wildcards & Underdogs
It's the first episode of 2022 and kicking off a busy January of football across the globe is the latest edition of the African Cup of Nations, where Algeria…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanking January's Biggest Transfer Stories
Welcome back to silly season, Rank Squad; and welcome to the last Ranks FC episode of 2021. Dean Jones walks us through five of the biggest storylines heading…
Ranks FC - A Football PodcastRanks Christmas Special: Giving Gifts to 5 Lucky Managers
It's the season, so Sam-ta Claus is dropping down the chimneys of five lucky clubs to give them a special gift under the tree that could turn around the second…