Ramble Extra: French football & rock-band metal

Always funny, never dull, The Football Ramble's podcasts won three gongs in the 2009 Soccerlens Awards - Best Football Podcast (Editor's Choice and Readers' Choice) plus Funniest Football Website.

And they also scooped Best EPL Podcast and Funniest Website in the EPL Talk Awards.

Every week, they are lovely enough to produce a special, exclusive extra bit for FourFourTwo.com.

This week, the Ramblers discuss French international football and Marcus goes rock-band mental.

You'll have to listen to get it.

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Previous Ramble Extras:
Fri July 23: Who invented football & the nicest man in the game
Fri July 16: Ballon D'ors & the Daily Mail
Fri July 9: World Cup final special from Johannesburg
Fri July 2: Fans, seagulls & replica trophies
Fri June 25: Lion burgers & superstitions
Fri June 18: Casillas' missus and stadium announcer bloopers
Fri June 11: Dancing, Redknapp & Cannavaro
Fri June 4: Sticker albums & basketballers
Fri May 28: Adverts, Elephants & wrestlers
Fri May 21: Crime-aldinho & Messi on Cheryl Cole
Fri May 14: Best goals scored abroad & stupid chants
Fri May 7: Centre-back goals & Sausage Allowance
Fri Apr 30: Kuszczak, N'Zogbia & Young Player of the Year
Fri Apr 23: Maradona's WC XI & Messi: better than Pele?
Fri Apr 16: Ukraine & co

Gary Parkinson is a freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer, actor and coach. He spent 14 years at FourFourTwo as the Global Digital Editor and continues to regularly contribute to the magazine and website, including major features on Euro 96, Subbuteo, Robert Maxwell and the inside story of Liverpool's 1990 title win. He is also a Bolton Wanderers fan.