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Hello,

I am planning to talk to Chris Ramsey tomorrow so if you have any questions (preferably football related, not venturing down the old cheese road for this one) then please reply accordingly.

Cheers.

Can't really say I have a question about his Town career as he's before my time, but that's a cracking get.

I think he coached the Luongo/Byrne/Mason/Barthram/Parrett generation at Spurs right? Would be interested in his recollections of those guys who later went on to play for us.

Rambo was one of my all time favourite players, always gave absolutely everything in every game.

Possibly in the top 3 hardest ever Town players I saw play, never took any prisoners!

Can you ask him was he a fan of all the running Lou made him do?

Also what was his take on the sacking and reinstatement of Lou and does he have any memory of the amazing Southend match when there was a pitch invasion with calls for the re appointment of Macari as manager, please.

I'm trying to remember who it was that Rambo got sent off against in the first few mins of the game at the County Ground. Remember him running from right back over to the left and taking someone out at knee height.

What drew him to Swindon in the first place? Thought he was doing OK at Brighton before joining us.

It was against Peterborough, this doesnt show the challenge though just teh after effects of it! happened in the 64th minute though, his only sending off for Town.

https://youtu.be/sASJ4aod5v4

I guess my memory must be going!

Was it Rambo that got a bollocking from Macari for stopping to do up his boots whilst he had the ball in play?

Don't ask him about the party in Rodbourne!

As JJ above Rambo makes my all time STFC team. Questions hmm. Who did he kick highest in the air is all that springs to mind :)  Saying that he was good on the ball, he wasn't just a hard man.

Yes, in a 4-1 home win over a poor Preston in December’85 I believe. Macari said his arrogance would give the opposition motivation  to beat us in the return back at Deepdale later in the season. Turned out we won 3-0 up there. Rambo notched the opener.

Sensitive issue, but would be interesting to know how he thinks back about the racism of the time. Selected Town numbskulls would taunt opposition black players with the chant, “We’ve got Rambo, you’ve got S****.” The Adver photo shoot of him on the Stratton Bank dressed as Rambo was a bizarre eighties media moment too.

Many thanks. What a player he was.

He was a class act in Div 4 he could run, tackle, cross had a bit of pace and was hard as nails.

I would probably put him above Kerslake as my favourite right back and thats saying something as Kerslake was a great player.

Who presented Rambo with his MBE?

Prince William.

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/qpr-coach-chris-ramsey-praises-prince-william-for-helping-tackle-racism-in-football-as-he-collects-a4279576.html

169. Chris Ramsey

https://soundcloud.com/lspod/169-chris-ramsey/

Cracking episode!

Looking forward to this one later

Leigh Barnard? Didn't see that coming!!!

P.S: Thanks Rich. Awesome.

Will have a listen later, look forward to this one.

He was a bit before my time but a brilliant listen and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Brilliant, as always, Rich. Thank you.

Before my time really, but looking at Wiki he only seems to have played a couple of hundred games in his career did he get injured or something?

If you had seen him play you would understand his injuries, often got injured making sliding tackles on opponents who often never got up again.

A genuine hard as nails player when you used to be allowed to tackle.

He would have had 20+ sendings off these days rather than just a couple. He would make Grant look like a pussy TBH.

"Running a West End night club on a Thursday night ws probably not the best way to prepare for a Saturday"

Funny listening to him say that he wasn't even slightly hard off the pitch though, white line fever clearly!

Rambo also knew where the net was at the other end of the pitch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0uXxI9Kf_w

Absolutely, he was/is a lovely bloke off the pitch, I used to speak to him often back then, but ont he pitch he never ever took any prisoners.

Puts the 'part time Doughty' rumours into a bit of perspective doesn't it!

Fascinating listen this one. The fact that he moved from Brighton in Division1 to us in Division 4 on similar wages shows how much the game has changed.

Honest enough to admit that he made mistakes in terms of lifestyle which affected his game and seems to have used this to his advantage when coaching players of today.

Also appreciated his comment that those of us ( the majority) who are not racist must stand up and voice our opinion as the minority (i.e those that are racist) are the more vocal and if we simply say nothing we are complicit in racism. Food for thought for me certainly, as I have tended to ignore rather than challenge in the past.

Really good listen, and agree with kirky about his comments on racism. Everyone who's talked about black coaches "playing the race card" should listen to the last 5 minutes of the pod, even if they don't listen to the first hour or so. (But you should listen to the first hour or so as well, it's really good).

You're turning into quite the podcast pro, Mr Pullen.

Cracking listen yet again Rich, was a real good insight into how footballers used to be compared to how they are now.

Was he chewing a matchstick during the interview?

Thanks as ever for taking the time to research, conduct and produce this, and all the other, episodes. It is a collection to truly treasure.