# Mailbag: Has the 48-team World Cup been a success? | 2026 FIFA World Cup

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Published: 2026-07-09T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

With dozens of hours of sleep lost to the sheer chaos of the World Cup schedule over the past month, perhaps a one night break from the football wasn’t the worst thing in the world. And now we’re well rested, it seems like the ideal time to reflect on some of the joy, heartbreak, and downright bafflement the World Cup has offered us so far. Marcus, Luke & Vish are here to answer your World Cup Mailbag questions ahead of the quarter-finals kicking off tonight! Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here . Find us on Bluesky , X , Instagram , TikTok and YouTube , and email us here: show@footballramble.com . Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble . ***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!***  The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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