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Full Time Europe: A show about women's football

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Join The Athletic's finest reporters and writers as they take you inside the biggest stories from European women's football, including the WSL, UEFA Women's Champion's League, and Spain's Liga F. Get in touch fte@theathletic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Derby matches, noisy neighbours and the Women's Football Weekend 17.11.2020

Kait Borsay is joined by the BBC's Jo Currie and the former Everton and Liverpool forward Courtney Sweetman-Kirk to discuss the talking points from the weekend's WSL action, including the Manchester Derby, a London derby, and the Birmingham Derby. Plus Man City's Laura Coombs is a Lioness once more. RUNNING ORDER: PART 1 - Jo on interviewing 'The Pinoe' and Courtney chats life at Sheffield United...

Manchester United the new kids on the block, Chelsea the leaders of the pack, West Ham and Aston Villa finally on song 10.11.2020

Arsenal blogger Tim Stillman joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to discuss the Gunners' defeat to Manchester United, who now top the WSL for the very first time - we hear from United's goalscorer Ella Toone. Plus why Bethany England deserves a place in Chelsea's starting eleven, we discuss first league wins of the season for West Ham and Aston Villa, Alex Morgan finally makes her Spurs debut and...

City's slickers win the FA Cup, Rising Star Jess Park joins us and we play Pointless! 03.11.2020

Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and the BBC's Jo Currie review the Women's FA Cup Final which was won by Manchester City, beating Everton 3-1 after extra time. We hear from City's rising star Jess Park about that win, Lynsey makes a bold prediction about the League and we play Pointless! RUNNING ORDER PART 1 - covering the Wembley showpiece with no fans and Jo's new Cup Final coat! (01.00) PART 2a - FA...

Natasha Dowie: The Offside Rule Exclusives 28.10.2020

The AC Milan striker Natasha Dowie joins Lynsey Hooper and Jen O'Neill to discuss her footballing career that's taken her from London, to Merseyside, America, Australia and now Italy. She also talks about being overlooked by England, and how she almost rejoined Liverpool in 2020.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feed the Viv, Reading rock City, and Lionesses aim for the top 20.10.2020

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined by The Athletic's women's football correspondent Katie Whyatt to praise Arsenal's prolific striker. There's also an interview with Reading boss Kelly Chambers and we hear from Baroness Sue Campbell as well about the FA's plan for growing the women's game. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - Athletic chat (01.40) PART 2a - Arsenal 6-1 Spurs - all hail Viv (03.00) PART 2...

Chelsea give City the blues, Gunners fire 5 and Phil Neville reveals his latest England squad 13.10.2020

Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by journalist and author of the Women's Football Yearbook, Chris Slegg to talk about raising money for grass roots football and supporting your local women's side. This week: The Athletic analyst Michael Cox dissects Chelsea's win over Manchester City, Lynsey has the latest from Phil Neville's England squad and Kait vows not to mention Alex Morgan again unt...

Terrific Toffees, Nobbs on target again, and Man United's American dream. 06.10.2020

Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by the editor of She Kicks magazine, Jen O'Neill, to talk zoom calls and following football remotely. This week: we go inside the Everton dressing room with midfielder Izzy Christiansen, Lynsey speaks to the Spurs superstar Alex Morgan and Kait starts her own Sam Mewis fan club. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - The new normal? (01.00) PART 2a - Aston Villa 0 - Evert...

Tired Arsenal, lacklustre City, Everton pounce, and Birmingham's bounceback 29.09.2020

With just three days between the FA Cup quarter finals and semi finals it's go, go, go in the women's game! This week: will Everton win a trophy? Which Man City player is a nuisance and which is a terrier? And are Chelsea putting all their eggs in the Champions League basket? Plus, we speak with Carla Ward about Project Survival - aka why she took on the Birmingham job, whether she'd rather have t...

England v England 22.09.2020

This week we ask if it's time to move on from Steph Houghton, praise the England youngsters, and predict the FA Cup matches! RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Life at Sheffield United (01.40)PART 2a - England v England in England (06.40)PART 3a - Arsenal v Spurs (26.00)PART 3b - Jen Beattie interview (28.20)PART 3c - Everton v Chelsea (37.50)PART 3d - Brighton v Birmingham (38.40)PART 3e - Leicester v Man Ci...

Alex Morgan to Spurs, Arsenal's swarming midfield, and City's goal struggle 15.09.2020

On the show we ask if Ted Lasso is the reason Alex Morgan joined Spurs? If there are two leagues in one? And does anyone know what Chelsea's first XI is? RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Alex Morgan joins Spurs (01.40)PART 2a - Chelsea 9-0 Bristol City (10.00)PART 2b - West Ham 1-9 Arsenal (18.00)PART 2c - Birmingham 2-5 Manchester United (27.30)PART 3a - City 0-0 Brighton(33.40)PART 3b - Reading 3-1 Aston...

Harder, better, faster, stronger 08.09.2020

This week the team review all the WSL matches, including Arsenal's six past Reading, Chelsea's shaky opener against Manchester United, and Everton's sweet strikes. Plus with all the American talent heading to the WSL we speak with The Athletic's Meg Linehan to ask her what's going on! RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - The Athletic’s commitment to Women’s football (01.30)PART 2a - Man United 1-1 Chelsea (04.1...

The Bumper WSL 2020/21 Season Preview Show 01.09.2020

On this week's show we go in depth, team by team, to see what they're made of for the upcoming season to decipher and predict where they'll be in nine months time. And with this summer being the mother of all transfer windows we speak to one of the biggest stars of the game making the journey across the Atlantic to be here, Manchester City's Rose Lavelle spends time telling us about her move. Ther...

In the loo 16.03.2020

Football may have grounded to a halt across the globe as the Coronavirus pandemic continues, but there's still plenty to get stuck into. We discuss how COVID-19 will affect the future of the game - with Lewes' General Manager Maggie Murphy on the line to tell us how the club are preparing for precarious times ahead. There's plenty of SheBelieves chat too - as we dissect the Lionesses performance a...

Raise Your Game 09.03.2020

We take the WSL Edition on a special mission to Stamford Bridge for a closer look at the fantastic work done by Kick It Out through their Women’s Raise Your Game event. There’s plenty of chat about how the Lionesses are looking at the SheBelieves Cup - with Chelsea and England legend Katie Chapman joining us to give her take on Phil Neville’s side. Troy Townsend and Anne-Marie Bateson take us thro...

Can we kick it? 02.03.2020

Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are reunited - and joined in the studio by broadcaster Anne-Marie Batson to get stuck into the big talking points in another week of football. We start at the City Ground where Chelsea won their first Continental Cup. Rich Laverty gives us the story of the game - and we wonder how matchwinner Beth England will do for the Lionesses. All eyes turn to the SheBelieves Cup...

Title showdowns, relegation battles and international flavour 24.02.2020

Another week, another jam-packed show covering all bases of the women's game. Lynsey Hooper has got Watford & Wales stalwart Helen Ward and BBC journalist and co-author of the Women's Football Yearbook Chris Slegg in the studio with her to cover a range of topics including that massive clash at the top of the table between Manchester City and Chelsea. There's time to reflect on all the WSL act...

One Storm Dennis, two Kmita’s and a hat-trick of hat-tricks 17.02.2020

Storm Dennis might have interrupted the 5th round of the FA Cup but it won't stop us. Mollie and Rosie Kmita are in the studio alongside Lynsey Hooper to reflect on the couple of ties that did go ahead - including Manchester City's 10-0 victory over fourth-tier Ipswich - whose manager joins us to discuss the fantastic experience for his young side. We react to the full midweek programme of WSL act...

Midweek highlights after the weekend washout and Gilly Flaherty shares her story 10.02.2020

RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: We’re back - with thanks to Football Manager and *you*!  (01m 00s)• PART 2a: The WSL washout (05m 20s)• PART 2b: Spurs v Everton, Man City v Bristol City, Reading v West Ham and Liverpool v Arsenal previews (11m 30s)• PART 3: Birmingham v Chelsea preview (18m 00s)• PART 4a: Keira Walsh’s new contract; Izzy Christensen’s Lyon regrets and other news headlines (20m 00s)• PART...

Headballs, Speedway tracks and farewells...for now 03.02.2020

We're getting to the business end of the WSL season - and what a run in it's shaping up to be. Carrie Dunn joins Kait and Lynsey to react to the top of the table clash which saw Nick Cushing bow out on a high. Momentum seems to be building for Chelsea as they blow away West Ham and progress to the Continental Cup final. Meanwhile, officiating is brought into the spotlight after an extraordinary de...

Mud baths, teenage wonderkids and an Aussie invasion 27.01.2020

The FA Cup 4th round may not have sprung many surprises, but with 61 goals across 16 games - there was plenty for Kait, Lynsey and Shura to get stuck into. We speak to Ipswich Town manager Joe Sheehan as the Tractor Girls progressed to the 5th round, the lowest ranked team left in the competition. The pod bids farewell to Nick Cushing as he joins us ahead of his big move across the pond after seve...

Title tussles, survival scrappers - and a Lionesses legend 20.01.2020

With the title race blown wide open after the drama at Meadow Park, Arsenal & Lionesses legend Kelly Smith is with us to try and dissect the result. We hear from the Gunners boss Joe Montemurro - and Alicia Ferguson is back for this week's episode of Kerr-Watch. We're delighted to be joined by Eni Aluko following the announcement of her retirement - plus she gives us an insight into what's nex...

Spanked. Stacked. Pauline. 13.01.2020

With the dust just starting to settle on Sam Kerr's WSL debut, who better to talk to about her arrival than former Matilda Alicia Ferguson! We discuss the thrilling title race - which could come to a head this weekend - the news of Nick Cushing's departure across the pond, and speak to the BBC's Tom Garry about the shocking statistics behind the disparity between the men's and women's FA Cup. Here...

The Sam Kerr Show (and other stories) 06.01.2020

Someone called Sam Kerr is in the WSL - you may have heard about her! We discuss Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Reading, the debut of Kerr, and speak with her new strike partner, Beth England about the Aussie superstar's arrival. Plus we talk about all the other games, and the January transfers so farHere's how it sounds:RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Chelsea 3-1 Reading (03.00)PART 1b - Sam Kerr speaks to th...

Jill Scott Exclusive 27.12.2019

Jill Scott discusses getting over the 2019 World Cup disappointment, her love for her family, and her post playing futureOver the course of her career Scott has acquired so far: 146 caps for her country, a World Cup Bronze medal, and a host of club honours from FA Cups to League titles. GET IN TOUCHRead our articles at www.offsiderulepodcast.com (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/)Tweet us @OffsideRu...

Liverpool lift off, Man City's PR own goals, and 2019 Awards Show 16.12.2019

With our final show of the year it's only right that we dish out some  awards to commemorate our favourite moments, players, and goals of 2019. We also have our review of the WSL matches, and discuss those big talking points from Jill Scott and Steph Houghton. Here's how it sounds:RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Everton 1-3 Arsenal (04.00)PART 2a - Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (08.30)PART 2b - Man City 5-0 Bright...

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