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The Offside Rule is here to take you through the latest action from the Women's World Cup as the goals flowed on Day 5.Kait Borsay is joined by former Lioness Gilly Flaherty and Lynsey Hooper, to make sense of a dramatic day of action. Hear our thoughts on Germany's crushing 6-0 win over Morocco, including the post match thoughts of football journalist Annika Becker who was attending the game. We...

The Offside Rule is here to take you through the World Cup openers for Sweden, France, former finalists the Netherlands and more. Lynsey Hooper is joined by reporter Helen Hardy in Brisbane and former Lioness Tash Dowie. Are France not the threat we thought they were? Journalist Vincent Roussel discusses the feeling of French fans after a disappointing draw. Was Bunny Shaw reckless getting sent of...

The Offside Rule is here to take you through the World Cup openers for England, defending champions USA and more. Kait Borsay is joined by reporter Helen Hardy in Brisbane and Jade Moore, a Manchester United midfielder with over 50 England caps. Should the European champions England be worried about only scoring one goal against Haiti who are ranked 53rd in the world? Did Denmark show they'll be a...

The Offside Rule brings you the latest from the second day of the Women’s World Cup. Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined by Jade Moore, the Manchester United midfielder with over 50 England caps, to take you through the action. As England prepare to face Haiti in their opening game on Saturday - how should they line up? Ex-England manager Hope Powell and Haitian journalist Caleb Jephte Pierre...

The Offside Rule brings you all the action as the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand. Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper discuss the opening day with WSL player and ex-England international Tash Dowie. Plus Helen Hardy brings us the atmosphere from Down Under. How did New Zealand pull off that shock against Norway for their first ever World Cup win? Phil Rollo is with us from Auck...

The Offside Rule returns to look ahead to the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined to preview the tournament by former WSL star and England international, Natasha Dowie. With selection dilemmas to sort through, how will the Lionesses fair and who will push them closest in the group stage? How far can the Republic of Ireland go in their debut at t...

We couldn't miss the big one right? We've joined forces with Sky Sports to bring you daily episodes throughout the World Cup. Expect the usual views, analysis, experts and special guests throughout the tournament as we give you the lowdown on every game, every day of the competition from start to finish. So make sure you don't miss an episode by following or subscribing to The Offside Rule World C...

offsiderulepod@gmail.com The Offside Rule is finishing... for now. Unfortunately The Athletic are making some changes to their audio offering so the Offside Rule in its current home is no more. We are therefore looking for new brands, companies or an individual person to come to our rescue. Please use the email above if you are interested. To commemorate the last episode of The Offside Rule for th...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule where today Kait, Lynsey and Hayley speak to former New Zealand footballer turned marketing guru Rebecca Sowden about her latest campaign correcttheinternet.com. She has set out to eradicate the inherent biases found in search engines that marginalise sportswomen and their achievements. We find out about her aims and ambitions for the project, what we can...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule where today Kait, Lynsey and Hayley are discussing all things FA Cup, ahead of the 4th round kicking off this weekend. Does anyone still care about the competition? If so, what makes it so special? And how should we go about preserving it in an increasingly condensed English football calendar? To answer these questions and more we speak to Athletic news r...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule. On today's episode Kait, Lynsey and Hayley are joined by football agent and former Sporting Director Roberto De Fanti, to find out exactly what goes on behind the scenes in the transfer window. How do football agents operate? What are some of the challenges faced by the winter window and what is one deal that he worked on that he wished had gone through?...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule. For our second episode of 2023, we are joined by the BBC's Creative Director Gabby Cook, who worked as Executive Director on the Messi documentary to find out exactly what went on behind the scenes. What were their aims and ambitions before starting the project? What did they learn about the character of the great man? As well as all the inside informati...

Hello and welcome to the first Offside Rule of 2023! Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined by The Athletic’s Caoimhe O’Neill to peer into a crystal ball for some 2023 predictions. Who will win the Premier League? Who will make it into the top four? Which Premier League clubs will go down? Which manager will be first to win the sack race? Who will win the Champions League in the men’s game? Will...

Coming just 4 days before the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Kait and Lynsey look ahead to the 22nd edition of the huge global event that is the football World Cup. After a buildup defined by reports of corruption, an estimated 7,000 migrant worker deaths, human rights abuses and the potentially devastating environment impact of staging a winter World Cup, we analyse how we are supposed to...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule where today Kait and Lynsey are joined by former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher to talk all things VAR. Now in its 4th Premier League season we ask whether the system is working, why there are still so many controversial calls and how we go about improving it? That's not all though we discuss the press box at Ewood Park, Kieran Trippier's excelle...

This week Kait, Lynsey and Hayley are joined by Brentford FC non-executive Director Preeti Shetty to discuss the underrepresentation of women in football. Why do so few women feel comfortable applying for jobs in the men's game? What more can be done to ensure that women aren't just asked to the party but invited to dance? What are Brentford FC doing to make sure their club best represents the com...

This week Kait Borsay is joined by former Chelsea, Arsenal, and England international Lianne Sanderson, to investigate the progress made in eradicating homophobia from football. With this podcast falling on rainbow laces day, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to analyse any changes that have happened since the players such as Jake Daniels and Josh Cavallo came out as gay, the differences b...

To celebrate 10 years of The Offside Rule podcast, this week Kait, Lynsey and Hayley meet in person to discuss the podcast's journey. Hear us discuss its origins, what the industry was like back in 2012, what we've learnt, our highs and lows as well as outline what we want to see changing in the future. We are also joined by The Athletic's Laura Williamson and Harriet Drudge to breakdown their exp...

Hello and welcome back to the Offside Rule. This week Kait, Lynsey and Hayley are putting Liverpool under the microscope. What is going wrong at the Champions League finalists and how do they go about fixing it? We also scout some of the up and coming managers from around Europe, who could soon be drafted into Premier League jobs and discuss the football dopplegangers we just can't get out of our...

What do Erling Haaland, Arthur Melo, Bruno Lage and David Speedie have in common? They are all hot topics in this week's Offside Rule with Kait Borsay, Hayley McQueen and Lynsey Hooper. Hear our thoughts on the impact of some of the Premier League's new signings, as well as which ones need to improve fast and whether Bruno Lage was unlucky to lose his job at Wolves. And in light of David Speedie r...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule where today the Holy Trinity of Kait, Lynsey and Hayley meet once again to breakdown the latest goings-on in the world of football. Ahead of Arsenal vs Spurs and Man United vs Man City this weekend, we rank the best derbies in British football and give some shouts for some across the globe, attempt to lift the lid on just what is happening at Watford and...

Hello and welcome back to the Offside Rule. This week Kait and Hayley are joined by broadcaster Ali Bender to discuss Todd Boehly's North vs South idea, the stories to look out for this international break and ask which other Premier League records could be broken this season, in light of Ethan Nwaneri becoming the Division's youngest ever player after coming off the bench in Arsenal's 3-0 victory...

Hello and welcome back to The Offside Rule where today with Hayley on holiday, Kait and Lynsey are joined by broadcaster Anne-Marie Batson to reflect on a monumental week. Hear their thoughts about football's reaction to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and their favourite royal footballing stories. We also put the relegation battle under the microscope and discuss which sides we think will go do...

This week Kait, Hayley and Lynsey reconvene to discuss what makes Brighton such an impressive outfit. From their recruitment, structure, vision and of course their manager Graham Potter, who is now in talks with Chelsea, news which broke after this podcast was recorded, the Seagulls really are an example to the rest of the Premier League. We also breakdown which England stars are raring to go with...

Welcome back to the Offside Rule. Today Kait, Lynsey and Hayley start by discussing the forgotten players who desperately need a transfer before the window slams shut on Thursday night at 11pm. We then breakdown Scott Parker's dismissal from Bournemouth and ask which other managers up and down the land are also under pressure? And finally we round off the show by making some predictions for the 68...