May 2020 – The Offside Rule

The Offside Rule Weekly: Frankenstein’s footballer, Champions-less League, and WSL wind down

May 29, 2020

Join Hayley McQueen, Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay as they stitch together the best Premier League footballer, or possibly the worst, discuss the best players to have never [...]

Is this the worst team in history? Reliving Derby County’s record-breaking 2007/08 season

May 29, 2020

Steve Sharman looks at Derby County’s disastrous 2007/08 Premier League season. Source: FourFourTwo There is not much you can do as a Derby fan when opposition fans [...]

Why WSL and Women’s Championship ending was the right decision

May 27, 2020

Jessy Parker-Humphreys looks at the reasoning behind the Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship being brought to an end due to the impact of the coronavirus [...]

The rise and fall of Mario Götze

May 25, 2020

Alasdair Hooper looks at the rise and fall of Dortmund attacker Mario Götze. Martin Demichelis can only look on. He has taken a couple of steps up the field with one eye on [...]

The Offside Rule Weekly: From sex dolls to sticky balls

May 23, 2020

Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper, and Hayley McQueen are back with a sunny podcast celebrating the weather and the football that is slowly coming back into our lives. It might [...]

Bristol City’s Loren Dykes on ‘astounding’ growth of WSL during career

May 22, 2020

Bristol City defender Loren Dykes speaks to Jessy Parker Humphreys about how the Women’s Super League has developed and advice for young players coming through. [...]

Hayley Ladd: She’s no Finnish…just getting started in fact

May 20, 2020

If that headline makes sense to you, you spend too much time on the internet; naughty naughty! If it doesn’t, please bear with me as I elaborate, requests Tom Dean. In [...]

Glory for England stars as French Football Federation announce final placings for top two women’s leagues

May 18, 2020

Martin Whiteley reports on glory for Lyon, misery for Metz and Marseille, and the tight contest for promotions to the Feminine Division 1. Source: @OLfeminin French Prime [...]

The Offside Rule Weekly: All aboard the Bundesliga Bandwagon

May 15, 2020

Join Hayley McQueen, Lynsey Hooper, and Kait Borsay as they discuss the biggest gaps between title wins on the weekend that surely would have seen Liverpool lifting their [...]

Barcelona crowned Primera División Femenina Champions after season is ended

May 14, 2020

While Atlético Madrid miss out on the top spot to Barcelona, the Spanish women’s league gears up for an 18-team table next season, with no relegations and promotions for [...]