October 2020

Cancellation of international matches could wreak havoc on young Lionesses’ development

October 30, 2020

Rich Laverty's Women's Football Column at The Offside Rule

Cancellations or postponements such as England’s aborted match versus Germany this week are a blow for young players itching for competitive international debuts. They may [...]

Weekend Wanderings: Back to the future with Scottish Cup semi-final Edinburgh derby and Women’s FA Cup final

October 30, 2020

Weekend Wanderings - The top games just for you

If ever you needed a reminder of how disruptive the pandemic has been for football, this weekend would be it. That’s because we are essentially taking a step back in time [...]

Five things you might have missed from the EFL action

October 30, 2020

Holly Hunt reviews the lesser-known talking points you may have skipped over from this gameweek six across the Championship, League One and Two. Coronavirus call-offs and [...]

The Offside Rule Weekly: Football’s most haunted, Golden Boy award picks, and the best strike partnerships

October 29, 2020

Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Alison Bender discuss the best strike partnerships in the Premier League and around Europe. Plus, our Golden Girls give their picks for the [...]

Team of the week

October 29, 2020

The sixth week of the Premier League season was full of draws and marginal wins. Patrick Bamford scored more goals for Leeds against Aston Villa than any other team managed [...]

Natasha Dowie: The Offside Rule Exclusives Episode 25

October 28, 2020

Natasha Dowie wearing a red and black AC Milan polo shirt standing in front of a statue at San Siro Stadium

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, [...]

World football’s winners and losers this week

October 27, 2020

Ali Rampling takes a look at who came out of the week’s action in the best and worst shape. Winners Ajax The 34-time Dutch champions broke their own 48-year-old record as [...]

England women captain Houghton: ‘The professionalism shown by the girls has been world class’

October 26, 2020

Houghton insists the Lionesses have not taken their eye off the ball in Neville’s final year in charge but they’ll have to wait to prove it after cancelling their [...]

The Offside Rule Weekly: The Ultimate League of Football Power!

October 22, 2020

Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen are here to send positive vibes to Virgil Van Dijk, discuss the European Super League proposals, and propose alternative ways of [...]

Weekend Wanderings: Barcelona vs Real Madrid, Man Utd vs Chelsea, and more

October 22, 2020

After another weekend of shock results, crazy comebacks and great goals there will certainly be more of that on the horizon. On Saturday and Sunday, we are treated to yet [...]