December 2020

Injuries, Covid and no major tournaments: How the 2020 Top 100 list was chosen

December 3, 2020

Tracking female footballers from across the globe is hard enough in a normal year, never mind one where a global pandemic obliterated the calendar. Rich Laverty breaks down [...]

Toone gives food for thought, but Neville is set on experienced players to see out his Lionesses tenure

December 2, 2020

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

The England head coach’s emphasis on fitness and endurance throws down the gauntlet for young players to train up and work hard, writes Rich Laverty. Phil Neville set his [...]

Why Premier League should revert back to five subs

December 2, 2020

Stuart Barker looks at the debate around the Premier League reverting back to allowing five substitutes in a match, and why it would be sensible to do so. Many of the [...]

Laura Bassett: The Offside Rule Exclusives Episode 26

December 1, 2020

Image of Laura Basset wearing a Lionesses jersey

Former England defender Laura Bassett joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper to discuss her career to date. From pretending to be a Spice Girl at school, to gaining prominence [...]

Winners and Losers

December 1, 2020

With cup upsets happening north and south of the border, Ali Rampling takes a look at this week’s winners and losers. Winners Marine FC Source: @BBCSport Eighth tier side [...]