Maldon and Tiptree – the psychology of the underdog
It’s a freezing Wednesday night in Essex, and another cup game for Maldon and Tiptree, the 14th of an already hectic season, writes Steve Sharman as he reflects on the [...]
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Fives things we learned from Women’s Football Weekend
Jessy Parker Humphreys looks at the key talking points from Women’s Football Weekend. And so it came to pass, the Women’s Football Weekend that was in reality more [...]
“As the women’s game grows, it is important to praise and criticise as befits the skill shown”
Jessy Parker-Humphreys looks at the criticism referees and players face from the fans during games. “Weak, it’s weak.” “You can tell it’s not worth equal pay.” [...]
Beach soccer’s home country heroes
Stuart Barker looks at the heroes of the England and Great Britain women’s beach soccer team. Source: @BeachSoccerWorldwide You would be forgiven for not being aware of [...]
The growth of the women’s game is gaining real forward momentum
Jasmine Baba looks at the growth of the women’s game and the momentum it’s gaining. Women playing football has never been out of the norm for me. My sister, 10 [...]
Just a woman and her club: meet the fan who travels the world solo to see her beloved team play
Football fan Beryl Mealand discusses the highs and lows of being a life-long Liverpool supporter with Chelsea Harper.When I ask Beryl Mealand what football means to her, [...]
Continental Cup: Liverpool struggle while Arsenal juggle players and lose shootout to Brighton
The Continental Cup returned for its third weekend, proving as always to be the bane of any football fan trying to follow the action: little if any video coverage was [...]
Women’s Champions League: Leading teams show prowess to reach last eight
Martin Whiteley looks back at the round-of-16 action in the Women’s Champions League. Champions Lyon breezed past Fortuna Hjørring of Denmark 11-0 on aggregate. After [...]
Women’s Worldwide Round-up: The top three Frauen-Bundesliga sides hail more goals as a change of leadership in France occurs and Barcelona gain their sixth consecutive league victory
This week Martin Whiteley is back with a women’s worldwide round-up of all the happenings across Germany, France and Spain. Goal-fest for top three Frauen-Bundesliga [...]
Former West Ham striker Bobby Zamora reveals Liverpool and England regret
Bobby Zamora speaks to The Offside Rule Exclusives about why he has no plans to be a professional coach and two of his career regrets.When looking back on his playing [...]
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