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The Offside Treble – England’s woes continue, Louis van Gaal’s last minute signing and Gary Lineker’s potential mid-life crisis

September 6, 2014

You know the drill by now! This week Jen Offord takes a look at a typically miserable England performance, a certain Colombian striker’s last minute arrival in the [...]

Falcao, Fabregas, Costa and Sanchez all arrived in England this summer: with them came the most expensive transfer window Premier League history

September 5, 2014

By John Howell. £835m was spent by England’s top 20 teams. With six club transfer records broken along with the British transfer record itself, Offside Rule’s John [...]

The FA Women’s Premier League is Back! Stuart Dick Rounds-Up Every Result So Far

September 4, 2014

FAWPL Northern Division One side Mossley Hill scored the upset of the round, beating last season’s Premier League North runners-up Preston North End 2-1. Hill took the [...]

It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not: Why footballing success is not a magic bullet

September 3, 2014

By Tom Simmonds. The PFA revealed last week that they believe approximately 700 players a year, the majority of whom are under 21, are released by clubs to an uncertain [...]

England Football Team: The forgettable generation

September 3, 2014

By Laura Jones. England’s ‘golden generation’ have all but retired and Roy Hodgson has flooded the squad with young players, but Laura Jones asks where are the [...]

Mario Balotelli is back in the Premier League: Can Brendan Rodgers manage the “unmanageable”?

August 29, 2014

The Premier League’s favourite bad boy is back! Fabled for his on-field unpredictability, his off-field philanthropy, those fireworks and that celebration. Mario [...]

Premier League Week 3 Predictions: Featuring The Offside Rule Production and PR Team

August 29, 2014

By Mark Young. It’s week three of the Premier League and after some near misses and three correct predictions last weekend, we’re back again to see if that can be [...]

Sort it out, Felix! Fulham’s woes under Magath look set to continue

August 28, 2014

By George Rinaldi. Shouts of ‘sort it out!’ and ‘you’re out of your depth!’ have been commonplace at Craven Cottage this season. Three defeats [...]

The Offside Treble: Manchester United hit rock bottom, Super Mario is back and Frank Lampard ends his England career

August 28, 2014

The weekly Offside Treble is here. In this week’s edition, Jen Offord takes a light-hearted look at the fortunes of Manchester United (including an exciting new [...]

Manchester Football Writing Festival: Celebrating football writing

August 27, 2014

By Laura Jones. The music festival season may have come to an end, but football writing’s Glastonbury is about to take to the stage in Manchester. Laura Jones takes a [...]