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FA WSL favourites Chelsea Ladies overcome pressure from Liverpool Ladies… and themselves

April 29, 2016

Andrew Gibney was The Offside Rule’s reporter on the ground as Chelsea maintained their unbeaten record yet still went away disappointed with a 2-1 win over Liverpool. [...]

Midweek Muse: Can end of season form tell us how teams will fair next year?

April 27, 2016

The focus on the unresolved relegation scrap in the Premier League and the titanic three-way promotion battle at the top of the Championship has perhaps been more intense [...]

Bundesliga: Relegation tale has a gripping plot

April 26, 2016

Title races are all very well, but nothing inflames the passions of football supporters quite like a relegation battle. The drop can have far-reaching consequences. People [...]

Mersey Insider: Liverpool turn up heat on Everton boss Roberto Martinez in derby thrashing, Anfield hosts emotional final memorial service for Hillsborough

April 22, 2016

What’s been happening in the world of football on Merseyside this week? Jennifer Jewell gives us the scoop…. Derby demolition Merseyside was well and truly Red [...]

Throwback Thursday: Swindon Town’s 95/96 title-winning season had Robins rockin’!

April 21, 2016

Neil Evans enjoys the opportunity to write about his own team in this week’s Throwback Thursday, as this year marks the 20th anniversary of Swindon Town’s [...]

Midweek Muse: What will next season’s TV mega deal mean for the Premier League?

April 20, 2016

The World Snooker Championship got underway on Saturday, and the TV boom the cue sport enjoyed in the 1980s got Tom Simmonds thinking about the new megabucks TV deal that the [...]

Ligue 1 – Domestic cups may not be an upset for PSG

April 19, 2016

Last season, PSG pulled off an unprecedented domestic quadruple, which became the focus of their attentions after being knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona in [...]

Ipswich Town kid Andre Dozzell is following in his dad’s footsteps by scoring on his debut at 16 but could it be too much, too soon?

April 18, 2016

Laura Jones looks at the Football and Premier League’s youngest players and whether 16 is too young to start a playing career. There was an element of déjà vu at [...]

Midweek Muse: How Cambridge United just missed out on the first season of the Premier League

April 13, 2016

Inspired by telling Tranmere’s tale in John King’s “deadly submarine” last week, Tom Simmonds looks back at another team from the same era who punched above their [...]

Serie A: Struggling Lazio left counting the cost of failure to strengthen their squad

April 12, 2016

Mina Rzouki investigates where it has gone so horribly wrong for Lazio this season. In August, the Serie A season hadn’t even kicked off, but many critics and footballing [...]