Jason Pettigrove

Exclusive Interview Part 2: Kely Nascimento-DeLuca on sharing her father Pelé’s love for football and helping change the women’s game

February 16, 2018

When Pelé is your father, people are inevitably going to assume certain things about you, and being a woman with a voice and something to say in an ostensibly male-dominated [...]

Exclusive Interview Part 1: Pelé’s daughter Kely Nascimento-DeLuca helping to tackle gender inequality in football.

February 15, 2018

Kely Nascimento-DeLuca is Pelé’s eldest daughter, born in Santos, Brazil, but firmly ensconced as an adopted New Yorker for many years. Her success is very much her own [...]

Why La Liga needs Paco Jemez and Rayo Vallecano

October 20, 2015

In a recent poll in Spain, followers of the national team were asked who they’d most like to see succeed Vicente Del Bosque as manager. Jason Pettigrove makes a case for [...]

La Liga Review: Season of surprises for title contenders Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico

August 24, 2015

Just two weeks ago football experts were tipping Barcelona for another domestic clean sweep and a decent crack at becoming the first team in the modern era to retain the [...]

Foreign experts run the rule over Premier League’s latest imports

August 7, 2015

It’s been another busy summer of ins and outs in the Premier League, and as usual plenty of players have left continental Europe for a crack at the big time in England. [...]

INTERVIEW: Irish international Stephanie Roche discusses women’s football in Ireland, her new club Sunderland and THAT goal

July 10, 2015

By Jason Pettigrove. Republic of Ireland international and Sunderland AFC Ladies’ newest signing Stephanie Roche talks to The Offside Rule about what got her started in [...]

Jason Pettigrove

Exclusive Interview Part 2: Kely Nascimento-DeLuca on sharing her father Pelé’s love for football and helping change the women’s game

Exclusive Interview Part 1: Pelé’s daughter Kely Nascimento-DeLuca helping to tackle gender inequality in football.

Why La Liga needs Paco Jemez and Rayo Vallecano

La Liga Review: Season of surprises for title contenders Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico

Foreign experts run the rule over Premier League’s latest imports

INTERVIEW: Irish international Stephanie Roche discusses women’s football in Ireland, her new club Sunderland and THAT goal

Ronaldo’s dip in form is Real concern

Luis Suarez and Barcelona: The former Liverpool man’s story so far

Barcelona v PSG – Clash of the Titans

Will Atletico Madrid qualify for the knockout stages or will Olympiacos frustrate the Spaniards at Vicente Calderon?