Paper bag protests, stripping the new manager naked and chickens on the pitch.. it's just another week on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) with Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen. There are shock winners for Liverpool to draw inspiration from and footballers meet reality TV - guess where we're sending Joey Barton? Kate Partridge muses over other opportunities for Bayern Munich to take over Germany in her Bundesliga report and Sean Thorne collects your best goalkeeper goals in Twitter Top...
Apr 03, 2014•31 min
A striking affair this week and who better to join us on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) than Carrie Brown? On the agenda - best strikers in football, identical wonder goals and defending.. not on the pitch, off it. Tennis balls, angry WAGS and telling fibs on TV. What more could your footballing week need? Well, Mina Rzouki tells all from Serie A and Sean Thorne delights us once again with Twitter Topic of the Week. Check out the bucket loads of content at www.offsiderulepodcast.com and via Twitt...
Mar 27, 2014•36 min
A football league special. Sometimes there just aren't enough awards, so (oh go on then) Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back with another episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) to dish out some more. Whether you're a football league aficionado or you can tell your Rotherham from your Rochdale there are some tales this week to reignite even the most Premier League-weary of football fans. Sean Thorne brings you football bloopers in Twitter Topic of the Week and Laure James bri...
Mar 20, 2014•32 min
A three horse race. Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back for another episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). One for the record books - what in football has made history this season? After Manchester City's shock FA Cup exit the FA Cup predictor makes an appearance and what else could we discuss during Cheltenham week than horses? The best football and horse mash ups we can muster. Rhiannon Jones is back with all things La Liga and Sean Thorne returns with Twitter Topic of th...
Mar 13, 2014•31 min
Need a hand? You'd better ask Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen - find out why in this new episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). Cup final wonder goals are up for grabs and with a relegation battle in the Premier League that's anyone's guess, we.. err.. have a good guess. Talking of helping hands football donations are also on the agenda. Why else could you include Mrs Beckham, the Scotland national team and Cyril the Swan all in the same sentence? Kate Partridge is back with Bun...
Mar 06, 2014•34 min
A Russian import this week, and a West Brom-supporting Bundesliga expert - Kate Partridge joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay for another weekly episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). As England prepares for another World Cup Kate gets tapped up for German intelligence - find out which Bundesliga players you should be looking out for. Then fast forward to the European Championships and pick up some little known facts ahead of France 2016. Oh and before it all gets too much spare a thought for...
Feb 27, 2014•33 min
Guest presenter Casey Stoney joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to discuss the reaction she's had since publicly announcing she is gay. And find out why the England captain has made a return to Arsenal Ladies ahead of the new Women's Super League season. Plenty of great anecdotes from Casey too, including a few beauties on footballer's past jobs.. from humble beginnings superstars are born. Fulham's chop happy chairman Shahid Kahn has inspired a look at other clubs who have been keen to try the...
Feb 20, 2014•32 min
What do you get when you leave Roy's England selection for Brazil to Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen? Some fresh faces that's what. Who needs Steven Gerrard anyway? With David Moyes admitting it's as bad as it gets for his team, horror stories are compared. Whether it will make the Manchester United manager feel any better though is quite another thing. And footballers on twitter - the best and the worst tweets, selfies and clangers. Your #PressConferenceBingo contributions in our ...
Feb 13, 2014•32 min
We hope you've got a good imagination for this one, we've got celebrity parents and their football offspring to discuss - Diana Ross gets a couple of mentions! Fresh from the chaos of Transfer Deadline Day and the general chaos at Leeds United at present Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Sarah-Jane Mee are back with 30 minutes of football chat. This week - the top three January transfers from across the leagues, a look at some of the most notable u-turns in football and we're mashing up some wel...
Feb 06, 2014•36 min
With transfers the hot topic and fresh from a weekend of FA Cup action Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back with 30 minutes of football clucker.* This week - football heroes leaving their club under a ray of sunshine, a scratch around the FA Cup archives and the best and worst of the FA Cup fourth round bench warmers - who impressed and who should stay on the fringes? Sean Thorne talks manager/player rants in Twitter Topic of the Week and Real Madrid's Rhiannon Jones updates yo...
Jan 30, 2014•34 min
Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay are back with contradictions in football. Yes they are. No they aren't. The best of the Championship's topsy turvy results and notable recent 100's in football - what gets your vote? Laure James rounds up the best of Ligue 1 and Sean Thorne talks undeserving earners. You can find us at www.offsiderulepodcast.com on Twitter @OffsideRulePod and on Facebook 'The Offside Rule'. Out every Thursday. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #Women #Championship #Le...
Jan 23, 2014•32 min
Fresh from slippery baked beans and the SoccerAM dance off Lisa O'Grady joins Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen to talk relegation picks, transfers that happen for bizarre reasons and moments when you just want the ground to swallow you up. Lisa remembers impersonating a stadium tannoy and Hayley going footloose on match day. The humiliation continues with spot kick disasters in Twitter Topic of the Week with Sean Thorne and Mina Rzouki returns with her Serie A round up. There's lots from us at www...
Jan 16, 2014•38 min
The Offside Rule is back with a bang for 2014 - Hayley, Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay pop football folk into last year's Hall of Fame and go retro (show their age) by playing swap shop with Premier League players - who should go where? With most of you rested after an end of year break who has no lights out in the game and just can't switch off? It could be enough to send you (and them) barmy. Sean Thorne wonders if it's ever good to go back in football in our Twitter Topic of the Week and Kate ...
Jan 09, 2014•32 min
Happy Christmas! As a festive treat we thought you'd enjoy 2 minutes of outtakes from this year's The Offside Rule recordings. Featuring Hayley McQueen, Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Samantha Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 23, 2013•4 min
Goodness. Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are cancelling Christmas. Not every club mind, so who deserves to forget the turkey and put in some extra reps instead? With an unlimited budget the duo are also playing Santa's little helper and offering up Christmas presents with an unlimited budget. I wonder if Billy and Betty Brewer have any idea what's in store for them? And here's an easy one, over indulgence in football.. try squeezing all that into 30 mins. Sean Thorne talks selfies in Twitter Topi...
Dec 19, 2013•31 min
This might be the last episode ever.. if Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay don't stop arguing about Mick McCarthy. Luckily Hayley McQueen is on hand to act as referee. Also this week the good, the bad and the ugly of managerial departures, background staff get a spot of recognition and honesty is the best policy. Or is it? Kate Partridge brings you the best of Bundesliga and Sean Thorne rounds up your votes for the nice people in the game. You can find us at www.offsiderulepodcast.com follow us on T...
Dec 13, 2013•32 min
New Manchester City Ladies signing and England international Jill Scott joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay this week. Plenty of questions for Jill on her recent big move as well as a couple of topics to chew over. Newcastle have started winning, so what other teams has turned it around this season? From the Championship to Serie A. And after a hilarious story involving Joe Kinnear - we look at other get your coat moments.. from a popstar missing a spot kick to one player revealing a little too ...
Dec 13, 2013•29 min
Natalie Sawyer makes a welcome return to the Offside Rule this week alongside Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen. After AVB said his players should be ashamed what other shameful games spring to mind? We hand out managerial awards from the Championship down and talk away day tales - car mix ups, (non)local derbies and a ladies loo shocker. Finally, Mina Rzouki reports in on Serie A and Sean Thorne brings you the best of Twitter Topic of the Week. You can find us via offsiderulepodcast.com on Twitter...
Nov 28, 2013•32 min
It's time to gear up for the carnival with Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay - but of those teams qualified for Brazil 2014 so far who would they take as their best XI? Only one player features in all three teams. There's match abandonment due to drunkenness, lighting and very suspicious circumstances and when fans become too fanatical, how you can take the beautiful game just that one step too far. There's an interview with world record breaking football freestyler Matt Wolstenholme...
Nov 21, 2013•44 min
The man with the big hands. Mario Balotelli and The Big Dawg. It's time for another neatly packaged pod from Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen. After Tim Krul's heroics which other goalkeepers have put in a performance to remember? Halloween may have come and gone but which players have haunted their former clubs? And footballer lessons - heard the one about the electrical engineer Premier League player? Updates from Sean Thorne with Twitter Topic of the week and Laure James from Lig...
Nov 14, 2013•35 min
As part of the one-year anniversary celebrations Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay popped into see TalkSPORT's Hawksbee & Jacobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 08, 2013•12 min
We're not hungover after our first birthday, honest. Kait Borsay, Hayley McQueen and Alison Bender are talking top eight - ten games into the new Premier League season. How will the table turn by the end of 2013? There's fan loyalty to extremes and then a walk on the wild side - when animals mix with football. Parrot interrogation, a dog with a great head for goal and a cat called Wimbledon. Enough to hold you captive surely. Mina Rzouki brings you the best from Serie A and Sean Thorne returns w...
Nov 07, 2013•36 min
Our one year anniversary might fall In Halloween week but there's no trick here, just treats all round with this week's special birthday episode from Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen. A look at other first year successes (yes I know, we're modest too!) and then it goes a bit macabre. Football gets scary with hauntings, ghost goals and bewitching form. And who in football would you take trick or treating with you? There are votes for Patrice Evra, Gianluca Vialli and Cristiano Ronald...
Oct 31, 2013•36 min
Shh! For your ears only.. Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay reveal football's darkest secrets (ok, that might be over-egging it). Did you know though that Sol Campbell went to drama school? Then worst refereeing decisions and subs that really should be seeing more action. Who should leave the subs bench and make a move for first team football? And who would have them? Faye Carruthers gives you a rundown of the Q&A with England's most capped player Rachel Yankey and Kate Partridge...
Oct 24, 2013•36 min
Not for the faint-hearted. There are dares, draws and daft appointments this week as Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay do the honours. Nakedness* and playground tactics - who would you dare in the football world? Our experts pick an FA Cup and World Cup qualifying minnow and the most ridiculous appointments in football. You can't hire your odd-job man as a chief scout can you? Faye Carruthers rounds up the best of your tweets and there's a soupçon of Ligue 1 action from Laure James. ...
Oct 17, 2013•34 min
Another hopscotch through the world of football. Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay select top Premier League player picks from the over 25's - who might get club player of the season? We're not ones for mush (ok, maybe just a bit) but we can't help ourselves this week with many tales of footballing kindness. Altogether now... Finally after her Majesty opened Bucks Palace up to a football game what other match locations would make your wish list? FIFA get a taste of their own medicine...
Oct 10, 2013•36 min
An exclusive chat with England captain and Lincoln Ladies centre-half Casey Stoney talking to Kait Borsay. Pitchside after the Continental Cup final Casey sums up the game, and the rebranding of the Lady Imps to Notts County Ladies as the team enter a new phase. The mood in the England women's camp is also revealed, along with the player's plans for the off-season. #Football #Soccer #Ladies #Women #ContinentalCup #FAWSL #England #Arsenal #Lincoln #LadyImps #Gunners #CaseyStoney #KaitBorsay Learn...
Oct 07, 2013•6 min
Here's one to think about. Your favourite football story this season as a well-known film: 'Stand by Me' for David Moyes perhaps? Or how about 'Good Will Hunting' for Chelsea's steal of the player Spurs thought they'd snaffled? Not only do Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen bring you more of those, there's hope for all football fans in Manchester with talk of a tortoise and a hare. Don't worry you'll get it. Also on the agemda (yes I really did) are sparkles and precious metals. This ...
Oct 03, 2013•31 min
Plenty of roadside assistance this week as Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay take you on the road trip of a lifetime.* Which footballing guests make the final backseat selection? There's our favourite Paulo Di Canio moments and does one man maketh a team? Well yes, sometimes he does. Examples from throughout the leagues. Faye Carruthers returns with some fashion disasters in Twitter Topic of the Week and the brilliant Kate Partridge rounds up all things Bundesliga. You can find us on...
Sep 26, 2013•33 min
This week Sam Johnson joins Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen for more footballing fun. Gareth Bale may be sizzling in Spain by scoring on his debut, but which other players in recent history have come with their own no money-back guarantee? We take a look (and wince) at some of the most bizarre injuries our footballing favourites have faced- some injuries suffered from match action...and some from more off-the-pitch antics! Laure James has the round-up of all the latest from Ligue 1, and Faye Ca...
Sep 19, 2013•33 min
