Hayley McQueen rejoins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper to present episode 34 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Aston Villa have parted ways with Remi Garde, with many conceding he wasn't a good fit for the club. But have there been any managers who've defied expectations and brought success to their club? We give We all know how money-oriented football is, which is why it's so refreshing for many to see Leicester City at the top of the Premier League. But is th...
Apr 07, 2016•28 min
It's double trouble on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) as Kate Partridge joins Lynsey Hooper to present the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. All eyes were on England this week, so naturally they've inspired some of our topics. Breakthrough stars like Dele Alli took centre stage in Saturday's match, but they've dominated the news so we turn our attention to rising stars elsewhere. England beat bitter rivals Germany, arguably memorable for a friendly! We look at some of th...
Mar 31, 2016•33 min
Ahead of the new FAWSL season, Chelsea Ladies stalwart Eni Aluko joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. The pocket rockets ruled in the Premier League this week as Jermain Defoe, Riyad Mahrez and Leon Britton netted; they may be small in stature but shouldn't be underestimated! We look at some other players who's height doesn't reflect their footballing ability... Roy Hodgson's England's selection has been criticised this week, ...
Mar 24, 2016•37 min
In this sneak peak of tomorrow's podcast, Chelsea & England striker Eni Aluko tells Kait & Lynsey how times have changed since she started playing football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 23, 2016•3 min
The original trio are back on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), as Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen present episode 31 of the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. It looks like Roberto Martinez's time at Everton is coming to an end, while Steve McClaren is out of a job. It's time to look at the summer's potential movers and shakers; which Serie A manager could spark a Premier League reshuffle? It was handbags at dawn as Costa and Barry clashed in this weekend's F...
Mar 17, 2016•28 min
Mina Rzouki rejoins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for episode 30 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Rotherham manager Neil Warnock has signed Paddy Kenny for an amazing fifth time - but he's not the only manager to have favourites. We look at other managers who just can't live without certain players - including serial offender Harry Redknapp! As the season continues, a few clubs are finding themselves deeper in trouble; Newcastle United are in crisis with six...
Mar 10, 2016•30 min
Hayley McQueen makes a welcome return to The Offside Rule (We Get It!), rejoining Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for episode 29 of the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford announced his Premier League debut in style this weekend, scoring twice and setting up a third in their huge win over Arsenal. He's inspired us to look at other youngsters poised to make their Premier League break - we give you our tips for the next big stars......
Mar 03, 2016•43 min
It's double trouble this week on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), as Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper present episode 28 of the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. As Arsenal faced Barcelona this week, many have said the Catalan's current squad is arguably their strongest ever, with an unstoppable front three of Messi, Neymar and Suarez. But is there anyone from past squads that would make it into this current one? We bring back some of Barcelona's greats - and there were plen...
Feb 25, 2016•28 min
Kate Partridge pops in for a good old football chat with Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for episode 27 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. In light of Valentines Day (wasn't that a great day of football?), we look at some of the best love-ins in football - and some let downs too! This weekend was one of the biggest in the title chase and fight for the top four, so we revisit our crystal balls and give our current top four predictions. Serial rent-a-gob Vincent T...
Feb 18, 2016•31 min
Podcast regular Mina Rzouki joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for the latest episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Leicester City are finally the bookie's favourites to win the Premier League, after a convincing win over all-star Manchester City. We pay homage to the surprise Premier League leaders by giving you some of our best Leicester City facts; where would they be without Jamie Vardy's goal? Much has been made of the Leicester City fan who bet £5 ...
Feb 11, 2016•30 min
Ali Bender guest stars alongside Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for the latest episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), As the transfer window drew to a close on Monday, we give it one last review and look at phantom transfers - the ones that were tipped to happen but didn't make it over the line. Did any side have a lucky escape rather than losing out? The FA Cup 5th round draw was made on Sunday, but we're not very happy with it and decide to do a bit of tinkering. We give some sides a second ...
Feb 04, 2016•30 min
Mina Rzouki joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for this brand spanking new episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Arsene Wenger is celebrating 20 years managing Arsenal in the Premier League.. he'll outlive Gunnersaurus at this rate.. So in homage to the Premier League's favourite Frenchman, we look at some of the longest-serving managers around Europe. Throughout the January transfer window we've given you our transfer tips and picked out some of the bes...
Jan 28, 2016•31 min
Hayley McQueen, Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper join forces to bring you episode 23 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Two rounds of Premier League games in quick succession have brought about some curious managerial comments - and we dissect some of the most interesting Which top manager has suddenly become more frank and even backtracked on previous comments? Fan chants are an integral part of football, with both the repetitive and the inventive. We give you s...
Jan 21, 2016•32 min
Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by BeIN Sports' Carrie Brown on this week's episode of The Offside Rule We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. The Champions League returns soon and the competition is heating up ahead of the knock-out rounds. We get out our crystal balls and pick our competition winners - and those we don't think stand a chance! Injury woes are plaguing teams across the Premier League; so much so that we can make a top XI out of them - so that's exactly what w...
Jan 14, 2016•33 min
Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen are back with a bang for the first edition of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) of 2016, brought to you by Continental Tyres. In the spirit of the New Year we dish out some resolutions to footballing personalities; who needs to stop punching above his weight, and who should stop taking hairstyling tips from his daughter?! We couldn't do our first January 2016 podcast without talking about the January transfer window, so we look at some of the hottest tra...
Jan 07, 2016•33 min
Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen are reunited for the final The Offside Rule (We Get It!) episode in 2015, brought to you by Continental Tyres. Naturally, we're in the festive spirit with Christmas just around the corner; we play Santa and give out some presents to footballing stars who've been good this year - but who's made it on to our naughty list? With the fixtures coming thick and fast over the festive period, we give you our predictions on the movers and shakers in the Premie...
Dec 23, 2015•29 min
It's double trouble once again on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) as Hayley McQueen rejoins Lynsey Hooper to present episode 19 of the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. We all know footballers aren't exactly short on money, but that doesn't stop them looking for other ways to amass a fortune. So who's recently had a bit of a windfall? The sporting world is geared up for Sports Personality of the Year this week; but what if it was a football-only nominations? We give you o...
Dec 17, 2015•30 min
Football presenter Ali Bender joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper as a guest presenter on this week's The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Chelsea's woes continue as they lost 1-0 to Bournemouth at the weekend; we finally look at what's gone wrong for Ali's Blues this season - is it Mourinho's meltdowns? Underperforming players? The wind?! As Christmas creeps closer we're feeling festive, so we bring you The Offside Rule Advent Calendar, with treats, players and st...
Dec 10, 2015•32 min
Lynsey Hooper rejoins Kait Borsay and Mina Rzouki for this week's The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Rio Ferdinand has launched a stinging attack on the quality of English football, as England's 4th place in the Champions League could be lost - but are we really that bad? There have been some standout teams this season, so we give them an end-of-term report card in time for the Christmas break. Diego Costa seems to have had a strop after being an unused sub at th...
Dec 03, 2015•26 min
Kait Borsay, Hayley McQueen and Mina Rzouki are back to present the award-winning Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Hot off the heels of our Best Football Podcast award at the Football Blogging Awards, we're bringing you the fun football content you know and love. While Kait was in Manchester picking up our award, some of The Offside Rule team were at an Opta quiz, which came with some challenging questions and interesting trivia - certainly one for the stats aficio...
Nov 26, 2015•32 min
Mina Rzouki is back to join Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. We're playing Mystic Meg (again!) and telling the four-tunes of the top 4 sides - now that we've seen Chelsea struggle, who could swoop in and steal their place? Here at The Offside Rule, we love a story about a footballer running another business, and we've recently discovered Mathieu Flamini is a secret entrepreneur - his business, GF Biochemicals, could be worth a w...
Nov 19, 2015•32 min
Hayley McQueen, Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are back for a good old football natter on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. It's still early days in the season but with Chelsea floundering and the likes of Leicester City flying in the league, we could be looking at some new sides representing England in Europe next season. We look back at some of the most unlikely European successes in recent years, including a team who've changed their name 17 times! In light of...
Nov 12, 2015•31 min
Lynsey Hooper rejoins Kait Borsay to bring you a special episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) recorded straight after the Continental Tyres Cup final, where Arsenal Ladies ran out victorious. We dissect the game and grab Player of the Match Jordan Nobbs for a post-match chat, where she tells us about her topsy-turvy season and trophy joy. We also interview Arsenal teammate Leah Williamson and Notts County Ladies' goalkeeper Carly Telford to get their thoughts on the game. It's been a great c...
Nov 05, 2015•30 min
It's double trouble this week on The Offside Rule (We Get It!), as Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay team up for episode 12 of the podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. October has been a month of managerial dismissals, with eight leaving their jobs in the top four English leagues, including the high profile Premier League departures of Tim Sherwood, Dick Advocaat and Brendan Rodgers. A number of other managers are teetering on the edge, so we look at who might depart in the month of Novemb...
Oct 29, 2015•30 min
Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined once again by podcast regular Mina Rzouki for episode 11 of The Offside Rule Podcast (We Get It!) 2015-16, brought to you by Continental Tyres. Cristiano Ronaldo finally surpassed Raul's goal tally to become Real Madrid's all-time top scorer; it was a hard record to beat, so we look at football record holders around the world that won't be beaten any time soon. It was a sombre affair at Everton this week, as legendary manager Howard Kendall sadly passed a...
Oct 22, 2015•28 min
Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined once again by podcast regular Mina Rzouki for episode 10 of The Offside Rule Podcast (We Get It!) 2015-16, brought to you by Continental Tyres. 10 is the magic number for more than one reason, as England won all 10 of their Euro 2016 qualifiers. Now, the qualifiers are done and dusted, so we're going to talk home nations, play-offs, the tournament favourite and our dark horse. Northern Ireland captain fittingly Steven Davis scored a brace against Greece t...
Oct 15, 2015•33 min
Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are reunited with Hayley McQueen for podcast 9 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Everyone's gossiping about Chelsea's poorest start to a season in 37 years, with Jose Mourinho adamant he's still The Special One. Chelsea have publicly backed their manager, which got us thinking about other big name managers who've struggled, but turned things around with the backing of the club owners. It's not all doom and gloom for Chelsea fans,...
Oct 08, 2015•32 min
Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and regular star guest Mina Rzouki look at the week in football on The Offside Rule (We Get It!). Some of last season's top scorers, including Alexis Sanchez and Harry Kane, finally got their name on the scoresheet over a month into the new season. But are there any other big hitters across Europe who are yet to score? Sir Alex Ferguson has finally released his aptly titled book 'Leading', and got us thinking about other great leaders in football; who can hold a candle...
Oct 01, 2015•34 min
We're celebrating everything non-league on this week's The Offside Rule (We Get It!) as Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay bring you podcast 7 live from Dulwich Hamlet FC as they took on Hampton & Richmond Borough. London's 'hippest' football club didn't disappoint as they played out a feisty 3-3 draw. In the spirit of the upcoming non-league day on 10 October, we look at players who started at the top level before giving something back to grassroots football at the end of their c...
Sep 24, 2015•29 min
Hayley McQueen rejoins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for episode 6 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). 19-year-old Anthony Martial has been in the headlines all week after scoring on his Manchester United debut against big rivals Liverpool. It's inspired us to think about other standout debuts. Is 4-4-2 officially dead? We discuss the much-maligned formation and look at teams who've had great success with the classic line-up. Barely a day goes by when we don't hear about footballers' astronomical ...
Sep 17, 2015•30 min
