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This week we're zipping up our superhero suits and assembling our Avengers to that will come and rescue the Premier League. We're also picking which footballing villains we need to take down and thinking about which players and clubs could do with a superhero rebrand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we get a bit over excited about the sunshine, think about the players who might be wishing for some time away as the clocks go forward and ask who might have some regrets from the latest World Cup qualifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you know your XG from your P90? Well this week, inspired by AC-12, we're talking football abbreviations. We're also putting ourselves in Southgate's shoes and picking who we think will stick around in the England squad and make it all the way to Qatar. Plus we fill out the footballer census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're looking at the teams looking to make a move up and maybe down the table in the last few months of the Premier League season. We're discussing some big international homecomings and picking what we would take with us when we have to pack up the boxes after facing a managerial sacking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're raiding the cupboards for a special all about everyone's favourite sweet snack. Yes, it's all about chocolate this week. We're opening a bag of Revels and deciding which teams in the Champions are coffee, orange and toffee, and looking at some football marathons. Plus our very own confectionary XI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we get in on all the talk about hosting to stage a few things of our own. We pick our perfect dinner party with all the people trending in football and we draw up our dream tournament. Plus a homeschooling politics lesson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's history week, so we're focusing on the history makers, past, present and future. We look ahead to who might be etching their names into the history books this season and take a trip down memory lane. Plus a home schooling history test and some reflections on dementia and football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we take a trip around the footballing darts board and give our take on the familiar sporting phrases: single; double; and treble. It's all about debuts, first goals, inaugural awards, cup wins and hat tricks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In honour of the constant drama on and off the pitch this season, we take a trip to Hollywood to decide which moments from the season deserve an Academy Award and what stories from the footballing world need to be told on the big screen. Plus, love is in the air as we pick our favourite footballing couples, no not Posh and Becks, but duos on the pitch that deserve some love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for a look at the managerial kingdom. Who are the lions, tigers and bears of the football world? As the transfer window closes, we examine which clubs were the hares and tortoises. Plus, a very important homeschool lesson on football biology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With all this movement in football, in and out of the manager's office, up and down the table.. it seems like it’s time for a bit of musical chairs as we’ve also got the transfer window open so we’ll be looking at some of the biggest movers this January. We’ll be bringing you a music lesson later on - don’t worry there won’t be singing again! And we’ll be playing a game of audio musical chairs which no one is really all that sure about so that in itself is a reason to listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're going all yee-ha and getting in on the inauguration celebrations with an American theme to the show! It all links in so find out why we want to be more Stanley Matthews, why Paul Scholes is a hider and who was the best player to play in America Wayne Rooney or Juan Pablo Angel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week find out who said the balls were too light as an excuse for their team losing, which footballers have scored in every minute of a game, and who has made their way into the second chance saloon with success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we look at the latest footballers to have chalked up their first Premier League minutes, we find Lionel Messi a new club, and we start our Homeschool Football series - how good is your football geography? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For one last time in 2020 it's Hayley McQueen, Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper here to guide us all through a look back on the year that was, the moments that stood out and that got us through lockdown. We're here then to make some predictions to what 2021 could be and hope for some Euro glory! And then, of course, the only way to cap off 2020 is of course with a quiz, so pens and papers at the ready!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Kait, Hayley, and Lynsey this week for some Christmas themed fun (don't worry it's not all Christmas for any scrooges out there!) As this week we discuss who's got it toughest over the punishing winter schedule. We talk about Manchester United v Leeds - and find out Hayley's birth story! And we have trawled our way through the club websites to see the best and worst club gifts out there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week: which managers are looking over their shoulders worried about their jobs. Who would you deem worthy of being on a banknote. And how have Borussia Dortmund and Spongebob teamed up? Plus rainbow laces, naughty Auba, and struggling Southend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we're talking about who's better older or younger managers? We're discussing teams that have had some seriously good bouncebacks in their seasons. And we're talking about some awkward cases of mistaken identity. It's just another Offside Rule! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper, and Hayley McQueen are here to help you with the transition from lockdown to stadium as parts of the UK are allowed to head back to football! This week: Topic 1 - Fifa may have released their “The Best” awards nominations this week, so we're talking about the players who have excelled in lockdown and the best matches too. Topic 2 - Should you go back to your ex? - As Steve Mclaren returns to Derby, we look at other players and coaches who have returned to their former clubs Topic 3 - Baby, it's cold outside - tips for getting back to football and keeping warm AOB - Bad Barca, freaky footwear, and stolen faces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper, and Hayley McQueen for another ride around the football world. This week where's their happy place? Who have the best celebrations? And who's got the most lucrative side hustle? All will be revealed! RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Celebrate! - After Scotland made it through to the Euros, we're talking about the best celebrations in football (02.20) Topic 2 - Side hustles - As Marcus Rashford launches his book club, who are the other footballers with side projects? (13.20) Topic 3 - Happy Place - I'm A Celeb is back and it's all about Jordan North and his "happy place" of Turf Moor. So where are the team's happy places? (25.20) AOB - a manager special! (35.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It can be hard to know what to do in an international break, fortunately Lynsey Hooper dreams about the Offside Rule and specifically an Antiques Roadshow collaboration show, and so that's what we're doing! TOPIC 1 - Future Antiques - if there was an Antiques Roadshow in 100 years time, who/what would be worth the most? (05.30) TOPIC 2 - Rare Finds - if you were going up to the table of experts, what would be your artefact, your one off event in football that you would bring that’s so rare it’s not happened again (15.25) TOPIC 3 - Play your transfers right - we’re going to have a game of Play your Cards Right but the cards are football transfers (23.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - The best strike partnerships around (08m 40s) Topic 2 - The Golden Boys (16m 00s) Topic 3 - Football frights and nightmares (25m 30s) AOB (39m 00s) EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - A new European Super League (06m 30s) Topic 2 - Inspiration for Virgil Van Dyke and more comeback tales (29m 00s) Topic 3 - Never mind the Premier League PPV - other ways to spend £14.95 (33m 00s) AOB (40m 00s) EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Partey Time: the Premier League (and Gareth Bale) is back! Topic 2 - Forest Green Rovers' new artistic director Topic 3 - Arsene around AOB EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the transfer window slammed shut earlier this week, we look at the panic buys and the left arounds at clubs. We also go full Patrice Evra and discuss the times when we've been feeling like we'd want to be anywhere but football, and there's some mascot madness too! RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Countdown - what were the panic deals and the stuck behinds of the transfer window? Topic 2 - I'm a footballer, get me out of here! - we empathise with Patrice Evra Topic 3 - Mascot mayhem - after Gunnersaurus' rollercoaster week, we put our mascot knowledge to the test Any Other Business - the shorter stories from the week EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week with the transfer deadline day approaching we look at what deals still could be done before the window slams shut. We're also thinking about how the football rules could be changed after the handball law came under scrutiny, and we're talking football forfeits. Plus Hayley brings us insight to Jim White's tie collection, and Lynsey introduces Kait to the wonderful world of FIFA. RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - The Final Countdown - what are the deals that you expect or hope to still happen? Topic 2 - Flip the Rules - how would you change the game? Topic 3 - Football Forfeits - what are the worst football forfeits you've heard? Any Other Business - the shorter stories from the week EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With all the doom and gloom surrounding football and life this week's show is all about bring a bit of joy and remembering the brighter side of life. And there's a lot of cake mentions too! RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Star Baker - we talk about the football players or teams that make you feel better, that bring a smile to your face, or simply make you stand up and applaud their brilliance Topic 2 - Sous chefs - we celebrate the backroom staff that make football magic! Topic 3 - The Great British Bake-ayoko Off - never ones to miss an opportunity for food and football, we at the Offside Rule are here to bring you some football inspired bakes AOB - a theme!! EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show we discuss who's done the best business in the transfer window so far, who are solid parenting role models in the football sphere, and which are the worst football anthems and songs out there RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Transfer patter - The transfer window is still wide open with deals being done left right and centre, we discuss the best deals so far Topic 2 - Football meets baby - bringing you stories of footballer parents Topic 3 - Song for football - we discuss the songs that you don’t quite get in football or that are just a bit pants EXTRAS We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we ask who's going to be the big achievers and underachievers, we give our take on All or Nothing, plus we put pen to paper and write a love letter to our football clubs RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Achievement Unlocked - we're asking who are going to be the overachievers, the underachievers, and just plain old achievers. TOPIC 2 - Cameo - the team give their take on Lynsey Hooper's cameo in All or Nothing TOPIC 3 - Love Letters - we’re all passionate about our clubs and we want them to do well and sometimes the best way to really say how you feel is through the age old medium of writing a letter We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's not just about the awards though, as we say goodbye to some familiar football faces and places, and we compete once again for the title of Who's In The Bag? champion. RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - And the winner is... - time to hand out some unusual awards for the season TOPIC 2 - So long, farewell - wave goodbye to some footballing stalwarts TOPIC 3 - Who's in the Bag? The Rematch - a quick description game for glory We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming up: Kait tells a bedtime story, Lynsey the Wolves fan offers sage advice to West Brom, and Hayley brings Chrissy Teigen to football. RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Registration - the team present the Premier League newbies with their very own Welcome to the Premier League pack TOPIC 2 - You're Late - After Steve McManaman was 10 minutes late for a commentary, the team clean out the skeletons from their closets telling their stories of being late TOPIC 3 - Staff Room - If you were setting up an all female management to run a club, who would you choose and why? We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus a fitting tribute to Jack Charlton, thoughts on Clive Tyldesley's video, and some FA Cup predictions. RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Flying the (Canaries) nest - Could any Canaries, Cherries, or Villains still find themselves kicking a Premier League Football next season? TOPIC 2 - Birds' Eye View - As the wait for All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur goes on, what teams from seasons gone by would you have loved to have been a fly-on-the-wall for? TOPIC 3 - Angry Birds - If a Premier League team were a board game, what would they be? We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus the team talk Euro Finals memories, managers who are way cooler than you, and the best football shirt to be released yet. RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - The Run In - The team make predictions about how the Premier League will look in four gameweek's time TOPIC 2 - Final Moments - This Sunday should have seen the final of Euro 2020 held at Wembley, so instead the team reflect on their Euro memories TOPIC 3 - Manager Swagger - Quite simply, can anyone match Gareth Ainsworth for coolest manager in town? We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Restart Recollections - The team point out what they've noticed about football since its return TOPIC 2 - Deal or No Deal - Alan Pardew's eight year deal ran out this week so what are some of the other bad deals in football? TOPIC 3 - Who's In The Bag? - After Kieran Tierney turned up with a Tesco Bag, the team test their knowledge of players and describing skills with a little game of Who's In The Bag? We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was ten years ago that Frank Lampard scored that goal for England that never was. We won't dwell on that though as instead we reflect on that England side and where they are now. We also pick out our best individual performances of the Premier League so far, and our favourite manager quotes from 2019/20 too. RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - It's a Knockout - Which individuals have stood out from the crowd, made a name for themselves and proven to be a hard worker in lockdown. (05.50) Topic 2 - The Generation Game - It's 10 years since England were knocked out by Germany in South Africa, but what have that side achieved since then? (15.40) Topic 3 - Catchphrase - Following Mourinho's 4 minute monologue, what have been some of the other top quotes from managers this season? (26.20) AOB - Leeds, Women's World Cup, and Pedro (33.20) We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Plus get your Athletic offer here (https://www.theathletic.com/offside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week it's all about crowd noise, Marcus Rashford, and an insight into our local footballing insights RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Restart Reax - what did the team make of the way the restart got underway Topic 2 - Radical Rashford - This has been Marcus Rashford’s week. He’s forced the government to make sure that those who receive free school meals can continue to do so throughout summer. But what other footballers have made a real difference and change over time? Topic 3 - Local Love-in - It’s not all about the Premier League, because what makes football so fantastic are the local, grassroots teams who have been equally affected by the pandemic outbreak and the curtailment of seasons further down the pyramid. And so we thought we’d celebrate them by shedding light on some stories local to us AOB - Europe, a four time life-saver, and Timo time We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The team discuss best assistant managers, getting the lowdown on the latest transfer rumours, and giving Hayley some advice for when she gets back to Sky Sports News. RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Transfer talk - Whilst this season might not be finished yet, clubs are already getting their ducks in a row for next season, but who could be on the move? TOPIC 2 - Best Number Twos - After Pep named his new assistant manager, we delve into the history books to find some other tip top number twos TOPIC 3 - Into the Groove - Sunday marks Hayley’s return back on our screens, and Kait and Lynsey have decided to put together a handy guide of what to do, and what not to do because baby brain is a real thing AOB - Shaq at the Cobblers, MLS at DisneyWorld, and Joey Barton's doc We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! And VOTE VOTE VOTE (https://footballcontentawards.com/2020-voting/) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hayley, Kait and Lynsey discuss the teams that are most set for the Premier League's restart, and the teams that will be looking a bit more sheepishly at their first matches. Plus they blow the dust off the history books to ask why Wednesday, and Hotspur, and Orient among other questions Topic 1 - Project Restart - It is less than two weeks out from D-Day. Wednesday 17 June, but which sides are in the best shape heading into the final 9 game weeks of the season? And which ones could do with a boost from somewhere? Topic 2 - Why Wednesday - Sheffield Wednesday celebrated their 200th anniversary, well the cricket club that eventually formed the football club we recognise today did. But have you ever stopped to wonder why they’re Wednesday and not, say, Sunday? Topic 3 - It's all gravy - After Owen Coyle revealed he mistook gravy for coffee the team reveal some of their sillier moments too AOB - drive in football, female refs, and extended contracts We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! And VOTE VOTE VOTE (https://footballcontentawards.com/2020-voting/) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Hayley, Lynsey and Kait and they stitch together the best Premier League footballer, or possibly the worst, they discuss the best players to have never won the Champions League, and try to workout the best course of action for the WSL with journalist Rich Laverty. Topic 1 - WSL wind down - As expected the WSL called time on the league this week, as well as the Women’s Championship. But who are the Champions? Will there be relegation? And what happens next? Topic 2 - Champions-less League - whilst we await to see who might be Championes this season, we’re asking who are some outstanding players or teams who have never lifted the trophy aloft? Topic 3 - Frankenstein's footballer - After Bayern Munich targeted Dortmund keeper Burki because, as Thomas Muller put it, he has “short arms” we're turning that on its head and asking who would be the ultimate footballer? AOB - Livingston's poll, Cincinnati's coverup, and fans in stadiums - virtually We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It might sound like an NSFW show but we promise it's not! This week we're talking relegation battles, poor interviewees, and to celebrate the hot weather, we're making a sunshine XI with some questionable inclusions! Topics Topic 1 - Summer of (6)9 - As Celtic celebrate their nine in a row, Hearts get relegated but it turns out the Premiership relegation hinged on one results, so when have there been similarly tight battles? Topic 2 - Sunny Disposition - After Erling Haaland's one worded answers, we get the inside scoop on some other bad interviewees Topic 3 - Sunshine XI - With the weather out we make a sun filled football team AOB - sex dolls, sticky balls, and saunas We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Hayley, Lynsey, and Kait as they discuss the biggest gaps between title wins on the weekend that surely would have seen Liverpool lifting their first Premier League title. Plus they're choosing their Bundesliga teams ahead of the German league's restart, and coming up with some ingenious ways to bring football home. TOPIC 1 - Mind the Gap - Liverpool have been waiting thirty years to regain the top flight title, what other clubs have had achingly long waits too? TOPIC 2 - Bundesliga Bandwagon - The team choose their team to support as the Bundesliga gets back underway this weekend TOPIC 3 - Football's Coming Home - it's not football without...? What can you do to make the new normal football experience feel a little more like the old normal? AOB - Belarus, 1999, and Wolves We've got a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! And get in touch with us here (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With it being VE Day we fly the Union Jack high in pod land to celebrate footballers who fought on the front lines, our memorable victories in Europe, and mix up the sport a little Topic 1 - VE Day - Today Friday 8th May marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe, and we going to celebrate it too by bringing a bit of a footballing history lesson to you Topic 2 - Victory in Europe - We thought we’d being some footballing memories of our own favourite British teams’ wins in European competitions Topic 3 - VE-ry Different Rules - Gordon Taylor has suggestion that halves could be less than 45 minutes long. Is it mad or is it genius? So we're asking rules would you like to see changed or brought in or even ripped out of the rulebook in football? AOB - Shrimps, boot rooms, and viagra Also here's our website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not only have you got Hayley, Lynsey, and Kait this week, but we've invited along special guest Anita Asante to discuss the tenure of Phil Neville at the helm of the Lionesses! It's not all England though as we discover that England are good at penalties, some stadia that never were, and who's really to blame for the word "soccer". RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - France, c'est fini - We’re looking at footballing paraphernalia and moments that were never completed after France declared time on their 2019/20 season leaving it incomplete (07.50) Topic 2 - Did it work? - As the internet shows off its ability to put two sides of a photo together and ask “Did it work?” fully knowing the answer, we’re asking the same question about Phil Neville’s time as Lioness leader. (14.40) Topic 3 - Myth busters - A group of data analysts in Germany have discovered that England are actually among the best in the world at penalties! So what other myths are we peddling about football? (30.00) AOB - JJ's tunes, Marouane's money, and Wolves fundraisers (36.50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - 2020 Vision - We're looking at celebrations that are happening or were due to happen in 2020 across the footballing landscape. (09.00) TOPIC 2 - Celebrating History - In the week Crystal Palace claimed to be the oldest club in the world, we're looking at other things that claim to be football's oldest (18.50) TOPIC 3 - Birthday 5-a-sides - we put together a 5-a-side but they all have to have the same birthday as us. (27.10) AOB - Hibs' shirt, carpool football, and Scott's shirt sale (33.50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Robins' Red Crest - Many of our favourite clubs have animals either as their nicknames or in their logos and we tell you some of their stories (06.40) Topic 2 - Golden Retrievers - Stories of footballers and animal connections (18.30) Topic 3 - Animal XI - we create an XI of footballers with the best animal names (25.40) AOB - Cardboard fans, pitches, and Julia Roberts (32.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Countdown - As FIFA continue to grapple with what to do about the season and the transfer window, we’re looking at some of the players who will be looking for short term contracts or maybe a short term move somewhere. (08.50) Topic 2 - Numbers round - Squad numbers. For some there is no rhyme or reason behind them, but for others there is a point to them and a nice story. We’re going to bring you some of those now (18.30) Topic 3 - Dictionary Corner - If we were to start an Offside Rule bookclub, what’s going in? (25.50) AOB - Wimbledon, Belarussian football, and Rose gets the pizzas in And we have a website right here (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - The one with... the future stars - With Hayley's daughter a potential footballer in the making, we ask which footballing parent has a serious chance of their child making it in football? (11.30) Topic 2 - The one with... the comebacks - Who are some of the players who have come out of retirement or breaks to return to the same clubs or countries?(21.30) Topic 3 - The one with... the missing words - Kait and Lynsey test Hayley with headlines but with one word omitted, all Hayley has to do is say what's the missing word…(28.00) AOB - Sunderland Til I Die, Jack Grealish, and babies (31.50) Check out our website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - The one with... the flashbacks - it's been a while since the trio were together so we reflect on some of the biggest news stories in that time (08.00) Topic 2 - The one with... football friends - we’re celebrating being reunited again and like us there are some footballers who have followed each other to clubs or are besties! But who are they? (15.40) Topic 3 - The one with... fake news - We test how much attention Hayley has been paying to what’s going on in the news whilst raising a newborn baby! No biggie!! (23.20) AOB - footballers doing good (28.50) Check out our website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

RUNNING ORDER TOPIC 1 - Pass Go and do not collect £200 - As football, and society, continues to go through its greatest upheaval since WWII, we take a look at some of the other times that football has undergone some big changes or a huge shift in direction (08.40) TOPIC 2 - Chance card - Now in football, as in life, we all go through some time apart but the important thing is carrying on as if nothing has happened - but sometimes that’s not always possible is it? (19.00) TOPIC 3 - Community Chest - Now self isolation isn’t all its cracked up to be really, but we can do things to make ourselves feel better and keep active. So how have footballers been entertaining themselves in these isolation times? (26.20) AOB - Commentary, Andy Murray, and reading (32.30) We have a website (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) you know! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices