The Offside Rule

In the last podcast in The Offside Rule Exclusives series, Leicester City assistant manager talks candidly about the challenges facing young British coaches, the managerial advice he received from Sir Alex Ferguson and overcoming the snap judgments people make of him. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #LeicesterCity #MichaelAppleton #Portsmouth #BlackburnRovers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leicester City assistant manager Michael Appleton explains why appearances deceive.. The next episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives with Michael Appleton is available from 1st June 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Legendary ex-England and Arsenal forward Kelly Smith talks to The Offside Rule Exclusives about her advice to young female players looking to advance in the game, her thoughts on Phil Neville's England Women appointment and her battles with depression and suicidal thoughts. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes talks to The Offside Rule Exclusives about playing while injured for Tottenham and what went wrong, his move to Watford and taking £40m-rated Brazilian star Richarlison under his wing. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #HeurelhoGomes #Watford #TottenhamHotspur #Richarlison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On falling out of favour at Tottenham.. The full episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives with Heurelho Gomes is released soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes is our next guest on The Offside Rule Exclusives. Look out for the full episode - released soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ex-England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson talks to The Offside Rule Exclusives about the prestige of the England job, the 2006 World Cup failure, England's chances in Russia and being a high-profile victim of the phone hacking scandal. This episode is guest-edited by Sports Broadcaster and Journalist Faye Carruthers. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #SvenGöranEriksson #England #ManchesterCity #NottsCounty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sven gives his thoughts on his phone being hacked by News of the World from 2002-6 whilst manager of England. The full episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives with Sven-Göran Ericsson is released on 1st March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Southampton striker Charlie Austin speaks at length to on new podcast series The Offside Rule Exclusives about how his footballing career almost didn't happen, the academy system and his future at Southampton. This episode is guest-edited by Sarah Shephard of The Coaches' Voice. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #CharlieAustin #JoeyBarton #Southampton #Reading #QPR #Swindon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlie Austin questions whether football academies take players at too young an age. You can listen to and download the full episode with Charlie from 1st February 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Hughton gives an exclusive in-depth interview to The Offside Rule Exclusives, where he speaks out on racism in football and the barriers aspiring black managers face. This episode is guest-edited by Chris Hughton's daughter, Sky Sports' Aisha Hughton. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #ChrisHughton #NewcastleUnited #RhianBrewster #BrightonandHoveAlbion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Hughton talks about the sustained lack of opportunity for black, Asian and and minority ethnic coaches within the English game… The full podcast with Chris Hughton will be out on 1st January, be sure to hit subscribe either on Audioboom or iTunes - don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emma Hayes gives her first interview since announcing her pregnancy with twins to The Offside Rule Exclusives. Tune in to hear Emma talk about her experience with pregnancy so far, the Eni Aluko controversy and how she supports her players.Please note: this podcast contains some strong language. This episode is guest-edited by football co-commentator and ex-Leeds forward Lucy Ward. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV *Contains a few naughty words.* #EmmaHayes #ChelseaLadies #EniAluko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chelsea Ladies' manager Emma Hayes gives her thoughts on being the next England Women manager... The full podcast with Emma Hayes will be out this month, be sure to hit subscribe either on Audioboom or iTunes so you don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper on episode 3 of The Offside Rule Exclusives. Tune in to hear Jimmy talk candidly about why he really left Leeds all those years ago, success at the highest level as a manager and player, and *those* David O'Leary comments. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. This episode is guest-edited by ESPN's Alison Bender. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #JimmyFloydHasselbaink #Chelsea #LeedsUnited #NorthamptonTown #DavidOLeary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink insists any foreign player at a club he manages must know the native language or pay for lessons: "you have to respect the country you're in". The full Exclusives episode with Jimmy will be available to listen or download from 1st November 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England and West Ham goalkeeper Joe Hart is the guest star on episode two of brand new podcast series The Offside Rule Exclusives. In this in-depth interview, tune in to hear Joe discuss dealing with rejection, the situation with Pep Guardiola, his England and club career and how he bounces back from criticism. This episode is guest-edited by fellow England goalkeeper Carly Telford. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #PremierLeague #WestHamUnited #JoeHart #EPL #England #Guardiola #ManchesterCity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hear Joe Hart on Pep Guardiola's decision to axe him from the number one spot at Manchester City. The full interview with Joe Hart is out on 1st October 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe speaks with brutal honesty on his England career. The full Exclusives episode with Joe will be available to listen or download from 1st October 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper for this first episode of brand new series The Offside Rule Exclusives. In his first in-depth interview of the 2017/8 season, tune in to hear Eddie talk about trailblazing, his links to the England job, his work ethic and how he made the switch to management. This episode is guest-edited by ITV Sport's Amy Lewis. You'll find a new episode of The Offside Rule Exclusives at the beginning of every month. Find us at: @OffsideRulePod | offsiderulepodcast.com | Facebook: The Offside Rule | YouTube: The Offside Rule TV #PremierLeague #AFCBournemouth #EddieHowe #EPL #England #Championship #Pochettino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Summary Sky Sports stalwart and King of Deadline Day Jim White joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) end of season special. Jim gives us his thoughts on Wenger's 2-year contract extension, Pep and Mourinho before we get into our season round-up. It's been an interesting, intriguing, and downright bonkers season across the board, with stories we'll remember for years to come. We give you our favourite stories of the season, and the ones you might have missed; from managerial surprises to unhappy star players. Arsene Wenger vindicated himself by winning the FA Cup this season and has been rewarded with the aforementioned contract extension. We look at some of the best managerial "I told you so!" moments, including one of the best managers of our time after his rocky start at Manchester United. Finally, we get a bit more nostalgic and look at our finest moments in football both as journalists and as fans; who put Jim through 90 minutes of torture, and which world-beating ex-player did Jim leave in a Scotland nightclub? Tune in to hear more tales from Jim, Kait and Lynsey, and to see out the season in style. There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #KaitBorsay #LynseyHooper #ArseneWenger #Arsenal #PepGuardiola #JoseMourinho #ManchesterCity #ManchesterUnited #MarcoSilva #HullCity #Watford #SheffieldUnited #ChrisWilder #SwanseaCity #CrystalPalace #AlanPardew #BobBradley #SamAllardyce #WayneRooney #KyleWalker #TottenhamHotspur #OlivierGiroud #ClaudioRanieri #SeanDyche #AlexFerguson #JermainDefoe #DickAdvocaat #Rangers #ChrisHughton #NewcastleUnited #BrightonandHoveAlbion #BradleyLowery #JermainDefoe #Sunderland #Scotland #NorthernIreland #RuudGullit #ChampionsLeague #RayHoughton #Liverpool #FrankLampard #Chelsea #WestHam #MLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The terrific trio of Hayley McQueen, Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are back together to see off the end of the season on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) episode 20. We all had a chuckle when Barnsley accidentally submitted a bid for St Mirran's Stevie Mallan to a St Mirran fan site. But it's not the only 'oops' communication moment we've had in football. Which player's transfer was scuppered by a failed internet connection? And who has forever been immortalised by the words "can you tweet something like"...? It's that time where we start reflecting on a whirlwind season, so we recount some of the best and worst moments, including the shock sacking of the season, the double-edged sword of North East football and one of the best moments of Pep Guardiola's life...apparently. Finally, we were browsing Mumsnet recently (bear with us...) and found that some Mumsnet posters don't understand why relegation reduces fans to a sobbing mess. We think it's perfectly normal, but not everyone reacts in the same way. We look at some of the best relegation reactions - including the study that proves how traumatic your team's relegation really is! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #KaitBorsay #LynseyHooper #DavidDeGea #RealMadrid #ManchesterUnited #Sampdoria #RobertoSoriano #Napoli #PajtimKasami #Fulham #JoeyBarton #Sevilla #Chelsea #Liverpool #JurgenKlopp #NeilSwarbrick #SanchezMerino #EnriqueGonzalezMerino #AndrewWilliams #WillHughes #DerbyCounty #VictorAnichebe #Sunderland #JakeBugg #NewcastleUnited #RafaBenitez #BurtonAlbion #ClaudioRanieri #LeicesterCity #CraigShakespeare #ManchesterCity #PepGuardiola #SamAllardyce #ArseneWenger #BlackburnRovers #Middlesbrough #Venkys #JoleonLescott #AstonVilla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lynsey Hooper is back to front episode 19 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) with Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen. As the football season quickly reaches its conclusion, there's plenty of teams with nothing left to play for; they've already been relegated, promoted, or have just reached that 40 point milestone. We look at the teams coasting to the finale, including the Midlands side who've lost 4 in a row and broken a club record for not scoring! The players who certainly aren't on the beach are the women's footballers, who are gearing up for Euro 2017 and a new FAWSL season; Sue Smith is back on the pod to give us some FAWSL insight. Everyone, including Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, was gobsmacked to see Emre Can's fantastic bicycle kick goal. What other moments in football have made us do a double take? Finally, everyone and their granny was talking about Anthony Joshua's heavyweight triumph in this weekend's boxing, and it got us thinking about heavyweight football clubs across Europe. And just for fun, we look at the footballers who would make good boxers - including an actual footballer-turned-boxer, and a player who grew up boxing and could return to it if his career ends unexpectedly early... There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #KaitBorsay #LynseyHooper #EmreCan #WestBrom #TonyPulis #StokeCity #PrestonNorthEnd #Sunderland #Bournemouth #WolverhamptonWanderers #Liverpool #JurgenKlopp #AlexTettey #Norwich #LeicesterCity #ManchesterCity #PepGuardiola #Granada #TonyAdams #Chelsea #Arsenal #CraigShakespeare #LeonMcKenzie #SerieA #Juventus #Bundesliga #BayernMunich #LaLiga #Barcelona #RealMadrid #Ligue1 #Monaco #Akinfenwa #WayneRooney #JoeyBarton #RobertLewandowski #CharlieAdam #JasonPuncheon #MauricioPochettino #Messi #LeonMcKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay are back to bring you The Offside Rule (We Get It!) in episode 18 of the award-winning podcast. Survival specialist Harry Redknapp has been appointed as Birmingham City's new manager, and while the jokes are plentiful, you can't deny his credentials when it comes to relegation battles. He's not the only one; we look at some of the savviest bottom-of-the-league battlers, both old and new. It's a great time to be a seasider as Brighton, Plymouth and Portsmouth all confirmed their respective promotions this weekend. All three clubs have battled against the odds, so we look at their journeys up the football leagues and beyond. This season's Champions League has thrust some young European stars into the spotlight, like Dybala and Mbappe. We look at some of Europe's best and brightest young talent - with Chelsea scouting some of these names, could any of them be coming to the Premier League? It wouldn't be The Offside Rule without a little tongue-in-cheek; and this time it comes from our brilliant listeners. We asked you guys what Chelsea stalwart John Terry's next move should be and the answers range from the bonkers to the believable. Tune in to hear some of the best... There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #KaitBorsay #BirminghamCity #HarryRedknapp #Middlesbrough #Sunderland #GusPoyet #AitorKaranka #TonyPulis #CrystalPalace #WestBrom #RoyHodgson #TimSherwood #AstonVilla #TottenhamHotspur #SamAllardyce #DickAdvocaat #BoltonWanderers #BlackburnRovers #Portsmouth #PlymouthArgyle #BrightonandHoveAlbion #ChrisHughton #PaulCook #KylianMbappe #Monaco #ManchesterCity #ThomasLemar #KasperDolberg #Ajax #IssaDiop #Juventus #Toulouse #AleksandrGolovin #CSKAMoscow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are back to present episode 17 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). We give our thoughts on David Moyes' now infamous "you might get a slap, even though you're a woman" comment to reporter Vicki Sparks. Moyes is not the only manager to say or do something they regretted when under pressure. Which ex-Arsenal defender resigned after punching a fan? And which two managers overused the C bomb? The England Women's squad for Euro 2017 has been announced, and there's some players conspicuous by their absence. We look at new inclusions, big exclusions, and grab a chat with England stars Laura Bassett, Jodie Taylor and Izzy Christiansen. Finally, we've all seen the Cristiano Ronaldo statue, with some saying it looks more like Niall Quinn than the Portugese superstar - poor Niall. But is it the worst one we've seen? Is it even the worst Cristiano Ronaldo statue we've seen? Tune in to the podcast and our Twitter feed to find out. There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #LynseyHooper #KaitBorsay #NelsonVivas #Arsenal #JoeKinnear #NewcastleUnited #PaulInce #Blackpool #SimonBird #GuyPoyet #EniAluko #EnglandWomen #Euro2017 #DemiStokes #FranKirby #MarkSampson #CristianoRonaldo #DavidMoyes #Sunderland #BobStokoe #TomFinney #PrestonNorthEnd #SvenGoranEriksson #SirBobbyRobson SamuelEto'o #LuisSuarez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's triple trouble on episode 16 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) as Kait Borsay returns to join Hayley McQueen and Lynsey Hooper. We're nearing the final stretch of the Premier League season, with 9 or 10 games left for most teams. It's crunch time, when some teams put together an astonishing end-of-the-season run or crumble under the pressure. With relegation and European football at stake, we look at some of the sides that need to put in a good run and predict the final relegation candidates. Offside Rule and Lynsey Hooper favourite Mick McCarthy celebrated 25 years in football management this weekend, so who else has been in it for the long haul? We look at some long term managers and their career highs and lows, including an English football stalwart who's managed too many clubs to count! Pep Guardiola said Manchester City's draw against Liverpool was "one of the most special days of his life", to which Jurgen Klopp replied "he's Spanish, they're more emotional than Germans!" with a laugh. What other funny, cheeky or downright rude things have managers said about each other? Hint: Jose Mourinho features heavily in this topic! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #LynseyHooper #KaitBorsay #Everton #Arsenal #ManchesterUnited #RonaldKoeman #Liverpool #JurgenKlopp #PepGuardiola #Watford #WalterMazzarri #Sunderland #Middlesbrough #RudyGestede #EricBailly #HullCity #LuisFelipeScolari #NeilWarnock #GaryJohnson #MartinONeill #WycombeWanderers #AstonVilla #GuyRoux #Auxerre #RafaBenitez #ArseneWenger #AlexFerguson #SamAllardyce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hayley McQueen returns to join Lynsey Hooper on episode 15 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). Recent footage has emerged of Mats Hummels spilling coffee down himself as he was boarding the Bayern Munich team bus - much to Thomas Müller's delight. But it's not the silliest footballing injury we've ever seen so we take you through some of the most outlandish - involving babies, tricycles and a moose! As we've recorded on International Women's Day we had to dedicate a topic to it; there#s still work to be come when it comes to women in football, so we look at some of the women currently blazing the trail for us. Finally, an international break is upon us and all eyes will be on recently-appointed Gareth Southgate - can he make the step up from the U21s and deliver? But he's not the newest manager on the international scene. We take a look at some other newly-appointed managers, including former Everton manager Roberto Martinez, and see how they've performed so far. There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #HayleyMcQueen #LynseyHooper #DaveBassett #PetrCech #DariusVassell #AstonVilla #AlanWright #Kilmarnock #KieronDyer #SveinGrøndalen #AlanMullery #DavidBatty #ChanYeunTing #LauraHarvey #NatalieLawrence #VictoriaPavón #MixuPaatelainen #Finland #RobertoMartinez #Belgium #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's double trouble as Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper front episode 14 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). We all know about the magic of the FA Cup and this season is no different, with Lincoln City the first non-league side to reach the quarter finals in over 100 years. We reminisce about our favourite ever FA Cup moments, including the one that got Lynsey hooked on working in football. News has emerged that Red Bull is looking to buy a club in Hungary after its success with New York Red Bulls and RB Leipzig, while newly-formed Minnesota United set to enter the MLS. But how successful have recently-created clubs been; are they all title challengers like RB Leipzig? We look at how some brand-new and rebranded sides have done in recent years. Football is wonderfully diverse and filled with many languages and nationalities. Roman Pavlyuchenko communicated in noises when he first arrived at Spurs, which shows there's sometimes a translation problem. We look at the funniest language mix-ups - which ex-England striker accidentally proclaimed he'd like to sleep with Frank Lampard?! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #KaitBorsay #LynseyHooper #Wembley #WhiteHorseFinal #WolverhamptonWanderers #Liverpool #LutonTown #NorwichCity #SheffieldWednesday #PaulJones #ChrisWaddle #WiganAthletic #ManchesterCity #ManchesterUnited #RBLeipzig #MichaelOwen #FrankLampard #RealMadrid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The January transfer window is finally over, and Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen are back to bring you a post-window episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). We all know January produces some flop signings, but what about the ones who flopped so bad they left almost immediately? Who got sacked and who was sold on at a tidy profit? The Premier League relegation battle is incredibly tight, with 6 teams running the risk of going down. We look at why Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Swansea, Hull, Leicester and 'Boro could survive or fall; which new manager is a man with a plan, and which team needs a visit from a psychologist? After Jose Mourinho stormed off mid-TV interview following a draw to Hull, we got thinking about our own snubs - and we've experienced a few! Tune in to find out who had a tantrum via his interpreter and which club stifled Lynsey's journalistic questioning... There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #KaitBorsay #HayleyMcQueen #LynseyHooper #Middlesbrough #AitorKaranka #HullCity #CrystalPalace #SamAllardyce #YohanCabaye #WilfriedZaha #Sunderland #JermainDefoe #DavidMoyes #BryanOviedo #LeicesterCity #ClaudioRanieri #SwanseaCity #Arsenal #KimKällström #DavidLivermore #LeedsUnited #PaulClement #ClaudMakelele #EmmanuelEboue #ElliotLee #WestHamUnited #NottsCounty #SvenGoranEriksson #SolCampbell #SouthendUnited #AndyCarroll #OlivierGiroud #CarlosTevez #MichaelCarrick #ManchesterUnited #NewcastleUnited #RoyKeane #AstonVilla #DannyMills #TomaszKuszczak #CoventryCity #RealMadrid #RobertJarni #JamieVardy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can't have Donald Trump inaugurated and not want to take the Mickey right? The Offside Rule reworks Trump's first speech as US President. For the full version listen to Episode 12. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new year is in full swing and Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and Hayley McQueen are back for episode 12 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). We couldn't have a late-January podcast without mentioning the January transfer window - who hasn't been snapped up yet? We give you our top transfer tips, and a little bit of advice for teams still looking to buy. The Women's Super League will soon run in tandem with the Premier League, so we turn our attention to some of the standout newbies in the WSL - and one familiar returning face! We couldn't do this podcast without mentioning Donald Trump's inauguration but we've of course put our own little spin on it. We've improved on Trump's slogan 'Make America Great Again' - let's Make Football Great Again, complete with pledges for the national game, blatant lies (or "alternative facts"...) and a reworked Trump speech! 30 minutes of listening pleasure, brought to you by Offside Productions. Big thanks to Ed Scott this week for producing and editing the show. You can find Ed at: www.weareshameless.com There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page 'The Offside Rule'. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #KaitBorsay #HayleyMcQueen #LynseyHooper #Liverpool #VanAanholt #Chelsea #JoeHart #ThibautCourtois #ManchesterCity #AntonioConte #VictorLindelof #CarlJenkinson #CrystalPalace #EmmanuelAdebayor #MarouaneChamakh #DimitriPayet #WestHamUnited #RBLeipzig #OliverBurke #Everton #KevinMirallas #WayneRooney #ArsenalLadies #ChelseaLadies #HeatherOReilly #EmmaHayes #KimLittle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy new year listeners from Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay. If you've emerged from your turkey-induced slumber and need to know what did (and didn't) make the headlines over the new year, look no further. We catch up on the festive footy and reveal the results of our December predictions - which of our trio got every darn thing right? It's 2017 and the diet plans are already on hold.. time to talk Chinese takeaways. With the mega-nation seemingly wanting to buy everything in English football, what else can we offload to them for the right price? 30 minutes of listening pleasure, brought to you by Offside Productions. Big thanks to Ed Scott this week for producing and editing the show. You can find Ed at: www.weareshameless.com There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @offsiderulepod and Like our Facebook page, 'The 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 present a festive edition of The Offside Rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a special episode of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) this week, as the trio of Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen is back together! We're getting in the spirit of Christmas (sort of) by looking at Santa's sack race. No, it's not about the presents he's bringing, but rather a P45...who do we think will be the first manager to receive this lump of coal in their stocking? Bob Bradley and Alan Pardew naturally crop up, but what about the outsider who isn't fitting in to his new club? Now, it’s annoying when friends show you up by sending Christmas cards at the beginning of December isn’t it? What about when footballers or teams do the same - which team topped their table before crashing down to 6th? And which fans got ahead of themselves with a play-off pitch invasion? We've seen some dramatics recently - including big comebacks for Bournemouth and Swansea against Liverpool and Crystal Palace respectively - so we look at some of the best comebacks and on-pitch dramatics in recent years...are their any teams who've been involved more than others? There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are back to bring you another dose of football madness on The Offside Rule (We Get It!). We're fast approaching the hectic Christmas period, and league tables are starting to shape up nicely. However, there's some teams that are in less-than-desirable positions, but what's happened to them? Which manager do we think is focusing on completing his bucket list before retirement? We grab title-winning Jill Scott of Manchester City Ladies for some quick fire questions. And speaking of interviews, it looks like Gareth Southgate is the only candidate for the England job, so surely nothing could go wrong...right? We give you some of the best managerial interview flops over the years, including a headline-grabber who was foiled by his love of PowerPoints! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back to bring you an extra football fix during this international break, on The Offside Rule (We Get It!). The mannequin challenge is taking over social media but there's no standing still in the Premier League, with an already fierce battle amongst the top teams. We look at the top four: what are they doing well, and what could trip them up, and importantly, who do we think will walk away with the title? We catch up with some of Manchester City Women's title winning players and get them to spill the secrets to their success. During the international break, we see plenty of Premier League stars in action for their international sides, but it's rarer to see English players giving it a go abroad. We look at some of the most successful Brits abroad...and some flops! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hayley McQueen and Lynsey Hooper look at spooky goings-on in football in this Hallowe'en themed episode of The Offside Rule! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back to give you an extra football fix during the international break, on The Offside Rule (We Get It!). England has been in the news but for once, not for the shoddy football - the country's jaw dropped when Big Sam lost his job as part of a huge expose. Gareth Southgate is performing admirably so far, but problems run much deep for underperforming England than the managerial situation. So, how do you solve a problem like England? We explore the team's weak points, including mentality and form, and how we can address them. Continuing with the international theme, we've watched a lot of world football in the last week and seen some unlikely names feature. China is becoming an end-of-career payday for Premier League stars, but in which other unexpected leagues have we seen some big names? Finally, Bob Bradley made history this week as the first American to manage in the Premier League, a league that is no stranger to American exports. We look at some of the biggest football trailblazers from the USA, including a World Cup winner and a plethora of goalkeepers! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are reunited as the terrific trio on episode 4 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). It's another Offside Rule first as we recorded the podcast LIVE from Soccerex! But if you couldn't tune in live fear not, you can still listen to us chat about the important things, like footballers in strange places...where have we unexpectedly bumped into a player? Who encountered David Beckham, hungover and red-faced? We also look at the players managers can't live without...even if they'd never admit it. Which Premier League flop has resurrected his career and became invaluable to his French side? Finally, we give you some of our 'I almost lost it when...' moments, and read out some of your best tweets. From talking during football to a managerial kiss and Hollywood superstars, we're talking moments that have made you mad or ecstatic! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay returns to join Lynsey Hooper on episode 3 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!) in 2016-17. Marcus Rashford looks to be a key player for Manchester United this season, but it might be from the bench. We know the value of squad players who might not start every game but can't be underestimated, so we give you some of our current greatest super squad players. Now that we've had time to digest this summer's transfer window activities, it's time to have a good look at some of the unknown names that have arrived into the Premier League. Finally, much ado has been made about the near-100 changes to the football rulebook over the summer, so we look at some of the best and silliest new rules... There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #LynseyHooper #KaitBorsay #LeonardoUlloa #LeicesterCity #KelechiIheanacho #MoBarrow #ManchesterCity #SwanseaCity #JuniorStanislas #Bournemouth #JonathanLeko #WestBrom #JayRodriguez #Southampton #LorisKarius #Liverpool #EricBailly #ManchesterUnited #SofianeFeghouli #WestHam #LuisHernández #SofianeBoufal #StefanoOkaka #Watford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's double trouble once again on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) as Lynsey Hooper returns from Rio to join Hayley McQueen on the podcast. Our Lynsey has been away covering the Olympics, and missed the start of the new season...so it's only fair to give her a pop quiz to find out how much action she's caught so far - play along at home and see how much you remember from the opening games! Eden Hazard has found form again after an anonymous 2015/16 season...but who else has gone missing after having a blinder? This year's transfer window has thrown up some memorable deals like Ibrahimovic to Manchester United, Kante to Chelsea and Perez to Arsenal, but what about the action that's gone under the radar? Which one-club Premier League stalwart has quietly retired? And which Aston Villa mercenary has slipped off to Greece? Find out on The Offside Rule! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Offside Rule (We Get It!) went on a trip to Widnes to put YOUR #AskLivLadies questions to Liverpool Ladies trio Alex Greenwood, Natasha Harding and Ashley Hodson. Following on from the success of our first Twitter Q&A with Doncaster Rovers Belles earlier this year, questions included who they would choose to take on a survival break, which posters donned their bedroom walls as kids and who would make their ideal FA WSL 5-a-side team! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Premier League is finally back, and with it comes a brand new season of The Offside Rule (We Get It!). Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen are back to bring you their favourite moments from the opening weekend - which unfortunate goalkeeper crashed his fancy car after conceding a ton of goals?! Our New Boys XI didn't work out so well last season - although we do take credit for Dele Alli's fantastic season! - but we're giving it another go and building a fantasy football side made purely of Premier League debutants! We often see photos of footballers on their jollies over the summer, and it's usually sun, sea and sand... but some stars have been taking up more unique activites, and we bring you some of the best - which Premier League footballer went swimming with...pigs?! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #KaitBorsay #HayleyMcQueen #LeicesterCity #HullCity #Liverpool #Arsenal #PetrCech #BenWatson #Watford #AndreAyew #WestHamUnited #Sunderland #PaddyMcNair #JamieVardy #AntonioConte #Chelsea #WalterMazzarri #LorusKarius #EricBailly #RagnarKlavan #ChristianKabasele #MikeVanDerHoom #LewisCook #SwanseaCity #Bournemouth #Nolito #PierreEmileHøjbjerg #ManchesterCity #Southampton #StevenDefour #GraniteXhaka #PaulPogba #Ibrahimovic #VincentJanssen #TottenhamHotspur #AhmedMusa #FernandoLlorente #WayneRooney #Micropigs #DannySimpson #JaydonGibbs #NiklasBendtner #AlexOxladeChamberlain #DaleyBlind #SiemDeJong #NewcastleUnited #RobertoFirmino #MarcoReus #AdamLallana #JordanHenderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait and Lynsey bring the latest #Euro2016 special from Paris as they look back at Wales v Northern Ireland and ahead to England v Iceland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are back to bring you an exclusive The Offside Rule (We Get It!) Euro 2016 podcast directly from Marseille. We give you our first-hand account of the mayhem and fighting that's marred the early days of the tournament in Marseille (don't worry guys, we're fine!) However, In the midst of violence and fan fighting we've seen a lively start to the tournament. Hosts France are tipped to go all the way - but can they do it? We discuss France's chances and give you our tips for the tournament and a dark horse to watch. England started their campaign with a 1-1 draw with Russia, so what did we take from the game? What can we take into the next game? And is there anything we could improve on? We give you our post-match review. We'll be back with another podcast later in the tournament, but in the meantime we're covering matches and posting video content on our Twitter page! There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a time of reflection on The Offside Rule (We Get It!) this week, as Lynsey Hooper, Hayley McQueen and Kait Borsay look back on a jam-packed season on the end-of-season episode of the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. You might remember our early season predictions, which we revisited in Christmas - so how did we do as futuregazers? We also gave you our best debutant XI - but how did they fair throughout the season? Did they reach new heights or fade away? There's been much entertainment throughout the season, but we give you our standout matches. Finally, we dig out some hidden stories you might not have seen throughout the season... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Football reporter Gigi Salmon joins Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper to front episode 39 of The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. The final automatic promotion places were confirmed across the Football League at the weekend, so we give you our ones to watch for next season; who's likely to make an impact in their new league? It wasn't easy sailing across Europe, however; PSV Eindhoven won Eredivisie on a dramatic final day, and Barcelona have the advantage in a tight battle for the La Liga title. We take you through some of the most dramatic season wind downs across the continent. Leicester City finally had their title-winning party - but was it all that was expected? We give you some of our highlights from the celebrations - including speedos and pizza costumes - and tell you what we'd have done differently if we were Leicester's party planner... There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are having their very own Vardy party on this week's The Offside Rule (We Get It!), brought to you by Continental Tyres. Leicester City have finally wrapped up the Premier League and we've seldom seen the country unite over one team like it. The #VardyParty became a reality and although we may not have got an invite to the real thing, we dish out some invitations of our own. As the season charges towards the final day, a number of teams have already secured promotion - but so often the thing that lets newly promoted sides down is a lack of depth in the squad. We play deity and give them the gift of a player past. There's still promotion places to play for, and relegation places to avoid, however, so we thought it'd be fun to play snakes and ladders; who will climb up the leagues and who'll slide down a league via a slippery snake? Sue Smith is also back to give us a women's football update. There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #LynseyHooper #KaitBorsay #LeicesterCity #JamieVardy #Burnley #Wigan #Rangers #NorthamptonTown #CheltenhamTown #GordonBanks #SteveWalsh #JimmyAdamson #BrianLaudrup #BarryLines #AntonioValencia #BurtonAlbion #AFCWimbledon #Blackpool #OxfordUnited #ScunthorpeUnited #Middlesbrough #EltonJohn #EdenHazard #LeeChapman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the usual suspects on this week's The Offside Rule (We Get It!), as Lynsey Hooper, Kait Borsay and Hayley McQueen front the award-winning podcast, brought to you by Continental Tyres. The winners of the PFA Awards have been announced, with Riyad Mahrez, Dele Alli, Izzy Christiansen and Beth Mead triumphing. This set of winners could be considered rising stars in England, so we delve into the history books to find the biggest successes and flops following a PFA Young Player of the Year Award win. It's super tight at the top of the Championship, with 3 sides sitting on 83 points having played 44 games each. It could go any way unlike the Premier League, so we look at some of the tightest title races around Europe. We've all cringed at Randy Lerner's Aston Villa-inspired poetry, but is it the weirdest thing to come out of a chairman's mouth? From threatening pitch invaders with a crocodile-infested moat and jailing referees, we've managed to find some even sillier comments! As if that's not enough, it's welcome back to Doncaster Belles' Sue Smith and her women's football update. There's loads of great content to discover at www.offsiderulepodcast.com - you can pop over to Twitter @OffsideRulePod and Like our Facebook page. #Football #Soccer #PremierLeague #EPL #Women #League #FAWSL #England #LynseyHooper #KaitBorsay #HayleyMcQueen #RiyadMahrez #DeleAlli #IzzyChristiansen #BethMead #LeicesterCity #TottenhamHotspur #ManchesterCityLadies #SunderlandLadies #JermaineJenas #NewcastleUnited #ScottParker #CharltonAthletic #Fulham #WestHamUnited #AshleyYoung #AstonVilla #ManchesterUnited #JamesMilner #GarethBale #LaLiga #Barcelona #RealMadrid #AtleticoMadrid #Burnley #Middlesbrough #Brighton #AldoSpinelli #Livorno #MaurizioZamparini #DerbyCounty #MelMorris #PatClements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices