The Offside Rule

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Eddie Howe PROMO - The Offside Rule Exclusives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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