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Kait Borsay is joined by the BBC's Jo Currie and the former Everton and Liverpool forward Courtney Sweetman-Kirk to discuss the talking points from the weekend's WSL action, including the Manchester Derby, a London derby, and the Birmingham Derby. Plus Man City's Laura Coombs is a Lioness once more.
RUNNING ORDER:
PART 1 - Jo on interviewing 'The Pinoe' and Courtney chats life at Sheffield United (01.00)
PART 2 - Manchester United 2 - Manchester City 2 (08.40)
PART 3a - Arsenal 1 - Chelsea 1 (16.40)
PART 3b - Everton 1 - Reading 1 (22.15)
PART 4a - Aston Villa 0 - Birmingham City 1 (26.45)
PART 4b - Bristol City 2 - Tottenham 2 (29.10)
PART 4c - West Ham 0 - Brighton 1 (32.55)
PART 5 - Lionesses training squad discussed and Euro Qualifiers preview (35.40)
PART 6 - League Cup preview (41.20)
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Arsenal blogger Tim Stillman joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to discuss the Gunners' defeat to Manchester United, who now top the WSL for the very first time - we hear from United's goalscorer Ella Toone. Plus why Bethany England deserves a place in Chelsea's starting eleven, we discuss first league wins of the season for West Ham and Aston Villa, Alex Morgan finally makes her Spurs debut and we have a rant about girls' football academies.
RUNNING ORDER:
PART 1 - Footballing Dads (01.00)
PART 2a - Manchester United 1 - Arsenal 0 (02.47)
PART 2b - Ella Toone interview (11.10)
PART 3 a - Chelsea 4 - Everton 0 (19.10)
PART 3b - Birmingham City 1 - West Ham United 2 (27.40)
PART 3c - Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - Aston Villa 2 (30.50)
PART 3d - Manchester City 8 - Bristol City 1 (33.10)
PART 3e - Tottenham Hotspur 1 - Reading 1 (39.00)
PART 4 - Girls' football academies chat
PART 5 - The Women's Football Weekend preview (47.00)
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Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper and the BBC's Jo Currie review the Women's FA Cup Final which was won by Manchester City, beating Everton 3-1 after extra time. We hear from City's rising star Jess Park about that win, Lynsey makes a bold prediction about the League and we play Pointless!
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1 - covering the Wembley showpiece with no fans and Jo's new Cup Final coat! (01.00)
PART 2a - FA Cup Final review Manchester City 3 - Everton 1 (06.43)
PART 2b - Manchester City forward Jess Park speaks to Kait (22.20)
PART 3 - We play Pointless! (36.35)
PART 4 - Conti Cup and WSL previews (38.55)
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The AC Milan striker Natasha Dowie joins Lynsey Hooper and Jen O'Neill to discuss her footballing career that's taken her from London, to Merseyside, America, Australia and now Italy. She also talks about being overlooked by England, and how she almost rejoined Liverpool in 2020.
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Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined by The Athletic's women's football correspondent Katie Whyatt to praise Arsenal's prolific striker. There's also an interview with Reading boss Kelly Chambers and we hear from Baroness Sue Campbell as well about the FA's plan for growing the women's game. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - Athletic chat (01.40) PART 2a - Arsenal 6-1 Spurs - all hail Viv (03.00) PART 2b - Reading 1-1 City (16.20) PART 2c - Kelly Chambers, manager, on Grace Maloney, Champions League, and Viv Miedema (19.30) PART 3a - Everton 2-2 Brighton (28.30) PART 3b - West Ham 2-4 Manchester Utd (33.00) PART 3c - Bristol 0-4 Birmingham (37.00) PART 4a - FA’s new strategy (39.30) PART 4b - Germany v England mini preview (44.20) BONUS BITS 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)
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Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by journalist and author of the Women's Football Yearbook, Chris Slegg to talk about raising money for grass roots football and supporting your local women's side. This week: The Athletic analyst Michael Cox dissects Chelsea's win over Manchester City, Lynsey has the latest from Phil Neville's England squad and Kait vows not to mention Alex Morgan again until she plays for Spurs. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - Can women's football be good for your heart? (01.00) PART 2a - Chelsea 3 - Manchester City 1 (4.33) PART 2b - Michael Cox analysis (11.40) PART 3a - Brighton and Hove Albion 0 - Arsenal 5 (19.10) PART 3b - Everton 3 - West Ham 1 (25.48) PART 3c - Tottenham Hotspur 0 - Manchester United 1 (31.16) PART 3d - Reading 0 - Birmingham City 1 (33.36) PART 4a - England squad revealed and we hear from Phil Neville (36.49) PART 4b - This weekend's WSL fixtures (41.00) BONUS BITS 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)
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Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay are joined by the editor of She Kicks magazine, Jen O'Neill, to talk zoom calls and following football remotely. This week: we go inside the Everton dressing room with midfielder Izzy Christiansen, Lynsey speaks to the Spurs superstar Alex Morgan and Kait starts her own Sam Mewis fan club. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - The new normal? (01.00) PART 2a - Aston Villa 0 - Everton 6 (7.00) PART 2b - Izzy Christiansen interview (13.00) PART 3a - Arsenal 3 - Bristol City 1 (21.22) PART 3b - Manchester City 4 - Tottenham Hotspur 1 (25.00) PART 3c - Manchester United 3 - Brighton and Hove Albion 0 (32.10) PART 3d - Birmingham City 0 - Chelsea 1 (36.45) PART 3e - West Ham 0 - Reading 1 (41.33) PART 4a - Cup and WSL previews (43.44) BONUS BITS 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)
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With just three days between the FA Cup quarter finals and semi finals it's go, go, go in the women's game! This week: will Everton win a trophy? Which Man City player is a nuisance and which is a terrier? And are Chelsea putting all their eggs in the Champions League basket? Plus, we speak with Carla Ward about Project Survival - aka why she took on the Birmingham job, whether she'd rather have three points or the Cup win against Brighton, and why she's brought in a new assistant manager RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - Duvet recordings (01.40) PART 2a - Arsenal 4-0 Spurs (02.00) PART 2b - Leicester 1-2 Man City (11.20) PART 3a - Everton 2-1 Chelsea (19.30) PART 3b - Brighton 2-2 Birmingham (28.20) PART 3c - Carla Ward interview (41.00) PART 4a - WSL previews (50.00) BONUS BITS 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)
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This week we ask if it's time to move on from Steph Houghton, praise the England youngsters, and predict the FA Cup matches!RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Life at Sheffield United (01.40)PART 2a - England v England in England (06.40)PART 3a - Arsenal v Spurs (26.00)PART 3b - Jen Beattie interview (28.20)PART 3c - Everton v Chelsea (37.50)PART 3d - Brighton v Birmingham (38.40)PART 3e - Leicester v Man City (41.00)BONUS BITSWe'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)
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On the show we ask if Ted Lasso is the reason Alex Morgan joined Spurs? If there are two leagues in one? And does anyone know what Chelsea's first XI is?RUNNING ORDERPART 1a - Alex Morgan joins Spurs (01.40)PART 2a - Chelsea 9-0 Bristol City (10.00)PART 2b - West Ham 1-9 Arsenal (18.00)PART 2c - Birmingham 2-5 Manchester United (27.30)PART 3a - City 0-0 Brighton(33.40)PART 3b - Reading 3-1 Aston Villa (35.40)PART 3c - Everton 1-0 Spurs (37.50)BONUS BITSWe'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)
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