The Offside Rule

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The one with... Hayley McQueen's return! Mar 27, 2020

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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

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Podcast-in-isolation Mar 20, 2020

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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

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Front runners, stewards' inquiry, and punters' picks Mar 12, 2020

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RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Front runners - So with Liverpool in position to win the title as early as Monday we've decided it’s about time we take a trip down memory lane to look at past seasons and leagues where other teams have been handed silverware in March and April. (10.00) Topic 2 - Steward's Inquiry - Who are some of the people who have been risky enough to don the shirt of their previous enemies and upset fans? And can we ever forgive them? (18.00) Topic 3 - Punter's Picks - Who are some of the other A Lister celebrities out there who have got involved in football clubs around the world? (24.40) AOB - the stories you may have missed from the football world (29.10) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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International Women's Day celebration Mar 06, 2020

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RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - The Youth of Today - It’s been a good week and season for youngsters playing football. In the FA Cup so far we’ve seen outstanding performances from Billy Gilmour, Eddie Nketiah, and Liverpool’s youngsters early on. So we thought we should celebrate the youth of today by picking out ones that have lit up the season so far (04.50) Topic 2 - International Women's Day - We give a nod to inspirational women in football we might not know about they could be board members, coaches, refs, or even a player that has done something outstanding (15.50) Topic 3 - World Book Day - We imagine footballers as book characters and for bonus points, whether any footballers have interesting connections to books (27.40) AOB - Formiga, Soccer Aid, and world without Wolves (36.10) Check out our website here (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Emile Heskey Exclusive Feb 28, 2020

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Emile Heskey played 62 times for England, made 150 appearances for Liverpool, and over 150 for Leicester; winning 4 League Cups, an FA Cup, a UEFA Cup in the process. Heskey has represented his country at the 2002 and 2010 World Cup, Euro 2004, and at club level has scored 110 times in the Premier League placing him 22nd in the all time rankings, and Now he has released a book, Even Heskey Scored, to tell his story, which he now tells us about here on the Offside Rule... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Troy Parrott, a whistling parrot, and a postie Feb 21, 2020

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RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - European Euphoria - Our review of the first round of 16 ties, who impressed, why isn't Parrott playing, and Liverpool's loss (04.50) Topic 2 - Big bans - With Manchester City banned from participating in Europe for two years, pending an appeal, we discuss some of the weirder bans that have hit clubs and players over time (15.00) Topic 3 - League of Legends - With a Wolves fan, a Man United fan, and a Watford fan in, we give the current teams some added oomph by adding in a golden oldie. (23.40) AOB - The offside rule, Spanish rules, and Neil Warnock (30.00) (https://audioboom.com/posts/7504308-and-the-oscar-goes-to/edit) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And the Oscar goes to... Feb 14, 2020

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RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - Under pressure - January has been and gone, and now there are no excuses for managers to be struggling. There are a few now who are really under pressure, but who’s genuinely in trouble and how do some managers keep themselves sane in these times?(05.50) Topic 2 - I want to (winter) break free - You may recall we’re experiencing England’s answer to the winter break at the moment. But where have the Premier League sides been getting their winter sun on? (16.30) Topic 3 - Bohemian Rhapsody - After Spurs celebrated the Oscars by turning their players into films, we thought we'd do the same, but to differing effect (23.40) AOB - Ravel Morrison, Joey Barton, and Maurizio Sarri (31.50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There's no football culture without vinegar Feb 07, 2020

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Kait Borsay, Lynsey Hooper, and Robyn Cowen are here to talk you through the latest January transfer window, build their dream stadiums - jet packs are involved, and welcome to the show Emily Elias from Desert Island Dips to tell us how condiments and football come together. RUNNING ORDER Topic 1 - So(rr)y you couldn't leave - The transfer window slammed shut last week (other cliches are available), and not everyone got what they wanted out of it, like Olivier Giroud. So we discuss those big moves that never quite transpired... (05.50) Topic 2 - You peanut butter build me a stadium - As David Beckham builds his Inter Miami home, this has inspired us to come up with the vital facilities we would put in our own self made stadia (16.00) Topic 3 - Desert Island Dips - Emily Elias from Desert Island Dips tells us all about the way football and dips are related (23.40) AOB - Windmills, James Milner, and baptisms (34.50) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Winter break, parents, and a Brexit XI Jan 31, 2020

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Kait Borsay, Emma Saunders, and Harriet Drudge are all in to debate the upcoming winter break, the weird things parents say, and to create a Brexit XI - well someone had to... Topic 1 - Winter break is coming - This means 13 days off for the Premier League, but should it even be coming at all? And is it even a break? (06.20) Topic 2 - You know nothing... mum - Manchester United youngster Brandon Williams’s mum reveals that he still goes for a fry up at her cafe. It’s not the first time that a footballer’s parent has said or done something a bit embarrassing so we revisit some of those cringeworthy moments. (14.50) Topic 3 - You leave or you remain. To commemorate the occasion, we have our audio football version of a 50p coin with a Brexit XI. That’s right - names please, a team of British players who have tried to make it in Europe. (23.20) AOB - Record breakers, holiday makers, and more Brexit quotas?! (36.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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An Ibiza Special Jan 24, 2020

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Kait Borsay is joined this week for a club classic podcast by Ali Bender and Frida Fagerlund to discuss the Big 6, Barcelona's trip to Ibiza, and come up with our own club manifestos. Topic 1 - Two Can Play At That Game - In this unpredictable seaosn, well everyone after Liverpool, who are the new big 6? Who’s out and who’s in? (06.20) Topic 2 - We're Going To Ibiza - As Barcelona went to Ibiza, we want to celebrate some of our best journeys or locations all in the good name of football (17.50) Topic 3 - Freed From Desire - There's a football team called Flat Earth FC - is the first football club whose followers are united, not buy location - but by an idea. So we are coming up with our own football clubs (28.20) AOB - Drawn football XIs, James Norwood, and man catching beer (35.00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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