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Join The Athletic's finest reporters and writers as they take you inside the biggest stories from European women's football, including the WSL, UEFA Women's Champion's League, and Spain's Liga F. Get in touch fte@theathletic.com

Full Time Europe: A show about women's football

Coming soon, the Offside Rule WSL Edition

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RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Arsenal with Arseblog's Tim Stillman (3.00)
PART 1b - Manchester City with goalkeeper Karen Bardsley (8.50)
PART 1c - Chelsea with defender Anita Asante (14.40)
PART 1d - Birmingham City (21.00)
PART 2a - Manchester United with goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain (23.40)
PART 2b - Tottenham Hotspur (30.10)
PART 3a - Liverpool (33.10)
PART 3b - Reading (35.40)
PART 3c - Bristol City (37.10)
PART 3d - West Ham (38.10)
PART 4a - Brighton (40.00)
PART 4b - Everton (42.10)
PART 5a - International catch up with Rich Laverty (45.00)
PART 6 - Final lines and goodbyes (51.30)
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The Big WSL Preview Show

Kait Borsay is joined in studio by Kieran Thievam and Anne-Marie Batson to discuss week one of the new WSL season. With attendance records through the roof, rocket goals galore, and debuts for Spurs and Manchester United, it was a brilliant curtain raiser and we discuss it all:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1 - Manchester City 1-0 Manchester United (01.30)
PART 2 - Chelsea 1-0 Spurs including a debate on those attendances records and Marvin Humes (09.50)
PART 3 - Arsenal 2-1 West Ham with Gunners captain Kim Little (20.10)
PART 4 - Liverpool 0-1 Reading(28.20)
PART 5 - Bristol City 0-0 Brighton with Brighton manager Hope Powell (30.30)
PART 6 - Birmingham 0-1 Everton (35.50)
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Manchester Derby wins attendance clash, Chelsea create carnival bash, and Fara's back with a free kick smash

RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal (03.00)
PART 1b - BBC's Women's Sport reporter Jo Currie live from Leigh Sports Village (07.00)
PART 1c - Are female athletes getting commercial deals based on looks? (10.30)
PART 2 - Brighton 1-1 Chelsea (14.30)
PART 3a - Everton 2-0 Bristol City (20.10)
PART 3b - Everton's goal scorer Chloe Kelly (22.20)
PART 4 - Reading 0-2 Man City (26.10)
PART 5 - Tottenham 1-0 Liverpool - and a referee chat (30.30)
PART 6 - West Ham 1-0 Birmingham and Champions League chat (34.20)
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Everton rocket to WSL lead, DVD fires up Arsenal, and Brighton almost shock Chelsea

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined in studio by the font of all women's football knowledge, Sophie Lawson. With round one of the Conti Cup done, we round up the fixtures, speak with West Ham's Gilly Flaherty, Sheffield United's Media guru Rich Laverty, and we get a big European leagues round up. Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1 - Conti Cup explainer and opinion (02.00)
PART 2a - Chelsea 2-0 West Ham (04.10)
PART 2b - West Ham captain Gilly Flaherty (06.10)
PART 3a - Man City 5-0 Leicester (09.50)
PART 3b - London Lionesses 0-5 Arsenal (14.10)
PART 4a - Liverpool 2-3 Sheffield United with Rich Laverty (17.00)
PART 4b - Tottenham Hotspur 0-4 Reading (21.50)
PART 5a - Birmingham City 1-0 Everton (23.30)
PART 5b - Lewes 2-3 Charlton (25.00)
PART 5c - Conti Cup round up (28.10)
PART 6a - Euro Leagues round up (29.30)
PART 6b - FIFA's The Best (36.10)
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Liverpool shocked by Sheff Utd, five for Arsenal and Man City, and can Lyon be stopped?

Kait Borsay is joined in studio by former Lioness Claire Rafferty and broadcaster Anne-Marie Batson to talk through the third round of WSL fixtures. We hear from West Ham's Gilly Flaherty and Spurs coach Karen Hills following history at London Stadium, and Tim Stillman takes us through the Champions League draw. Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - West Ham 0-2 Spurs (01.30)
PART 1b - West Ham captain Gilly Flaherty (05.10)
PART 1c - Spurs coach Karen Hills (08.50)
PART 2a - Everton 0-1 Man City (10.50)
PART 2b - Man Utd 2-0 Liverpool (14.10)
PART 3a - Bristol City 0-4 Chelsea (19.20)
PART 4a - Arsenal 4-0 Brighton (22.40)
PART 4b - Champions League draw with Tim Stillman (27.00)
PART 4c - FIFPro fallout (31.50)
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Arsenal and Man City 100%-ers, Spurs party poopers, and Man Utd's teen winner

Kait Borsay and Lynsey Hooper are joined in studio by England legend Kelly Smith to talk England, Jill Ellis, and preview the upcoming WSL fixtures. Plus we speak to Man City manager Nick Cushing and She Kicks editor Jen O'Neill.
Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Catch up with Kelly (01.30)
PART 1b - #ThankYouJill (04.50)
PART 2a - England 1-2 Brazil (06.50)
PART 2b - SheKicks editor Jen O'Neill (13.30)
PART 2c - England's World Cup hangover and Portugal (18.30)
PART 3a - Chelsea v Arsenal (23.00)
PART 3b - Man City v Birmingham with City manager Nick Cushing (26.30)
PART 3c - Spurs v United (32.10)
PART 4a - Liverpool v Bristol City (34.20)
PART 4b - Reading v Everton (35.30)
PART 4c - Brighton v West Ham (37.00)
GET IN TOUCH
Read our articles at www.offsiderulepodcast.com (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/)
Tweet us @OffsideRulePod (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod)
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Kelly Smith: Emma Hayes has been asking me to help out at Chelsea

Kait Borsay is joined by Tim Stillman and Molly Hudson to go over the latest WSL fixtures, and speak about Phil Neville and England. Plus we discuss maple syrup with Kerys Harrop and Leah Williamson talks about her trip to Jakarta.
Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - England and Phil Neville's handling of questions (01.30)
PART 2a - Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal - inc Emma Hayes' sing song and Joe Montemurro's post match thoughts (06.40)
PART 2b - Man City 3-0 Birmingham (14.50)
PART 2c - Birmingham captain, Kerys Harrop, talks maple syrup and their start to the season (17.50)
PART 2d - Spurs 0-3 Man Utd (22.30)
PART 3a - Reading 3-2 Everton (26.40)
PART 3b - Brighton 1-3 West Ham (29.10)
PART 3c - Liverpool 1-1 Bristol City (30.40)
PART 4a - Leah Williamson on Coaching for Life, being in the England camp, and her transition from defender to midfielder (31.30)
GET IN TOUCH
Read our articles at www.offsiderulepodcast.com (https://offsiderulepodcast.com/)
Tweet us @OffsideRulePod (https://twitter.com/OffsideRulePod)
Find us on Instagram @OffsideRulePod (https://www.instagram.com/offsiderulepod/?hl=en)

Leah Williamson, maple syrup, and the rebirth of the Fara Williams Fan Club

Lynsey Hooper has got Carrie Dunn and Chris Slegg alongside her to talk selling out Wembley, the merits of the Continental Cup and a look ahead to the upcoming WSL fixtures. It’s a jam-packed show as we speak to FA Women’s Professional Game Director Kelly Simmons, Scottish football aficionado Chris Marshall and Tottenham midfielder Rachel Furness. 
Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - The Lionesses sell out Wembley (02.20)
PART 1b - FA Women’s Professional Game Director Kelly Simmons (04.50)
PART 1c - A record-breaking World Cup (07.40)
PART 1d - Team USA’s new head coach? (8.20)
PART 2a - Continental Cup reaction (10.15)
PART 3a - Champions League review (22.15)
PART 3b - Scottish football expert Chris Marshall (27.45)
PART 4a - The return of the WSL - Arsenal v Man City (32.00)
PART 4b - Bristol City v Tottenham preview with Rachel Furness (34.15)
PART 4c - The other key WSL ties (37.50)

Like trying to replace Phillip Schofield

Lynsey Hooper is joined by Matt Davies-Adams and Rich Laverty to reflect on a cracking weekend of WSL action. We hear from Arsenal's midfield maestro Daniëlle van de Donk and Manchester City's finally fit striker Ellen White, plus a chat with Birmingham's record-breaking appearance maker Kerys Harrop. 
Here's how it sounds:
RUNNING ORDER
PART 1a - Arsenal v Manchester City fall out (02.20)
PART 1b - Daniëlle van de Donk chats with Tom Dean (05.35)
PART 1c - Ellen White (09.00)
PART 1d - West Ham v Chelsea (11.00)
PART 1e - Manchester United v Brighton match report from Robyn Cowen (15.02)
PART 2a - Birmingham v Liverpool - plus record breaker Kerys Harrop (18.40)
PART 2b - A Merseyside derby is coming to Anfield (23.05)
PART 2c - Wrap up of the other WSL fixtures (26.23)
PART 3a - Champions League Preview (29.30)
PART 4a - Ballon d'Or nominees - is it the Rapinoe show? (31.10)

Merry-go-rounds, scraps & screamers

Charlotte Harpur and Dan Sheldon are with Sophie Penney to bring you all the behind the scenes details from The Athletic’s special report into Manchester United.

How close did they come to keeping Alessia Russo? Could Mary Earps leave in the summer too? What changes will INEOS bring? 

Plus Italian journalist Lucia Pirola joins us after Juventus manager Joe Montemurro stepped down.

And we’ve got an NWSL preview with Meg Linehan from the USA. 

Producer: Sophie Penney
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Get in touch: fte@theathletic.com

Special Report: The issues facing INEOS at Man United

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