The Offside Rul‪e‬ The Athletic

It's history week, so we're focusing on the history makers, past, present and future. We look ahead to who might be etching their names into the history books this season and take a trip down memory lane. Plus a home schooling history test and some reflections on dementia and football.
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This week we take a trip around the footballing darts board and give our take on the familiar sporting phrases: single; double; and treble. It's all about debuts, first goals, inaugural awards, cup wins and hat tricks.
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In honour of the constant drama on and off the pitch this season, we take a trip to Hollywood to decide which moments from the season deserve an Academy Award and what stories from the footballing world need to be told on the big screen. Plus, love is in the air as we pick our favourite footballing couples, no not Posh and Becks, but duos on the pitch that deserve some love.
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It's time for a look at the managerial kingdom. Who are the lions, tigers and bears of the football world? As the transfer window closes, we examine which clubs were the hares and tortoises. Plus, a very important homeschool lesson on football biology.
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With all this movement in football, in and out of the manager's office, up and down the table.. it seems like it’s time for a bit of musical chairs as we’ve also got the transfer window open so we’ll be looking at some of the biggest movers this January. We’ll be bringing you a music lesson later on - don’t worry there won’t be singing again! And we’ll be playing a game of audio musical chairs which no one is really all that sure about so that in itself is a reason to listen!
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This week we're going all yee-ha and getting in on the inauguration celebrations with an American theme to the show! It all links in so find out why we want to be more Stanley Matthews, why Paul Scholes is a hider and who was the best player to play in America Wayne Rooney or Juan Pablo Angel?
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