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Author Archive | Kate Partridge
TalkSPORT News & Sport Bulletin
Kate reads the news and sport at talkSPORT, recorded at 0900 on Saturday 21st November 2015, during the Weekend Sports Breakfast
A Familiar Voice on the Offside Rule Podcast
Kate joins Lynsey Hooper and Kait Borsay to discuss football’s best love-ins, the latest top four predictions, and inspirational team talks in Episode 27 of The Offside Rule Podcast
European Football: That’s Why We’re Champions
With Barcelona and Sevilla in the ascendancy after part one of Europe’s semi-finals, Kate’s eleventh Offside Rule Euro Bites blog looks at the enduring power of a champion’s mentality
The Reign Again of Spain in European Football
It’s advantage Iberia after the first leg of the European quarter-finals and a shock bad week for Germany’s all stars, in Kate’s tenth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog
European Football: Money Doesn’t Always Buy Happiness
After Everton’s defeat in Kiev, England have failed to produce a European football quarter-finalist for the first time since 1993. Kate asks if a strong domestic league means continental weakness, in her ninth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog
European Football: The Profit-Versus-Prestige Ratio
After a disappointing week for all but one of the UK’s teams in European football, and a mixed domestic weekend, Kate’s eighth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog asks: is it all worth it?
European Football: The Europa Has Bite
Kate champions the second-tier tournament in her seventh Offside Rule Euro Bites blog, after a mixed opening week in European football’s knock-out stages
The Ins and the Outs: European Football Week Six
The draw for the knock-out stage is the focus after Week Six in Europe. Six Brits are in the pots along with Europe’s grandees and new stars but without some headline casualties, as Kate discusses in the Offside Rule Euro Review Show
The Blues are the New Reds in European Football
After a crunch Week Six in Europe, six British teams are into the knock-out stages, but not five-time champions Liverpool. Kate suggests there’s been a continental shift in the nation’s best in her sixth Offside Rule Euro Bite Review