Match report
·She Kicks, issue 54, June 2019 ·pp.8–9
Manchester City retained the Women's FA Cup with a 3-0 win over first-time finalists West Ham United at Wembley on 4 May 2019, in front of 43,264 spectators. The match turned on the second…
Other
·She Kicks, issue 54, June 2019 ·pp.12–13
Opta's end-of-season data set breaks the 2018-19 FA Women's Super League down across eleven measures, correct to 28 May 2019. Chelsea attempted the most shots with 427, but Arsenal converted best, turning 368 attempts…
Interview
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.15–17
Five trophies in, Nick Cushing says his appetite is at an all-time high, with a Continental Cup already won, the WSL title slipping towards Arsenal and a last-32 Champions League exit still smarting. He…
Other
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.18–19
Two pages of Opta data set the finalists side by side on their WSL form going into Wembley, and the gap is stark. Manchester City had played eighteen, won thirteen, drawn five and lost…
Other
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.20–23
Continuing a She Kicks tradition, Manchester City's squad is introduced by one of its own. Georgia Stanway, described in the 2017 version of this feature by Karen Bardsley as a future top talent, works…
Interview
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.24–26
Ten years after leaving Celtic for Arsenal, Jennifer Beattie has settled into a centre-back partnership with Steph Houghton that has anchored Manchester City's unbeaten domestic season. She says City's willingness to build from the…
Interview
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.27–29
Gilly Flaherty will lead West Ham out for a fourth Wembley FA Cup final in five years, but insists it is nothing like routine. A seven-time winner with Arsenal and Chelsea, and holder of…
Other
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·p.34
The special's second puzzle page hides eight faces behind bananas and asks readers to name the winners. The answer key doubles as a fourteen-year roll of Women's FA Cup final celebrations: Ramona Bachmann with…
Column / Opinion
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·p.3
Jen O'Neill introduces a free, smaller special issue built around the SSE Women's FA Cup final, and explains the tradition behind its centrepiece: for well over a decade She Kicks has run slightly alternative…
Match report
·She Kicks Special Edition, May 2019 ·pp.10–11
West Ham United reached a first FA Women's Cup final in a nervy shootout at Adams Park, Cho So-hyun striking the winner after both sides had missed two spot-kicks. Rachel Furness had headed Reading…