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195 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

Also filed as Reading FC, Reading FC Women, Reading Ladies

Kylie’s Travels and Plans (Kylie Davies interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 39, January 2017 pp.25–27

Reading and Wales defender Kylie Davies took six months out to travel before going full time in football. Her partner Charlie McCarthy proposed within days of landing in Bali; in New Zealand, descending the…

View From The Field: Ward’s Words (Helen Ward column)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 p.19

Helen Ward reports mission accomplished: Reading have avoided relegation and secured top-flight football until at least summer 2018 because of the winter league's reintroduction, though one win does not reflect how they played and…

Opta Stats: WSL Stat Attack, 2016 Season

Other She Kicks, issue 38, November 2016 pp.20–21

A two-page Opta survey of the completed 2016 FA WSL 1 season. Chelsea scored most with 36 to Manchester City's 35, but City conceded just three goals all season against Doncaster's 46. Arsenal led…

Molly’s Mission (Molly Bartrip interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 pp.18–19

England Under-20 defender Molly Bartrip, a key part of Reading's WSL 2 title win, describes a baptism of fire in the top flight where wins have been hard to come by. The tempo and…

Determined Duggan Is Digging In (Toni Duggan interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 p.20

Manchester City's Toni Duggan is frank about two years of injuries after a career without any: a knee problem before the 2015 World Cup and then a season-ending ankle injury. Back with four goals…

View From The Field: Ward’s Words (Helen Ward column)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 p.27

Helen Ward opens by refusing to discuss Team GB's absence from Rio, saying there is not a lot she can say about it. She is direct about Hope Solo's reaction to the United States'…

Transfer Talk

News She Kicks, issue 36, July 2016 p.6

She Kicks lists thirty-four transfers completed during the WSL mid-season break. Birmingham City recruit heavily in Europe, taking Ann-Katrin Berger from Paris Saint-Germain, Isabelle Linden from Frankfurt and Andrine Hegerberg from Kopparbergs Goteborg, while…

Skinner Stakes Her Claim (Claire Skinner interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 36, July 2016 pp.24–25

Nineteen-year-old Claire Skinner made her first Wales start in June's Euro 2017 qualifier against Norway in Newport, on television and in front of a home crowd, alongside fellow debutant Gemma Evans - both of…

View From The Field: Ward’s Words (Helen Ward column)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 36, July 2016 p.27

Helen Ward defends staging the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley against the recurring complaint that the stadium is not full, pointing out that nobody says the same of the FA Vase or the…

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