Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.19
Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs sets out her aims for 2015: to be a key player, contribute goals from midfield and help win trophies, alongside selection for the World Cup and a major role in…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.20
Bristol Academy captain Grace McCatty describes a positive if intermittent pre-season, disrupted by departures, arrivals and international breaks while the squad focused on grasping a new style of play. Her favourite part is manager…
Run-of-page feature
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.20
Bristol Academy captain Grace McCatty will leave the club during the mid-season break to spend four months volunteering in Zambia on UK Sport's IDEALS project, which works with Zambian NGOs to use sport to…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.22
Notts County defender Amy Turner reports a pre-season spent largely on fitness while helping quality new signings blend in, with high-scoring friendly results leaving morale good. Fitness training is her least favourite element but…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.22
Sunderland goalkeeper Rachael Laws picks the togetherness built through tough training sessions and games as her favourite part of pre-season, and the running as the worst, something everyone hated but simply had to get…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.23
Chelsea defender Claire Rafferty picks a pre-season trip to Glasgow as her highlight, three days together with a Sunday fixture giving the squad time to bond and focus off the pitch. The running and…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.23
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl, newly arrived at Chelsea, found pre-season easier than she is used to: accustomed to long, rough Swedish winters, starting at the end of January on turf made it feel shorter.…
Other
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.24
Hannah Roberts, who runs the Chelsea Ladies' Fans Twitter account and blog, takes the magazine's recurring supporter slot. She praises a squad that improved from seventh to second in a single season and a…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 27, April 2015 ·p.25
Birmingham City goalkeeper Becky Spencer notes that the volume of contact time is new to the squad, who now train near enough every day, and reports that players have adapted well and look sharp.…
Interview
·She Kicks, issue 26, February 2015 ·pp.24–25
New Sunderland head coach Carlton Fairweather, a former Wimbledon midfielder who spent over a decade developing youth players in the club's academy, prepares for the Lady Black Cats' first WSL 1 season. Football is…