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Also filed as Barclays FA WSL, Barclays WSL, FA WSL, FA WSL 1, FA WSL 1 2015, FA WSL 1 2016 and 16 other names

#SKFansForum: The Best Signing of the WSL Transfer Window

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 p.26

She Kicks asks readers on Twitter who will prove the best signing of the WSL transfer window. The replies split between the marquee arrivals and the shrewder ones. Carli Lloyd is backed to score…

Kerys Kicks (Kerys Harrop column)

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 p.27

Birmingham City captain Kerys Harrop opens a new column by recording that she has read She Kicks since she was little. She started at seven with a local boys' team, played three years, then…

#SheTweets: Now White Is True Blue (Ellen White)

Interview She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 p.28

Ellen White answers by tweet after Birmingham City's Women's FA Cup win over Arsenal, one of her former clubs, calling it a really special moment for the squad rather than a bittersweet one for…

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

Column / Opinion She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 p.29

Helen Ward announces she is expecting her second child in September and will miss the Spring Series, having only just signed for Yeovil Town, where she knew a great many team-mates from Wales duty…

Belle Strikes Back (Courtney Sweetman-Kirk interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 p.30

Doncaster Rovers Belles striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk, the 2015 WSL 2 top scorer and player of the season, describes recovering from a comminuted fracture of the fibula that needed surgery, screws and plates. She trained…

Thank You Kelly: Kelly Smith Retires

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 pp.38–41

Kelly Smith retired in January 2017 at thirty-eight, two years after leaving international football, having won the FA Cup at Wembley in May 2016 as her twentieth major Arsenal trophy and what she called…

Beard Breaking Boston’s Blues (Matt Beard interview)

Interview She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 pp.50–52

Matt Beard, a back-to-back FA WSL winner with Liverpool, reflects on a first year turning round the Boston Breakers. Looking back at England he calls the big-club spending crazy and praises the NWSL's salary…

Coach Kicks: Matt Beard

Interview She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 pp.51–52

Matt Beard answers the Coach Kicks questionnaire. His favourite session is transitional, usually five against five against five, with the outside players available to bounce off and the losing team pressing. Meeting Fara Williams,…

SK Position Guide: Central Midfielder, with Jordan Nobbs

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue 40, April 2017 pp.58–59

Jordan Nobbs sets out the central midfielder's job in the third player instalment of the position guide series. The purpose, she says, is to be a big part of the heart of the team:…

London Bees: Fast Facts & Ground Grab

Other She Kicks Special Edition, February 2017 p.32

Long-time strugglers, the Bees have recruited and are benefitting from a closer relationship with Barnet. The page records six wins, four draws and eight defeats in 2016, seventh on 22 points, with Jo Wilson…

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